Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inline rheology/viscosity, density, and flow rate measurement
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Application No.: US15292247Application Date: 2016-10-13
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Publication No.: US10598581B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Emilio Javier Tozzi , Uri Rapoport
- Applicant: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
- Applicant Address: IL Shoham
- Assignee: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
- Current Assignee: ASPECT IMAGING LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Shoham
- Agency: Loeb & Loeb LLP
- Main IPC: G01N9/26
- IPC: G01N9/26 ; G01N11/04 ; G01N11/08 ; G01N24/08 ; G01R33/563

Abstract:
A system for performing inline measurements of flow rate, density, and rheology of a flowing fluid is disclosed, comprising: (a) a rheology measurement subsystem comprising: a horizontal tube of internal radius rH; means for measuring a velocity profile of a test fluid flowing through said horizontal tube at a distance x0 from its upstream end; and means for determining wall shear stress at a boundary between said flowing fluid and an inner surface of said horizontal tube; (b) a density measurement subsystem comprising: a vertical tube of internal radius rV in fluid connection with said horizontal tube; a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure of said test fluid within said vertical tube at a location y1; and, (c) a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure of said test fluid within said vertical tube at a location y2 downstream from y1 and displaced vertically from y1 by a distance Δh.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170097293A1 INLINE RHEOLOGY/VISCOSITY, DENSITY, AND FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT Public/Granted day:2017-04-06
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