公开(公告)号：US20210108505A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-15

申请号：US16600049

申请日：2019-10-11

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： William Albert Challener ,  Emad Andarawis Andarawis ,  David Milford Shaddock ,  Sameer Dinkar Vartak

IPC: E21B47/06 ,  E21B36/04

Abstract: A system includes a downhole tool having a housing and a passage extending through the housing, where the passage includes an inlet configured to receive a flow of a wellbore fluid and an outlet configured to discharge the flow of the wellbore fluid. The downhole tool includes a heating element configured to heat the flow of the wellbore fluid and to enable the flow of the wellbore fluid to transition to a single-phase fluid flow within the passage. The downhole tool includes a phase composition sensor positioned adjacent the passage and configured to provide feedback indicative of formation of the single-phase fluid flow. The system includes a controller configured to monitor a power consumption of the heating element and to determine an enthalpy of the wellbore fluid based in part on the power consumption and the feedback from the phase composition sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11492903B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-08

申请号：US16600049

申请日：2019-10-11

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： William Albert Challener ,  Emad Andarawis Andarawis ,  David Milford Shaddock ,  Sameer Dinkar Vartak

IPC: E21B49/08 ,  E21B47/06 ,  G01N25/02 ,  E21B36/04 ,  G01K17/00 ,  G01K13/00 ,  G01N27/04 ,  G01N21/84 ,  G01N21/17

Abstract: A system includes a downhole tool having a housing and a passage extending through the housing, where the passage includes an inlet configured to receive a flow of a wellbore fluid and an outlet configured to discharge the flow of the wellbore fluid. The downhole tool includes a heating element configured to heat the flow of the wellbore fluid and to enable the flow of the wellbore fluid to transition to a single-phase fluid flow within the passage. The downhole tool includes a phase composition sensor positioned adjacent the passage and configured to provide feedback indicative of formation of the single-phase fluid flow. The system includes a controller configured to monitor a power consumption of the heating element and to determine an enthalpy of the wellbore fluid based in part on the power consumption and the feedback from the phase composition sensor.