US 11,808,615 B2
Multiphase flowmeters and related methods
Felipe Nogueira, Singapore (SG); Cheng-Gang Xie, Singapore (SG); Kun Yang, Singapore (SG); and Arifin Arifin, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/523,042.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/703,466, filed on Jul. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0033174 A1, Jan. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. G01F 1/74 (2006.01); G01N 27/10 (2006.01); G01F 1/66 (2022.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01); G01F 1/86 (2006.01); G01N 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01F 1/74 (2013.01) [G01F 1/666 (2013.01); G01F 1/86 (2013.01); G01N 27/10 (2013.01); G01N 33/2847 (2013.01); G01N 2011/0073 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a flowmeter;
a fluid conduit to provide a flow path for a fluid relative to the flowmeter;
a sensor coupled to the fluid conduit to generate sensor data indicative of at least one of a presence, an absence, or a mass flow rate of solids in the fluid during flow of the fluid through the fluid conduit; and
a processor, the sensor to be communicatively coupled to the processor, the processor to selectively determine flow rates for one or more phases of the fluid based on data generated by the flowmeter and a first algorithmic mode or a second algorithmic mode selected based on the sensor data, and wherein if the sensor data indicates the absence of solids in the fluid, the processor is to determine an oil flow rate value, a water flow rate value, and a gas flow rate value based on the first algorithmic mode.