Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for monitoring fluid flow in a conduit
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Application No.: US15032101Application Date: 2014-10-27
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Publication No.: US10240455B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Petrus Hendrikus Maria Wilhemus In 'T Panhuis , Johannis Josephus Den Boer , Roel Marie Kusters , Dayeeta Roy , Daria Mustafina
- Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Priority: EP13190463 20131028
- International Application: PCT/US2014/062324 WO 20141027
- International Announcement: WO2015/065869 WO 20150507
- Main IPC: E21B47/10
- IPC: E21B47/10 ; E21B47/12 ; G01F1/708 ; G01H9/00

Abstract:
A method for monitoring fluid flow in a conduit comprises: acoustically coupling an optical fiber to the conduit adjacent one or more flow restrictions (R1-R4) in the conduit; inducing a Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) assembly to measure an acoustic noise signature (SNR1-4) generated in the fiber by the fluid flowing through each flow restriction (R1-R4); deriving the fluid flow rate of the fluid (QI, QI+II) flowing through each flow restriction (R1-R4) from the measured acoustic noise signature (SNR1-4); and displaying the derived fluid flow rate (QI, QI+II) at a fluid flow rate monitoring display.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160265345A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING FLUID FLOW IN A CONDUIT Public/Granted day:2016-09-15
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