WO2005093381A1 - Multi-phase coriolis flowmeter - Google Patents
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- This description relates to flowmeters.
- Flowmeters provide information about materials being transferred through a conduit, or flowtube.
- mass flowmeters provide an indication of the mass of material being transferred through a conduit.
- density flowmeters, or densitometers provide an indication of the density of material flowing through a conduit.
- Mass flowmeters also may provide an indication of the density of the material.
- Coriolis-type mass flowmeters are based on the Coriolis effect, in which material flowing through a conduit is affected by a Coriolis force and therefore experiences an acceleration. Many Coriolis-type mass flowmeters induce a Coriolis force by sinusoidally oscillating a conduit about a pivot axis orthogonal to the length of the conduit. In such mass flowmeters, the Coriolis reaction force experienced by the traveling fluid mass is transferred to the conduit itself and is manifested as a deflection or offset of the conduit in the direction of the Coriolis force vector in the plane of rotation.
- a system includes a controller that is operable to receive a sensor signal from a first sensor connected to a vibratable flowtube containing a three-phase fluid flow that includes a first liquid, a second liquid, and a gas, the controller being further operable to analyze the sensor signal to determine an apparent flow parameter of the fluid flow, a second sensor that is operable to determine an apparent flow condition of the fluid flow, and a corrections module that is operable to input the apparent flow parameter and the apparent flow condition and determine a corrected flow parameter therefrom.
- Implementations may include one or more of the following features.
- the corrections module may be further operable to input the apparent flow parameter and the apparent flow condition and determine a corrected flow condition therefrom.
- the apparent flow parameter may include an apparent bulk density of the fluid flow, or an apparent bulk mass flow rate of the fluid flow.
- the second sensor may include a liquid fraction probe that is operable to detennine a liquid fraction measurement identifying a volume fraction of the first liquid with respect to the second liquid, or a void fraction determination system that is operable to determine a void fraction of the gas within the fluid flow.
- a component flow rate determination system may be included that is operable to determine a flow rate of the first liquid within the fluid flow.
- the component flow rate detennination system may be implemented at the controller, the corrections module, the second sensor, or a host computer in communications with the controller, the corrections module, or the second sensor.
- a component flow rate determination system may be included that is operable to determine a flow rate of the gas within the fluid flow.
- Implementation of the corrections module may be associated with a processor of the controller, or with a processor of the second sensor.
- a host computer may be in communication with the controller or the second sensor and operable to implement the corrections module.
- the second sensor may be operable to output a first apparent flow condition value to the controller for use in determination of a first corrected flow parameter value
- the controller may be operable to output the first corrected flow parameter value to the second sensor for determination of a first corrected flow condition value
- the second sensor may be operable to output a second corrected flow condition value to the controller for use in determination of the corrected flow parameter value.
- the correction module may include a neural network that is operable to input the apparent flow parameter and the apparent flow condition and output the corrected flow parameter and a corrected flow condition.
- the neural network may include a first correction model that is particular to a type of the second sensor and flow condition and that is operable to output a corrected flow condition, and a second correction model that is particular to a type of the apparent flow parameter and that is operable to output the corrected flow parameter, wherein the first correction model may be operable to correct the apparent flow condition based on the apparent flow condition and the corrected flow parameter, and the second correction model may be operable to correct the apparent flow parameter based on the apparent flow parameter and the corrected flow condition.
- the controller may be operable to correct the apparent flow parameter based on a theoretical relationship between the apparent flow parameter and the corrected flow parameter.
- the controller may be operable to correct the apparent flow parameter based on an empirical relationship between the apparent flow parameter and the corrected flow parameter.
- the system may include a conduit connecting the second sensor and the vibratable flowtube, such that the fluid flow flows through the second sensor, the pipe, and the vibratable flowtube.
- the first liquid, the second liquid, and the gas may be co-mingled wit-h one another within the fluid flow during determination of the flow condition by the second sensor.
- an apparent bulk density of a multi-phase flow through a flowtube is determined, the multi-phase flow including a first liquid, a second liquid, and a gas.
- An apparent bulk mass flow rate of the multi-phase flow is determined, a,nd a first mass flow rate of the first liquid is determined, based on the apparent bulk density and the apparent bulk mass flow rate. Implementations may include one or more of the following features. For example, an apparent flow condition of the multi-phase flow other than the apparent bulk density and th-e apparent bulk mass flow rate may be determined, wherein determining the first mass flow rate of the first liquid comprises detennining the first mass flow rate based on the apparent flow condition. In determining the first mass flow rate of the first liquid, a corrected flow condition may be determined, based on the apparent flow condition. In determining the corrected flow condition, a corrected bulk density and a conected bulk mass flow rate may be determined.
- Determining the apparent flow condition may include determining an apparent liquid fraction measurement of a volume fraction of the first liquid within the multi-phase flow, and/or determining an apparent gas void fraction of the gas within the multi-phase flow.
- a flowmeter includes a vibratable flowtube containing a three-phase flow including a first liquid, a second liquid, and a gas, a driver connected to the flowtube and operable to impart motion to the flowtube, a sensor connected to the flowtube and operable to sense the motion of the flowtube and generate a sensor signal, and a controller connected to receive the sensor signal and determine a first flow rate of a first phase within a three-phase flow through the flowtube, based on the sensor signal.
- a method of improving an output of a flowmeter includes determining an apparent bulk density of a multi-phase flow through a flowtube, the multi-phase flow including a first liquid, a second liquid, and a gas, determining an apparent bulk mass flow rate of the multi-phase flow, determining an apparent flow condition of the multi-phase flow, and conecting the apparent bulk density or the apparent mass flow rate, based on the apparent bulk density, the apparent mass flow rate, and the apparent flow condition.
- a method of improving an output of a liquid fraction probe includes detennining an apparent bulk density of a multi-phase flow through a flowtube, the multi-phase flow including a first liquid, a second liquid, and a gas, determining an apparent bulk mass flow rate of the multi-phase flow, detennining an apparent liquid fraction the first liquid within the multi-phase flow, and conecting the apparent liquid fraction to obtain a conected liquid fraction, based on the apparent bulk density, the apparent mass flow rate, and the apparent liquid fraction.
- Implementations may include one or more of the following features. For example, a gas void fraction of the gas within the multi-phase flow may be determined based on the apparent bulk density, the apparent mass flow rate, and the conected liquid fraction.
- a method of obtaining a gas void fraction measurement includes determining an apparent bulk density of a multi-phase flow through a flowtube, the multi-phase flow including a first liquid, a second liquid, and a gas, determining an apparent bulk mass flow rate of the multi-phase flow, determining an apparent gas void fraction of the gas within the multi-phase flow, and conecting the apparent gas void fraction to obtain a conected gas void fraction, based on the apparent bulk density, the apparent mass flow rate, and the apparent gas void fraction. Implementations may include one or more of the following features.
- a system includes a conduit having a fluid flow therethrough, the fluid flow including at least a first liquid component, a second liquid component, and a gas component, a vibratable flowtube in series with the conduit and having the fluid flow therethrough, a first sensor operable to determine a first apparent property of the fluid flow through the conduit, a second sensor comiected to the flowtube and operable to sense information about a motion of the flowtube, a driver connected to the flowtube and operable to impart energy to the flowtube, a control and measurement system operable to measure a second apparent property and a third apparent property of the fluid flow, and a conections system operable to determine a conected first property, a conected second property, and a conected third property, based on the first apparent property, the second apparent property, and the third apparent property.
- a system includes a controller that is operable to determine a first apparent property of a fluid flow in which a first liquid, a second liquid, and a gas are co-mingled, a meter that is operable to measure a second apparent property of the fluid flow, and a conections module that is operable to input the first apparent property and output a first conected property, wherein the meter is operable to input the first conected property and the second apparent property and output a second conected property.
- FIG. 1 A is an illustration of a Coriolis flowmeter using a bent flowtube.
- FIG. IB is an illustration of a Coriolis flowmeter using a straight flowtube.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a Coriolis flowmeter.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the Coriolis flowmeter of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating techniques for determining liquid and gas flow rates for a two-phase flow.
- FIGS. 5 A and 5B are graphs illustrating a percent enor in a measurement of void fraction and liquid fraction, respectively.
- FIG. 6 is a graph illustrating a mass flow enor as a function of a drop in density for a flowtube having a particular orientation and over a selected flow range.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating techniques for conecting density measurements.
- FIG. 8 is a table showing a relationship between an apparent density drop and an apparent mass flow rate of the two-phase flow.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating techniques for determining void fraction measurements.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating techniques for determining conected mass flow rate measurements.
- FIG. 11 is a table showing a relationship between an apparent mass flow rate and a conected density drop of the two-phase flow.
- FIGS. 12-14 are graphs illustrating examples of density conectioais for a number of flowtubes.
- FIGS. 15-20 are graphs illustrating examples of mass flow rate conections for a number of flowtubes.
- FIG. 21 is a block diagram of a flowmeter system.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram of a first implementation of the system of FEG. 21.
- FIG. 23 is a block diagram of a second implementation of the system of FIG. 21.
- FIG. 24 is a block diagram of an implementation of the conectioos system 2108 of FIGS. 21-23
- FIG. 25 is a flowchart illustrating a first operation of the flowmeters of FIGS. 21-23.
- FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating a first example of the techniques of FIG. 25.
- FIG. 27 is a flowchart illustrating a second example of the techniques of FIG. 25.
- FIG. 28 is a flowchart illustrating a third example of the techniques of FIG. 25.
- FIG. 29 is a flowchart illustrating techniques for determining component flow rates for a three-phase flow.
- FIG. 30 is a flowchart illustrating more specific techniques for performing the determinations of FIG. 29.
- FIGS. 31A-31D are graphs illustrating conection of a mass flow -rate of a two-phase liquid in a three-phase flow.
- FIG. 32 is a graph showing a mass flow enor as a function of mass flow rate for oil and water.
- FIG. 33 is a graph showing a gas void fraction enor as a function of true gas void fraction.
- FIG 34 is a graphical representation of a neural network model.
- FIG. 29 is a flowchart illustrating techniques for determining component flow rates for a three-phase flow.
- FIG. 30 is a flowchart illustrating more specific techniques for performing the determinations of FIG. 29.
- FIG. 35 is a graphical representation of units of the model of FIG. 34.
- FIGS. 36 A, 36B, and 37A-D illustrate results from two-phase flo data to which the model of FIGS. 34 and 35 is applied.
- FIGS. 38-68 are graphs illustrating test and/or modeling results o-f various implementations described above with respect to FIGS. 1-37, or related ⁇ nplementations.
- DETAILED DESCRIPTION Types of flowmeters include digital flowmeters.
- U_S. Patent 6,311,136 which is hereby incorporated by reference, discloses the use of a digital flowmeter and related technology including signal processing and measurement techniques.
- Such digital flowmeters may be very precise in their measurements, with little or negligible noise, and may be capable of enabling a wide range of positive and negative gains at the driver circuitry for driving the conduit. Such digital flowmeters are thus advantageous in a variety of settings.
- commonly-assigned U.S. Patent 6,505,519 which is incorporated by reference, discloses the use of a wide gain range, and/or the use of negative gain, to prevent stalling and to more accurately exercise control of the flowtube, even during difficult conditions such as two-phase flow (e.g., a flow containing a mixture of liquid and gas).
- two-phase flow e.g., a flow containing a mixture of liquid and gas.
- FIG. 1A is an illustration of a digital flowmeter using a bent flowtube 102.
- the bent flowtube 102 may be used to measure one or more physical characteristics of, for example, a (traveling) fluid, as refened to above.
- a digital transmitter 104 exchanges sensor and drive signals with the bent flowtube 102, so as to both sense an oscillation of the bent flowtube 102, and to drive the oscillation of the bent flowtube 102 accordingly.
- the digital transmitter 104 By quickly and accurately determining the sensor and drive signals, the digital transmitter 104, as refened to above, provides for fast and accurate operation of the bent flowtube 102. Examples of the digital transmitter 104 being used with a bent flowtube are provided in, for example, commonly-assigned U.S. Patent 6,311,136.
- FIG. IB is an illustration of a digital flowmeter using a straight flowtube 106. More specifically, in FIG. IB, the straight flowtube 106 interacts with the digital transmitter 104.
- Such a straight flowtube operates similarly to the bent flowtube 102 on a conceptual level, and has various advantages/disadvantages relative to the bent flowtube 102.
- the straight flowtube 106 may be easier to (completely) fill and empty than the bent flowtube
- the bent flowtube 102 may operate at a frequency of, for example, 50-110 Hz, while the straight flowtube 106 may operate at a frequency of, for example, 300-l,000Hz.
- the bent flowtube 102 represents flowtubes having a variety of diameters, and may be operated in multiple orientations, such as, for example, in a vertical or horizontal orientation. Referring to FIG.
- a digital mass flowmeter 200 includes the digital transmitter 104, one or more motion sensors 205, one or more drivers 210, a flowtube 215 (which also may be refened to as a conduit, and which may represent either the bent flowtube 102, the straight flowtube 106, or some other type of flowtube), and a temperature sensor 220.
- the digital transmitter 104 may be implemented using one or more of, for example, a processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a field-programmable gate anay (FPGA), an ASIC, other programmable logic or gate anays, or programmable logic with a processor core.
- DSP Digital Signal Processor
- FPGA field-programmable gate anay
- ASIC programmable logic with a processor core.
- associated digital-to-analog converters may be included for operation of the drivers 210, while analog-to-digital converters maybe used to convert sensor signals from the sensors 205 for use by the digital transmitter 104.
- the digital transmitter 104 generates a measurement of, for example, density and/or mass flow of a material flowing through the flowtube 215, based at least on signals received from the motion sensors 205.
- the digital transmitter 104 also controls the drivers 210 to induce motion in the flowtube 215. This motion is sensed by the motion sensors 205.
- Density measurements of the material flowing through the flowtube are related to, for example, the frequency of the motion of the flowtube 215 that is induced in the flowtube 215 by a driving force supplied by the drivers 210, and/or to the temperature of the flowtube 215.
- mass flow through the flowtube 215 is related to the phase and frequency of the motion of the flowtube 215, as well as to the temperature of the flowtube 215.
- the digital transmitter 104 may compensate for these temperature effects. Also in FIG.
- a pressure sensor 225 is in communication with the transmitter 104, and is connected to the flowtube 215 so as to be operable to sense a pressure of a material flowing through the flowtube 215. It should be understood that both the pressure of the fluid entering the flowtube 215 and the pressure drop across relevant points on the flowtube may be indicators of certain flow conditions. Also, while external temperature sensors may be used to measure the fluid temperature, such sensors may be used in addition to an internal flowmeter sensor designed to measure a representative temperature for flowtube calibrations. Also, some flowtubes use multiple temperature sensors for the purpose of conecting measurements for an effect of differential temperature between the process fluid and the environment (e.g., a case temperature of a housing of the flowtube).
- a liquid fraction probe 230 refers to a device for measuring a volume fraction of liquid, e.g., water, when a liquid in the flowtube 215 includes water and another fluid, suc-b as oil.
- a probe, or similar probes may be used to measure the volume fraction of a fluid other than water, if such a measurement is prefened or if the liquid does not include water.
- a measured liquid is generally assumed to be water for tht-e purposes of example, so that the liquid fraction probe 230 is generally refened to as a water fraction probe 230, or a water-cut probe 230.
- a void fraction sensor 235 measures a percentage of a material in the flowtube 215 that is in gaseous form. For example, water flowing through the flowtube 215 may contain air, perhaps in the form of bubbles. Such a condition, in which the material flowing throu_gh the flowtube 215 contains more than one material is generally refened to as "two-phase flow.”
- the term "two-phase flow" may refer to a liquid and a gas; however,
- two-phase flow also may refer to other combinations of materials, such as two liquids (e.g., oil and water).
- Various techniques represented generally in FIG. 2 by the void fraction sensor 23 S, exist for measuring the gas void fraction in a two-phase flow of liquid and gas. For exanxple, various sensors or probes exist that may be inserted into the flow to determine a gas void fraction.
- a venturi tube i.e., a tube with a constricted throat that determines fluid pressures and velocities by measurement of differential pressures generated at the throat as a fluid traverses the tube
- gas generally moves wit a higher velocity than liquid(s) through a restriction
- Measurements of gas void fractions also may be obtained using equipment that is wholly external to the flowtube.
- sonar measurements may be taken to determine gas void fraction.
- the SONA-RtracTM gas void fraction monitoring system produced by CiDRA Corporation of Wallingford, Connecticut may be used.
- the void fraction of the flow can be as high as 20, 30, 40% or more. However, even at very small void fractions of 0.5%, the fundamental theory behind the Coriolis flowmeter becomes less applicable.
- a presence of gas in the fluid flow also may affect both an actual and a measured value of a density of the fluid flow, generally causing the density measurement to be, and to read, lower than if the fluid flow contained only the liquid component. That is, it should be understood that a density pii qu id of a liquid flowing by itself through a flowtube will be higher than an actual density p trUe of a two-phase flow containing the liquid and a gas, since a density of the gas (e.g., air) will generally be lower than a density of the liquid (e.g., water) in the two-phase flow. In other words, there is a density reduction when gas is added to a liquid flow that previously contained only the liquid.
- a density pii qu id of a liquid flowing by itself through a flowtube will be higher than an actual density p trUe of a two-phase flow containing the liquid and a gas, since a density of the gas (e.g., air) will generally be lower than
- a Coriolis meter measuring a two-phase fluid flow containing gas may output a density reading p apPar en t that is an ostensible measurement of the bulk density of the two-phase flow (e.g., of the water and air combined).
- This raw measurement p ap p arent will generally be different (lower) than the actual bulk density ptme of the two-phase flow.
- the resonant frequency used by the flowmeter may be conect for a situation in which only the liquid component is present, but, due to relative motion of the gas in the fluid flow, which serves to mask an inertia of the flowtube (i.e., causes an amount of inertia to be less than would be expected for a liquid-only flow), the density measurement may read low. It should be understood that many conventional prior art flowmeters were unconcerned with this problem, since most such Coriolis meters fail to continue operating (e.g. stall or output inaccurate measurements) at even the slightest amounts of void fraction.
- 6,505,519 which is incorporated by reference above, discloses that such a variation of p apPare n t (i-e., an indicated bulk density reading of a two-phase flow that is output by a Coriolis flowmeter) from ptrue (i.e., an actual bulk density of the two-phase flow) may be characterized by a variety of techniques. As a result, a measured p appa rent may be conected to obtain an actual bulk density p corrected .
- an indicated bulk mass flow rate MF appar ent i-e., a mass flow rate of the entire two-phase flow
- MF true a bullc mass flow rate
- conection techniques for conected bulk mass flow rate MF tfUe may be different than the techniques for conecting for density.
- various techniques for conecting a measured MF a pp aren t to obtain an actual MFtrue (or, at least, MF COrre c ted ) are discussed in U.S. Patent No. 6,505,519.
- the digital transmitter is shown as including a density conection system 240, which has access to a density conection database 245, and a mass flow rate conection system 250, which has access to a mass flow conection database 255.
- the databases 245 and 255 may contain, for example, conection algorithms that have been derived theoretically or obtained empirically, and/or conection tables that provide conected density or mass flow values for a given set of input parameters.
- the databases 245 and 255 also may store a variety of other types of information that may be useful in performing the density or mass flow conections.
- the density conection database may store a number of densities p ⁇ - qU - d conesponding to particular liquids (e.g., water or oil).
- a void fraction determination/conection system 260 is operable to determine a void fraction of a two-phase flow including a liquid and a gas.
- the void fraction determination/conection system 260 may determine an actual void fraction ⁇ trUe from the conected density p CO rrected-
- the void fraction determination/conection system 260 may input an apparent or indicated void fraction measurement obtained by the void fraction sensor 235, and may conect this measurement based on an enor characterization similar to the density and mass flow techniques refened to above.
- the void fraction sensor 235 may be operable to directly measure an actual void fraction cc true , in which case the void fraction determination/conection system 260 simply inputs this measurement. Once the factors of p CO rreeted- MFcorrected .
- a flow component mass flow rate determination system 265 operates to simultaneously determine a mass flow rate for the liquid phase component and a mass flow rate for the gas phase component. That is, the transmitter 104 is operable to determine individual flowrates MF-i q -,-d and MF gas of the flow components, as opposed to merely determining the bulk flowrate of the combined or total two-phase flow MFtrue- Although, as just refened to, such measurements may be determined and/or output simultaneously, they also may be determined separately or independently of one another.
- a superficial velocity determination/conection system 270 is included in the transmitter 104 for, for example, determining an apparent or conected superficial velocity of a gas or liquid in the two-phase flow.
- a flow regime is a term that refers to a characterization of the manner in which the two phases flow through the flowtube 215 with respect to one another and/or the flowtube 215, and may be expressed, at least partially, in terms of the superficial velocities just determined.
- one flow regime is known as the "bubble regime,” in which gas is entrained as bubbles within a liquid.
- the "slug regime” refers to a series of liquid “plugs” or “slugs” separated by relatively large gas pockets.
- the gas in a slug flow regime may occupy almost an entire cross-sectional area of the flowtube 215, so that the resulting flow alternates between high-liquid and high- gas composition.
- flow regimes are known to exist and to have certain defined characteristics, including, for example, the annular flow regime, the dispersed flow regime, and froth flow regime, and others.
- the existence of a particular flow regime is known to be influenced by a variety of factors, including, for example, a gas void fraction in the fluid flow, an orientation of the flowtube 215 (e.g., vertical or horizontal), a diameter of the flowtube 215, the materials included within the two-phase flow, and the velocities (and relative velocities) of the materials within the two phase flow.
- a particular fluid flow may transition between several flow regimes over a given period of time. Information about phase slip may be determined at least in part from flow regime knowledge.
- a flow regime determination system 275 is included that has access to a database 280 of flow regime maps. In this way, information about an existing flow regime, including phase slip information, may be obtained, stored, and accessed for use in simultaneously determining liquid and gas mass flow rates within a two-phase flow.
- FIG. 2 it should be understood that the various components of the digital transmitter 104 are in communication with one another, although communication links are not explicitly illustrated, for the sake of clarity.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart 300 illustrating an operation of the Coriolis flowmeter 200 of FIG. 2. Specifically, FIG. 3 illustrates techniques by which the flowmeter 200 of FIG. 2 is operable to simultaneously determine liquid and gas flow rates MF] iqu ; d and MF gas for a two- phase flow. In FIG. 3, it is determined that a gas/liquid two-phase flow exists in the flowtube 215 (302).
- a conected gas void fraction ⁇ c0 - ⁇ ected may be determined (306) by the void fraction determination/conection system 260.
- a conected bulk mass flow rate MF corr e C te d is determined (308) by the mass flow rate conection system 250.
- MF corr e C te d is determined (308) by the mass flow rate conection system 250.
- FIG. 3 it should be understood from the flowchart 300 that the determinations of Pcorreeted. o- CO rrected.
- the conected void fraction ⁇ CO rrected is determined based on previously- calculated conected density p COr rected . whereupon the conected mass flow rate MF C0IT ected is determined based on ⁇ cor rected-
- corr ected and p CO rrected may be calculated independently of one another, and/or pcorreeted and MF CO rreeted may be calculated independently of one another.
- the mass flow rates of the gas and liquid components are determined (310) by the flow component mass flow rate determination system 265.
- Techniques for determining the liquid/gas component flow rates are discussed in more detail below with respect to FIG. 4.
- the liquid/gas component flow rates may be output or displayed (312) for use by an operator of the flowmeter. In this way, the operator is provided, perhaps simultaneously, with infonnation about both the liquid mass flow rate MF ⁇ ⁇ qu - d and the gas mass flow rate MF gas of a two-phase flow. In some instances, this determination may be sufficient (314), in which case the outputting of the liquid/gas component flow rates completes the process flow.
- the determination of the individual component mass flow rates may be improved upon by factoring in information about, for example, the superficial velocities of the gas/liquid components, the flow regime(s) of the flow, and phase slip, if any, between the components.
- superficial velocities of the gas and liquid, SN gas and SN] ⁇ quld are determined as follows.
- the superficial velocities SN gas and SN Hqu -d represent conected values S y corrected and gy corrected _ density values p gas and p ⁇ quid refer, as above, to known densities of the liquid and gas in question, which may be stored in the density conection database 245.
- the density values p gas and p Hqu -d may be known as a function of existing temperature or pressure, as detected by temperature sensor 220 and pressure sensor 225.
- a relevant flow regime and/or phase slip may be detennined (318) by the flow regime determination/conection system 275.
- further conections may be made to the conected bulk density p tr ue . conected bulk mass flow rate MF C0IT ected. and/or conected void fraction ⁇ COrrected - In this way, as illustrated in FIG. 3, component flow rates MF gas and MFu qu i d may be determined.
- Flow regime(s) in two phase liquid/ gas flow may be described by contours on a graph plotting the liquid superficial velocity versus the gas superficial velocity.
- an improvement to determinations of p CO rrected. o-co ⁇ -ected. and/or MF CO rrected may be obtained by first establishing an approximate value of the liquid and gas flow rates, and then applying a more detailed model for the flow regime identified. For example, at relatively low GNF and relatively high flow there exists a flow regime in which the aerated fluid behaves as a homogenous fluid with little or no enors in both density and mass flow.
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart 400 illustrating techniques for determining liquid and gas flow rates MF hqU - d and MF gas for a two-phase flow. That is, the flowchart 400 generally represents one example of techniques for determining liquid and gas flow rates (310), as described above with respect to FIG. 3.
- the determination of liquid and gas flow rates (310) begins with inputting the conected density, void fraction, and mass flow rate factors p CO rrected. o. CO rrected, and MF corrected (402).
- the liquid and gas flow rates are determined (406) using Eqs. 3 and 4:
- MFgas CO rrected (pgas/ptrue) (MFcorrected)
- MFhquid (1 - OtcorrectedXP quid/Pcorrected) (MFcorrected)
- Eq. 4 Eqs. 3 and 4 assume that there is no slip velocity (i.e., phase slip) between the liquid and gas phases (i.e., average velocity of the gas phase, AN gas , and average velocity of the liquid phase, AN ⁇ ⁇ qu - d , are equal). This assumption is consistent with the fact that, in the first instance, superficial velocities and flow regimes (and therefore, phase slip) have not been determined.
- Eqs. 5 and 6 may be solved for AN l ⁇ q u ⁇ d to obtain Eq. 7: Nhquid ⁇ Ftrue / (AT (Pg as Ot C orrected + Phqu ⁇ d(l-O-corrected))) Eq. 7 As a result, the liquid and gas flow rates are determined (406) using Eqs. 8 and 9:
- MFhquid [Phquid ( 1 -Ot CO rrected)/( PgasO-corrected + Phquid (1-O-corrected))] [MF corr ected] Eq. 8
- MF gas MFcorrected - MFhquid Eq. 9
- gas entrained in liquid forms a two-phase flow.
- Measurements of such a two-phase flow with a Coriolis flowmeter result in indicated parameters p apparent , ⁇ appar ent, and MFapparent for density, void fraction, and mass flow rate, respectively, of the two- phase flow. Due to the nature of the two-phase flow in relation to an operation of the
- FIGS. 5 A and 5B are graphs illustrating a percent enor in a measurement of void fraction and liquid fraction, respectively.
- the percent enor is a density percent enor that is dependent on various design and operational parameters, and generally refers to the deviation of the apparent (indicated) density from the true combined density that would be expected given the percentage (%) of gas in liquid.
- the percent enor is a density percent enor that is dependent on various design and operational parameters, and generally refers to the deviation of the apparent (indicated) density from the true combined density that would be expected given the percentage (%) of gas in liquid.
- FIG. 5B true liquid fraction versus indicated liquid fraction is illustrated.
- FIG. 5B shows the results, for the relevant flowmeter design, of several line sizes and flow rates. In more general terms, the functional relationship may be more complex and depend on both line size and flowrate.
- a simple polynomial fit is shown that can be used to conect the apparent liquid fraction.
- Other graphing techniques may be used; for example, true void fraction may be plotted against indicated void fraction.
- FIG. 6 is a graph illustrating a mass flow enor as a function of a drop in density for a flowtube having a particular orientation and over a selected flow range.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart 700 illustrating techniques for conecting density measurements (304 in FIG. 3). In FIG.
- the process begins with an inputting of the type of flowtube 215 being used (702), which may include, for example, whether the flowtube 215 is bent or straight, as well as other relevant facts such as a size or orientation of the flowtube 215.
- a gas-free density of the liquid, p ⁇ - qu.d is determined (704). This quantity may be useful in the following calculation(s), as well as in ensuring that other factors that may influence the density measurement p apparent , such as temperature, are not misinterpreted as void fraction effects.
- the user may enter the liquid density p ⁇ - qu - d directly, along with a temperature dependence of the density.
- known fluids may be stored in the density conection database 245, in which case the user may enter a fluid by name.
- the flowmeter 200 may determine the liquid density during a time of single- phase, liquid flow, and store this value for future use.
- An indicated mass flow rate MF ap p ar en t is read from the Coriolis meter (706), and then an indicated density p apparent is read from the Coriolis meter (708).
- the density conection system 240 applies either a theoretical, algorithmic (710) or empirical, tabular conection (712) to determine the true density p true of the gas/liquid mixture. The quantity p true may then be output as the conected density (714).
- An algorithmic density conection (710) may be detennined based on the knowledge that, if there were no effect of the two-phase flow from the normal operation of a Coriolis meter when used to measure density, the indicated density would drop by an amount derived from the equation describing void fraction, which is set forth above in terms of volume flow and repeated here in terms of density as Eq. 10: ⁇ (%) — [(pa PP arent ⁇ Pliquid) / ( Pgas ⁇ Pliquid)] X 100 Eq. 10 This can be used to define a quantity "density drop," or ⁇ p, as shown in Eq. 11:
- Eq. 11 shows the quantity ⁇ p as being positive; however, this quantity could be shown as a negative drop simply by multiplying the right-hand side of the equation by-1, resulting in Eq. 12:
- Eqs. 12 or 13 may thus be used to define the following two quantities: a conected or true density drop, ⁇ p true , and an indicated or apparent density drop, ⁇ p app .
- Eqs. 14 and 15 this results in Eqs. 14 and 15:
- ⁇ pt r ue ⁇ p apparent and apparent mass flow rate
- MF apP a r e n t ⁇ p apparent and apparent mass flow rate
- MF apP a r e n t ⁇ p apparent and apparent mass flow rate
- other parameters such as, for example, drive gain, sensor balance, temperature, phase regime, etc.
- ⁇ ptr U e f (MF ap pa r e n t, pa PP arent, drive gain, sensor balance, temperature, phase regime, and/or other factors).
- the relationship may generally be derived, or at least proven, for each flowtube in each setting.
- a tabular conection for density (712) may be used when, for example, a functional relationship is too complex or inconvenient to implement, hi such cases, knowledge of the quantities ⁇ p appar e n t and ⁇ MF a p pare , ⁇ t may be used to determine ⁇ pt rUe by employing a table having the form of a table 800 of FIG. 8.
- the table 800 may be, for example, a tabular look-up table that can be, for example, stored in the database 245, or in another memory, for use across multiple applications of the table. Additionally, the table may be populated during an initialization procedure, for storage in the database 245 for an individual application of the table.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart 900 illustrating techniques for determining void fraction measurements (306 in FIG. 3).
- the process begins with an inputting by the void fraction detennination system 240 of the previously-determined liquid and bulk (conected) densities, p Hqu i d and p m e (902).
- a density of the gas, p gas is then determined (904).
- p gas may simply be assumed to be a density of air, generally at a known pressure, or may be an actual known density of the particular gas in question.
- this known density p gas may be one of the above factors (i.e., known density of air or the specific gas) at an actual or calculated pressure, as detected by the pressure sensor 225, and/or at an actual or calculated temperature, as detected by the temperature sensor 220.
- the temperature and pressure may be monitored using external equipment, as shown in FIG. 2, including the temperature sensor 220 and/or the pressure sensor 225.
- the gas may be known to have specific characteristics with respect to factors including pressure, temperature, or compressibility. These characteristics may be entered along with an identification of the gas, and used in determining the current gas density p gas .
- multiple gasses may be stored in memory, perhaps along with the characteristics just described, so that a user may access density characteristics of a particular gas simply by selecting the gas by name from a list.
- void fraction ⁇ me may be easily determined (906).
- liquid fraction may be determined (908) simply by calculating 1- ⁇ tme -
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart 1000 illustrating techniques for determining conected mass flow rate measurements (308 in FIG. 3).
- the mass flow rate conection system 250 first inputs the previously-calculated conected density drop ⁇ p true (1002), and then inputs a measured, apparent mass flow rate MF ap parent (1004).
- the mass flow rate conection system 250 applies either a tabular (1006) or algorithmic conection (1008) to determine the trae mass flow rate MF true of the gas/liquid mixture.
- the quantity MF rue may then be output as the conected mass flow rate (1010).
- knowledge of the quantities ⁇ ptrue and ⁇ MFa PP arent may be used to determine MFtrue by employing a table having the form of a table 1100 of FIG. 11.
- the table 1100, as with the table 800 may be, for example, a tabular look-up table that can be, for example, stored in the database 245, or in another memory, for use across multiple applications of the table.
- the table may be populated during an initialization procedure, for storage in the database 255 for an individual application of the table.
- Normalized values MF nor m_ap P and MF nor m_true may be used in place of the actual ones shown above, in order to cover more than one size Coriolis flowtube.
- the entries can be in terms of the conection, where the conection is defined by Eq. 18:
- Eq. 18 should be understood to represent either actual or normalized values.
- the function can simplify to a polynomial, such as, for example, the polynomial shown in Eq. 19:
- the functional relationship can be a combination of a polynomial and exponential, as shown in Eq. 20:
- AMF a ⁇ de ⁇ a ⁇ a,n ⁇ a sm ) + ⁇ 2 + ⁇ + ⁇ 2 + ⁇
- p h q u i d and flowtube cross-section A T are known or entered parameters, and may be real-time conected for temperature using, for example, the on-board temperature measurement device 220 of the digital controller/transmitter 104.
- either or both of the algorithmic and tabular forms may be extended to include multiple dimensions, such as, for example, gain, temperature, balance, or flow regime.
- the algorithmic or tabular conection also may be extended to include other surface fitting techniques, such as, for example, neural net, radical basis functions, wavelet analyses, or principle component analysis.
- such extensions may be implemented in the context of FIG. 3 during the approach described therein. For example, during a first instance, mass flow rate may be detennined as described above. Then, during a second instance, when a flow regime has been identified, the mass flow rate may be further conected using the flow regime information.
- FIGS. 12-14 are graphs illustrating examples of density conections for a number of flowtubes. In particular, the examples are based on data obtained from three vertical water flowtubes, the flowtubes being: V", 3 / 4 ", and 1" in diameter.
- the V" data was taken with a 0.15kg/s flow rate and a 0.30kg/s flow rate; the 3 /" data was taken with a 0.50kg/s flow rate and a l.OOkg/s flow rate; and the 1" data was taken with a 0.50kg/s flow rate, a 0.90kg/s flow rate, and a 1.20kg/s flow rate.
- FIGS.13A and 13B illustrate the model with the experimental data and the residual enors, as shown.
- FIGS.14A and 14B give the same information, but with each flow rate plotted separately.
- the drop in density conection is performed in the transmitter 104 by calculating the apparent density drop ⁇ p appar ent, using the apparent density value p appar ent and the liquid density pi- q d - The value of the apparent drop in density is normalized to obtain p a ' pp e X* ⁇ — apparent . so that, as explained above, the drop in density is calculated as a ratio
- FIGS. 15-20 are graphs illustrating examples of mass flow rate conections for a number of flowtubes. In particular, the examples are based on data obtained from three vertical water flowtubes, the flowtubes being: V", 3 /", and 1" in diameter.
- V V
- 3 / 4 " data was taken with a 0.50kg/s flow rate and a l.OOkg/s flow rate
- 1 data was taken with 18 flow rates between 0.30kg/s and 3.0kg/s flow rate, with a maximum drop in density of approximately 30%.
- FIG. 16 illustrates apparent mass flow enors versus conected drop in mixture density and normalized apparent superficial fluid velocity, with safety bounds for the conection mode. That is, FIG.
- FIG. 17 illustrates a scatter plot for the model residuals, together with the model formula and coefficients; i.e., shows model residuals versus the conected drop in mixture density and nonnalized trae fluid velocity.
- FIGS. 18A-18D and Figures 19A-19D give the model residual enors for the whole data set used to fit the model and the actual data alone, respectively.
- FIGS. 20A and 20B illustrate the model surface both interpolating and extrapolating outside the safe fit area.
- mass flow conection in the transmitter 104 is undertaken in this example by calculating an apparent drop in density, conecting it using the method(s) described above, and nonnalizing the resulting value by dividing it by 100 (or use the obtained normalized conected drop in density from the density model). Then, a normalized superficial fluid velocity v,.
- the model is calculated, and the model is applied to obtain an estimation of the normalized mass flow enor e n , where this value gives the enor of the apparent mass flow as a ratio of the trae mass flow.
- the obtained value may be un-n ⁇ rmalized by multiplying it by 100, to thereby obtain the mass flow enor as a percentage of thie true mass flow.
- the apparent mass flow may be conected with the un-normalized mass flow enor
- the techniques described above are particularly useful in measurement applications where the mass flow of the liquid phase and the mass flow of the gas phase must be measured and/or conected to a high level of ac curacy.
- One exemplary application is the measurement of the mass flow of the liquid phase and the measurement of the gas phase in oil and gas production environments.
- the above discussion is provided in the context of the digital flowmeter of FIG. 2.
- any vibrating or oscillating densitometer or flowmeter, analog or digital, that is capable of measuring multi-phase flow trxat includes a gas phase of a certain percentage may be used.
- some flowmeters are only capable of measuring process fluids that include a gas phase when that gas phase is limited to a small percentage of the overall process fluid, such as, for example, less than 5%.
- Other flowmeters such as the digital flowmeter(s) referenced above, are capable of operation even when the gas void fraction reaches 40% or more.
- Many of the above-given equations and calculations are described in terms of density, mass flow rate, and/or void fraction. However, it should be understood that the same or similar results may be reached using variations of these parameters. For example, instead of mass flow, a volumetric flow may be used. Additionally, instead of void fraction, liquid fraction may be used. The above discussion provides examples of measuring component mass flow rates in a two-phase flow.
- Flowmeters also may be used to measure furth-er mixed flows.
- a "three-phase" flow or “mixed two-phase flow” refers to a situation in which two types of liquid are mixed with a gas.
- a flowing mixture of oil and water may contain air (or another gas), thus forming a "three-phase flow,” where the terminology refers to the three components of the flow, and does not generally imply that a solid material is included in the flow.
- FIG. 21 is a block diagram of a flowmeter system 2100.
- the flowmeter system 2100 may be used, for example, to determine individual component flow rates within a three-phase flow.
- the system 2100 may be used to detennine an amount of oil within an oil, water, and gas flow that travels through a pipe at an oil extraction facility, during a given period of time.
- the flowmeter system 2100 also may be used to obtain highly-accurate measurements from the digital transmitter 104, such as, for example, density measurements or mass flow rate measurements.
- the system 2100 also may be used, for example, to obtain an improved measurement from an external sensor, such as, for example, the liquid fraction probe 230, or the void fraction sensor 235, relative to what measurements might be obtained using the external sensor(s) alone.
- the digital transmitter 104 includes a void fraction determination system
- the systems 2102, 2104, and 2106 may be used to measure conesponding parameters of a fluid flow within the flow 215. Further, as also explained above, to the extent that the fluid flow contains gas and/or mixed liquids, the measurements output by the systems 2102, 2104, and 2106 generally represent raw or apparent values for the conesponding parameters, which ultimately may be conected with a conections system 2108.
- an apparent mass flow rate of a three-phase fluid flow within the flowtube 215 may be output to the conections system 2108 for conection using a mass flow rate conection module 2112, while an apparent density of the three-phase fluid flow within the flowtube 215 may be output to the conections system 2108 for conection using a density conection module 2118.
- a measurement or determination of an apparent void fraction within the fluid flow may be conected using a density conection module 2114, while a measurement or determination of an apparent liquid fraction (e.g., water cut from probe 230) may be conected using a water cut conection module 2116.
- the various conection modules 2112-2118 may work in conjunction with one another, and/or with other components, in order to obtain their respective conected values.
- conected values such as mass flow rate, derxsity, water cut, or void fraction (or some combination thereof) may be output to a host co ⁇ nputer2110 for determination of individual mass flow rates of each of the three components of the three- phase fluid flow, using a component flow rate determination system 2120.
- individual flow rates and/or amounts of each of the three components may be determined.
- an example of the system 2100 includes three general elements used to obtain conected measurement values and/or individual compone-nt flow rates: the transmitter 104, one or more of the individual external sensors identified generically with a reference numeral 2122, and one or more elements of the conections system 2108.
- the digital transmitter 104 may not include the void fraction determination system 2102.
- the void fraction determination system 2102 may be included with, or associated with, the liquid fr-action probe 230, or may be unneeded depending on a type or configuration of the void fraction sensor 235.
- the void fraction may be determined from outputs of the conection modules 2112, 2116, and/or 2118.
- the external sensors 2122 are shown in FIG. 21 to be in communication with the digital transmitter 104 and the flowtube 2L 5, it should be understood that the external sensors 2122 may obtain their respective measurements in a number of different ways.
- examples of the temperature sensor 220, the pressure sensor 225, and the void fraction sensor 230 are described above, with respect to, for example, FIG. 2.
- the liquid fraction probe 235 may be in series with the flowtube 215 with respect to a primary pipe for transporting the three-phase fluid flow, and may maintain separate communication with the transmitter 104, the conections system 2108, and/or the host computer 2110.
- the conections system 2108 is shown as being separate from the digital transmitter 104 and the host computer 2110. In some implementations, however, the conections system 2108 may be located within the digital transmitter 104, the host computer
- conections system 2108 may be included within different sections of the system 2100. For example, density and mass flow rate conections may be performed at the digital transmitter 104, while water cut conections may be performed at the liquid fraction probe 230.
- the conections system 2108 may include all of the modules 2112-2118 (as shown), or some subset thereof, or may include other modules, not specifically illustrated in FIG. 21 (e.g., a conections module for conecting a density of the two-liquid component within the tliree-phase flow, such as the oil/water mixture in an oil/water/gas fluid flow).
- any such conection modules may be integrated with one another.
- the mass flow rate and density conections may be incorporated into one module, while the water cut conection module 2116 may be separate.
- the component flow rate determination system 2120 may be situated in a number of places within the system -2100.
- the component flow rate determination system 2120 may be located within the conections system 2108, or may be located within the digital transmitter 104.
- system 2100 and other implementations thereof allows for all or substantially all of the tliree-phase fluid flow to flow continuously through the flowtube 215 and througli an associated pipe or other conduit for transporting the three-phase flow material.
- determinations of individual component flow rates do not require; separation of the three-phase fluid flow into separate flows containing one or more of the constituent components.
- the three-phase flow contains oil, wate -, and gas, it is not necessary to separate the gas from the oil/water liquid combination in order to perform measurements (e.g., mass flow rate) on the oil portion of the resulting oil/liquid flow.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram of a first implementation of the system 2100 of FIG. 21.
- the liquid fraction probe 230 is illustrated as a water cut probe that is in series with the digital transmitter 104 with respect to three-phase fluid flow through a pipe 2202. E-xamples of using measurements from the water cut probe 230 in determining flow measurements are provided in more detail below.
- a static mixer-sampler 2204 is illustrated that serves to homogenize the tliree-phase fluid. The mixer-sampler 2204 also may be used for other measurements.
- the mixer-sampler 2204 may be used to validate measurements of the water cut probe 230, or other measurements. In one implementation, the mixer-sampler 2204 may be used to siphon off a portion of a three-phase flow of oil/water/gas for evaporation of the gas therefrom, for independent confirmation of a water fraction within the resulting two-liquid composition. Somewhat similarly, a pressure transmitter 2206 may be used in various post- processing techniques for validating or confirming measurements of the system.
- FIG. 23 is a block diagram of a second implementation of the system of FIG. 21. In FIG. 23, the liquid fraction probe 230 is illustrated as a microwave water-cut probe 230a and/or an infrared water-cut probe 230b. A power supply 2302 for supplying power to the system also is illustrated.
- the flowtube 215 of FIG. 23 should be understood to contain, for example, the bent flowtube 102 of FIG. 1A, although, of course, the straight flowtube 106 of
- FIG. IB or some other flowtube, also may be used.
- the sensors 230a, 230b, and/or 2206 are illustrated as being in bidirectional communication with the transmitter 104, including a standard 4-20mA control signal.
- the transmitter 104 is in communication with the host computer 2110 by way of a Modbus RS485 connection.
- FIG. 23 illustrates several possible locations for the conections system 2108.
- the conections system 2108 may be located at, or associated with, a processor associated with the host computer 2110, or with the digital transmitter 104, and/or with the water-cut probe 230a (and/or other external sensor 230b).
- the conections system 2108 inputs, from the transmitter 104, measurements such as an apparent (or raw) measurement of a liquid fraction (e.g., water cut) of the three-phase flow, along with an apparent bulk mass flow rate and apparent bullc density.
- the conections system 2108 in this example includes a water cut enor model 2402 and a Coriolis enor model 2404.
- the models 2402 and 2404 allow for calculations of the conected, or the estimation of the true, conesponding measurements of water cut, mass flow rate, and density.
- 2402 and 2404 model known configurations and flow parameters, so that subsequently measured flow parameters may be conelated with the modeling results by way of, for example, interpolation.
- the models 2402 and 2404 may be implemented to provide polynomial fittings of measured (apparent) flow parameters.
- the models 2402 and 2404 may represent neural net conection models for conecting water cut and mass flow/density. In the example of FIG. 24, where the available measurement includes an apparent water cut, then the resulting conected measurements allow for the calculation of the additional parameter of gas void fraction.
- the conections system may output a conected void fraction measurement (thereby allowing subsequent estimation of a true water cut).
- the conections system 2108 may output the conected measurements to the component flow rate determination system 2120 for calculation of individual component mass flow rates.
- FIG. 24 illustrates an example in which the outputs of each model 2402 and 2404 are fed back into one another, in order to obtain sequentially better results, before outputting a final value for conected water cut, (bulk) mass flow rate, and (bulk) density, and, thereafter, calculating individual component flows.
- the initial determination of an apparent water cut may be dependent on, and vary with, an amount of gas within the three-phase fluid flow (i.e., the gas void fraction).
- an accurate value of the gas void fraction may not generally be available until after an estimate of the true water cut measurement has been determined. Therefore, as illustrated, by feeding the values of a first determination of a conected water cut value from the water cut enor model 2402 back into the Coriolis enor model 2404, an improved estimate of conected mass flow rate, density, and gas void fraction may be obtained, and, thereafter, fed back into the water cut enor model. This process may continue, for example, until a desired level of accuracy is reached, or until a determined amount of time has passed.
- the models 2402 and 2404 may be orthogonal to one another, so that one may be replaced without affecting an operation of the other. For example, if a new water cut probe is used (e.g., the probe 230a instead of the probe 230b of FIG. 23), then a conesponding water cut enor model may similarly be substituted, while the Coriolis enor model may continue to be used.
- a new water cut probe e.g., the probe 230a instead of the probe 230b of FIG. 23
- a conesponding water cut enor model may similarly be substituted, while the Coriolis enor model may continue to be used.
- FIG. 25 is a flowchart 2500 illustrating a first operation of the flowmeter of FIGS. 21- 23. More particularly, FIG.
- FIG. 25 represents a high-level description of many different techniques and combinations of techniques, specific examples of some of which (along with other examples) are presented in more detail, below.
- existence of a three-phase flow is determined and apparent measurements are obtained (2502).
- the transmitter 104 may obtain an apparent bulk density and an apparent mass flow rate
- the liquid fraction probe 230 may obtain an apparent water cut measurement.
- these measurements may then be output to the conections system 2108.
- a conected water cut (2504), conected bulk density (2506), conected bulk mass flow rate (2508), and conected gas void fraction (2510) may be obtained.
- the conected mass flow rate may be determined based only on apparent measurements, such as apparent mass flow rate, or may be detennined based on these factors along with an already-conected density and/or gas void fraction measurement. Similar comments apply, for example, to techniques for obtaining conected density and/or gas void fraction measurements. Also, it should be apparent that other factors and parameters may be used in calculating conected values that are not necessarily shown in FIG. 25, such as, for example, temperature, pressure, liquid or gas densities of the flow components, or other parameters, known or measured. Further, as referenced above, a given conection may be obtained multiple times, with later conections being based on intervening conections of other parameters.
- a first-conected water cut measurement may be obtained, and may then be revised based on a following void fraction determination, to obtain a second-conected water cut measurement.
- individual component flow rates for one or more of the first liquid component, second liquid component, and gas component may be obtained (2512). Then, these outputs, and/or the conected values themselves, may be displayed or otherwise output (2514).
- FIG. 26 is a flowchart 2600 illustrating a first example of the techniques of FIG. 25.
- conecting bulk density may be associated with determining a water cut measurement, using the water cut probe 230.
- the process 2600 continues with a detennination of conected values of, for example, bulk density and bulk mass flow rate (2608). Once these values are known, a conection for gas void fraction ⁇ fc 0rre c ted may be performed (2610), resulting in a new, revised determination of gas void fraction (2606). In this way, a conection of the initial water cut measurement may be performed (2612), so as to take into account an effect of the gas within the three-phase flow on the initial water cut measurement (2602), and thereby obtain an improved water cut measurement.
- a conection for gas void fraction ⁇ fc 0rre c ted may be performed (2610), resulting in a new, revised determination of gas void fraction (2606).
- a conection of the initial water cut measurement may be performed (2612), so as to take into account an effect of the gas within the three-phase flow on the initial water cut measurement (2602), and thereby obtain an improved water cut measurement.
- the improved water cut measurement may be used to determine and improve the liquid density measurement (2604), which, in turn, may be used to determine a conected or improved gas void fraction measurement (2606).
- a conected or improved gas void fraction measurement 2606
- further-conected bulk density and bulk mass flow rate measurements may be obtained (2608).
- the process 2600, or variations thereof, may be continued until satisfactory results for conected values of bulk density, bulk mass flow rate, water cut, and/or gas void fraction have been determined.
- individual mass flow rates for the three components e.g., oil, water, and gas
- water cut in a two-phase flow is defined as the volume fraction of water in the two-phase (e.g., oil-water) mixture, when devoid of gas.
- water cut is given by Eq. 29: ⁇ r/-t r liquid r oil r w r oil Eq. 29
- the Coriolis flowmeter may measure the mixture (bulk) density, pii qu id, and the mixture mass flow rate, MF.
- the water cut of the mixture is then calculated based on Eq. 29. This technique is described in more detail in, for example, U.S. Patent No. 5,029,482, assigned to Chevron Research Company, and may be useful in deriving water cut from a density measurement using a Coriolis flowmeter.
- the volumetric flow rate of the liquid (oil- water) mixture may be derived using Eq. 30:
- the two independent measurements of bulk (mixture) density and mass flow rate by the Coriolis flowmeter provide sufficient information to satisfy the mathematical closure requirement where two components are present in the combined stream.
- Eqs. 29 and 30 cannot be directly applied when three distinct phases (i.e., oil, water and gas) are in a co-mingled stream, i.e., a three-phase flow, as discussed above with respect to FIGS. 21-25, because the Coriolis flowmeter may measure the density and massflow of the mixture of the two liquids and gas.
- a third component is introduced which benefits from a third independent source of information to satisfy mathematical closure for tliree-phase flow.
- the independent information is provided by another device installed in-line with the Coriolis flowmeter, which encounters the same three- phase mixture, i.e., the water cut probe 230.
- the water cut probe 230 as described above with respect to FIGS. 21-25, may be of any possible technologies including microwave, capacitance, capacitance-inductance, nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared, and near infrared, and may be implemented using a combination of these types of water cut probes. The use of other types of water cut probes (or, more generally, liquid fraction probes) is envisioned within the scope of the present description, as well.
- the transmitter 104 may be used to provide an apparent bulk density, p apparent as well as an apparent bulk mass flow rate, MF apparen t.
- the water cut probe 230 may be used to obtain an apparent water cut measurement WC appa ie n t-
- the density of the oil-water liquid portion only of the three-phase mixture may thus be derived from the water cut information as shown in Eq. 31, where, as above, component liquid densities are known or may be obtained, for example, according to techniques that also are described above.
- the gas void fraction is defined as the volume fraction occupied by the gas phase in the three-phase mixture.
- a definition of in terms of apparent or non-corrected values, is provided above and repeated here as Eq. 32: r appateni r liquid apparent r gas r liquid Eq. 32
- the density of the gas phase in Eq. 32 above may be calculated based on an independent measurement of process pressure and temperature.
- pressure may be measured with the pressure transmitter 225, while the temperature is either measured independently using a temperature transmitter or obtained from the Coriolis flowmeter' s temperature, e.g., the temperature sensor 220, such as a Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD).
- RTD Resistance Temperature Detector
- AGA American Gas Association
- the calculated liquid phase density (2604) and gas void fraction (2606) based on the water cut input are approximations, since the water cut measurement itself is affected by the presence of gas, which heretofore is unknown.
- a solution technique to converge to the conect liquid phase density and gas void fraction may thus be used, as shown in FIG. 26. Specifically, following application of mass flow and bulk density conections, an updated gas void fraction is obtained (2610, 2606). This updated gas void fraction value is then applied to the water cut reading to conect for the effect of the presence of gas (2612, 2602). For each specific water cut device, the relationship between water cut and the effect of gas void fraction may be known as shown in Eq. 33:
- an apparent water cut measurement may be a function of many different parameters, so that a corrected water cut measurement WC CO rrected uiay generally be a function of the same parameters, conected values of those parameters, and/or of the apparent water cut measurement itself.
- the process is repeated, starting with Eq. 31, until suitable convergence criteria has been satisfied. Then, the conected three-phase mixture (bulk) mass flow rate, density, and gas void fraction may be reported at process temperature.
- the individual volumetric flow rate of each phase/component is then calculated and conected to standard temperature using, for example, the American Petroleum Institute (API) equations for crude oil and produced water, and the AGA algorithms for produced gas.
- API American Petroleum Institute
- the water cut meter 230 may be operable to feed its measurement signal and information directly into either an analog or digital communications port (input/output) of the transmitter 104.
- the water cut meter is capable of communicating with the transmitter 104 in a bi-directional communications mode. As part of this implementation, the water cut meter is able to feed its measured signal and information directly into the communications port of the transmitter 104 as just described.
- the transmitter 104 also may be capable of sending signals and information to the water cut probe 230.
- FIG. 27 is a flowchart 2700 illustrating a second example of the techniques of FIG. 25.
- the process 2700 begins with a determination of an apparent water cut measurement (2702). Then, the water cut measurement may be used to determine a density of the total liquid component (e.g., a density of a combined oil and water portion of the three-phase flow), perhaps using Eq. 31 (2704).
- a density of the total liquid component e.g., a density of a combined oil and water portion of the three-phase flow
- Eq. 31 e.g., a density of a combined oil and water portion of the three-phase flow
- An apparent bulk density of the multiphase flow, or an apparent density drop as described above, may be determined (2706), and an apparent gas void fraction may be determined, either independently of, or based on, the apparent bulk density (2708).
- an apparent mass flow rate of the total liquid component may then be calculated (2710), using some or all of the previously-calculated parameters.
- first values for conected and bulk density and conected bulk mass flow rate may be determined (2712). Then, values for a conected gas void fraction (2714), a conected total liquid component mass flow rate (2716), and a revised or conected water cut measurement (2718) maybe determined. With the revised water cut measurement and other parameters, a revised gas void fraction measurement may be obtained. Then, as shown, further conections to the bulk mass flow rates and bulk density may be performed, and this process may be repeated until a suitable level of conection is reached. And, as described above with respect to FIGS. 25 and 26, outputs for the conected bulk mass flow rate, conected bulk density, conected water cut measurement, and/or corrected gas void fraction measurements may be obtained.
- FIG. 28 is a flowchart 2800 illustrating a third example of the techniques of FIG. 25.
- the process of FIG. 28 begins, as in the process 2700, with determinations of water cut measurements, total liquid density, and apparent bulk density (2702, 2704, 2706). Then, an apparent bulk mass flow rate is determined (2802). Based on this information, conected values for bulk density and bulk mass flow rate may be determined (2804). Then, a gas density may be determined, as, for example, a function of pressure and temperature (2806). Accordingly, a gas void fraction can be determined (2808) and conected (2810).
- a revised water cut measurement can be determined (2812), and used to calculate an improved liquid density, and the process repeated until a satisfactory result is reached.
- a revised water cut measurement can be determined (2812), and used to calculate an improved liquid density, and the process repeated until a satisfactory result is reached.
- FIG. 26 and in combination with the discussion thereof, specific examples, equations, and techniques are presented below for implementing the processes of FIGS. 27 and 28. Of course, other techniques also may be used.
- the water cut probe 230 or other instrument, as described above, provides a measurement of the volumetric ratio of water to bulk liquid in the liquid phase, as shown in
- the water cut value WC initially represents an apparent water cut value (i.e., calculated based on apparent values of mass flow and density) that may be improved or conected as the processes continue, as already described:
- FIG. 29 is a flowchart 2900 illustrating techniques for determining component flow rates for a three-phase flow. That is, FIG. 29 corresponds to a more detailed view of determining component flow rates, as shown in FIG. 25 (2512). In FIG.
- a conected liquid flow rate is determined (2904), i.e., a flow rate of the mixture of the two liquids (e.g., oil and water) in the three-phase flow.
- a mass flow rate of a first liquid component e.g., water
- a mass flow rate of the second liquid component e.g., oil
- the conected density, gas void fraction, and/or water cut value may be used to detemiine a mass flow rate of the gas component of the three-phase flow (2910).
- FIG. 30 is a flowchart 3000 illustrating examples of more specific techniques for performing the determinations of FIG. 29.
- the conected mass flow rates of the liquid and its components are determined independently of the corrected density or gas void fraction measurements. Specifically, an apparent gas void fraction is determined (3002), using Eq. 32, above. Then, an apparent gas flow rate is determined (3004), using Eq. 36:
- the apparent superficial gas velocity may be calculated by the volume flowrate of the liquid divided by the flowtube cross sectional area -4-. , as shown above, and reproduced here, in Eq. 1 :
- Apparent superficial liquid velocity can then be detennined (3010).
- the volume flowrate of the liquid may be divided by the flowtube cross sectional area X , as shown above and reproduced here in Eq. 2: p qm r rr liquid Eq. 2
- an enor rate for liquid mass flow measurement is determined (3012).
- This enor in the apparent liquid mass flowrate may be defined as a fraction of the true liquid mass flow, as shown in Eq. 38: , phquid _ ⁇ s ⁇ liquid apparent ⁇ " ⁇ " true error(MF a l p'pZarent) - phqmd
- Eq. 39 refers to a normalized apparent liquid flow (replacing "1" with "g” in the subscript for the conesponding gas parameter), where normalization is based on, for example, a maximum possible flowrate(s), as indicated by v- max and Vgm ax .
- a conected liquid mass flow rate measurement may be determined (3014), using Eqs. 38 and 39, expressed here as Eq. 40: jrfpliquid _ MF a 1 p"p 1 "a”r 1 ent cot reeled l + erwr(MF a"pparentt) ' J Eq. 40
- the water cut and component densities may be determined (3016), or obtained using the above-described techniques, and used to determine a conected oil flow rate and a conected water flow rate (3018). Then, using the conected bulk density and conected gas void fraction (3020), a conected gas flow rate may be detennined (3022). For example, the water and oil mass flowrates may be calculated, using Eqs. 41 and 42:
- MF , ecled (i - ⁇ WC Pel con ected J liquid MF c h o q rr u e ld cted r corrected
- the gas mass flowrate may be determined using Eqs. 43 and 44:
- Such a calculation also may be used in 2-phase flow modeling results as described above, to consider resulting residual enor in the modeling.
- the model least square fit may be modified to minimize the resultant mass flow enor rather than the model enor.
- a flowtube may be expected to exhibit small mass flow enors, so that if a flowmeter is expected to conect for large enors, then the enor modeling (and hence experimental data) becomes relatively more important.
- apparent superficial velocities are used to carry out mass flow conections, so as to decouple the bulk density conection from the liquid mass flow conection.
- FIGS. 31A-31D are graphs illustrating conection of a mass flow rate of a two-phase liquid in a three-phase flow.
- FIGS. 31 A-3 ID show the predicted liquid mass flow enors when the 3 -phase flow conection algorithm is applied to data obtained from four oil+water+gas trials using a vertical orientation.
- FIGS. 31 A-3 ID show that the basic conection curve does work within 5% for all but the highest gas flows, which are outside the range of data used for modeling.
- FIG. 32 is a graph showing a mass flow enor as a function of mass flow rate for oil and water.
- FIG. 33 is a graph showing a gas void fraction enor as a function of true gas void fraction.
- 32 and 33 illustrate the enors in estimating the three mass flow fractions by spreadsheet implementation of the above algorithms.
- the actual determination of the gas mass flow may be affected by uncertainty in the mixture density and a relative difference in density between the liquid and gas phase.
- the density conection polynomial discussed above may be more or less applicable depending on, for example, flowtube orientation. As a result, for example, horizontal flow may result in a lower enor than vertical flow, or vice- versa.
- the use of superficial liquid and gas velocities may enable the conection algorithms to include knowledge of the multi-phase flow regimes encountered, which may lead to better conection algorithms.
- a sampling system may be used that takes a representative sample of the mixture, de-gasses it and uses a Coriolis meter to determine the water cut.
- knowledge of the liquid and gas densities at the operation temperature and pressure may be used with the conected density and massflow measurements to calculate each of the liquid and gas mass flow rates, and, thereby, the liquid and gas volumetric flow.
- extra, external measurements may be used to enable the estimation of gas mass flow and the mass flow of each of the two liquids.
- the water cut of the mixture may be measured up-stream of the Coriolis meter, as explained and illustrated abo ⁇ e.
- it may be assumed that the two liquids do not interact in such a way as to invalidate the assumption that the mixture of the two liquid behave as a single liqu-id as far as the interaction with the gas phase is concerned.
- This assumption makes the three-phase flow an extension of the single-liquid two-phase flow, the extra measurements being u-sed to determine the mixed liquid density and to decouple the separate liquid massflows, after two-phase flow calculations are applied.
- a Coriolis meter will generally under-read both the mixture density and the mixture massflow of a liquid/gas mixture.
- a model for the enor surfaces may be used so as to find a mapping between the raw density and massflow measurements, and the value of the raw measurement enors, for both massflow and density measurements, i.e., to perform a data fitting.
- both the density and massflow enor curve may depend on many factors, such as, for example, meter size, meter orientation (e.g., horizontal vs. vertical), and a nominal liquid mass flow. Accordingly, conections may be developed for each individual meter size and orientation. In other implementations, the compensations may be scaled according to meter size and/or adjusted according to meter alignment. others. For example, FIG.
- FIG. 34 shows a particular form of neural network model, the multi layer perceptron (MLP), with just two layers of weights 3412, 3414 and sigmoic ⁇ al hidden units 3408, has been demonstrated to be capable of approximating any continuous mapping function to arbitrary accuracy (provided that the number of hidden units is sufficiently large), also refened to as the universality property.
- MLP multi layer perceptron
- any reasonable functional mapping can be approximated with arbitrary accuracy by a linear superposition (performed by the output units activation functions) of a sufficiently large number of non- linear functions (represented by the hidden units activation functions).
- being a feed-forward network i.e.
- neural network models present at lea-st the following advantageous features.
- such models provide the ability to derive a non-linear functional mapping from a sufficiently large and representative database of relevant measurements, without prior knowledge of the underlying physical model of tt e process.
- Such a feature may be particularly advantageous in the example of the two/three-piiase flow compensation problem, where actual physical processes inside the tube may b>e difficult to obtain.
- ne iral network training may find the "best" (in the sense of the cost function chosen to control tkie network training) solution for the data available by adjusting its internal parameters during the training process.
- FIG. 34 is a graphical representation of the MLP model.
- MeasError F(dd, m) , with dd the apparent drop in mixture density and m the apparent massflow of the liquid. It should be noted that this notation is slightly different from the above notation for the same parameters, i.e., ⁇ p and MF, respectively.
- FIG. 34 is a graphical representation of the MLP model.
- MLP 34 thus illustrates a multi-layer perceptron (MLP) model with two inputs (dd 3402 and m 3404) and one output (MeasEnor 3406).
- MLP multi-layer perceptron
- An output v 3510 of a unit may be given by applying an activation function f 3502 to the weighted sums 3504 of the n unit inputs x t 3506, to thus define a unit function 3508, as shown in FIG. 35 and in Eq. 46:
- an MLP is a feed-forward neural network architecture with several layers of units. Being feed-forward means that the data flows monotonically from inputs to outputs, without inner loops; this ensures that the outputs function is deterministic.
- the MLP used for two-phase flow measurement enor compensation may be a two-layer architecture with sigmoidal activation functions for hidden units 3308 and linear activation function for the output unit 3410.
- Eq. 47 represents a non-linear function in apparent drop in mixture density and massflow, with nh the number of hidden units 3408.
- the network parameters w" ⁇ '" , w°" lp '" and nh may be determined during a process called network training, essentially, an optimization of a cost function. As stated above, to ensure the universality property, nh has to be sufficiently large (it actually dictates the degree of freedom for the model, hence its complexity).
- the data available for the training is divided into three independent sets: the training set (used to iteratively change the values of the MLP weights to minimize the cost function); the validation set (used to stop the training early to avoid over- fitting the training data); and the test set (used to choose the number of hidden units).
- the outputs of the MLP conesponding to the data in the training set may be evaluated, and the values of the veights are updated according to a specific "learning rule," as known in the field of neural network design, in order to minimize the cost function value over the training set.
- the cost function also may be evaluated over the validation set, and the training stopped when this starts increasing, so that a suitable compromise between the fit of the training data and the generalization capabilities may be achieved. That is, over-fitting from training to convergence over the training set may be avoided. If enough data is available, a test set also may be used to assess the perfonnance of several MLP trained, as described, but with different numbers of hidden units to choose the architecture that gives the mini-rnum cost function over the test set.
- Model 1 0-1.5.kg/s
- Model 2 0-1.5kg/s
- Model 3 1.2kg/s upwards
- Model 4 1.2kg/s upwards
- a different model, refened to as a "blanket model,” also may be trained using the whole range of flows and GNFs.
- the blanket network may be used to pxovide a rough idea about the true liquid massflow.
- FIGS. 36 A, 36B, and 37A-D illustrate results from two-phase flow data collected for a 1" Coriolis flowmeter, in both horizontal and vertical alignment, with -water and air. Fifty- five flowlines were used, with nominal flow ranging from 0.35 kg/s to 3 .0 kg/s in steps of 0.025kg/s, with typical GNF steps of 0.5% and 1%GNF (depending on Che nominal flow value), giving a total of 3400 experimental points, for an average of 45 points per flowline.
- the conesponding surfaces for raw density and massflow enors are given in FIGS. 36A and
- compensation solutions for density and liquid massflow enors as described above may be derived and validated online, using independent test data, as shown in FIGS. 37A-37D.
- the model inputs for the compensation technique are the raw normalised ⁇ A fphqutd apparent A.
- FIGS. 38-68 are graphs illustrating test and/or modeling results of various implementations described above with respect to FIGS. 1-37, or related implementations. More specifically, FIGS. 38-68, unless stated otherwise below, are graphis reflecting results from three-phase trials in which the fluids used were crude oil with a 35° API gravity, simulated brine (i.e., salt-water mixture) with 2% by weight ⁇ aCl, and nitrogen.
- FIGS. 38 A and 38B illustrate gas-induced enor resulting from the raw density and mass flow measurements, respectively, of the Coriolis meter.
- FIG. 39 illustrates the observed response of the water cut probe used in these trials. For this particular device, the presence of free gas reduces the observed water cut compared to the true value (for the gas-free oil-water mixture), decreasing monotonically as gas void increases.
- the response also may be a function of the total mass rate and the intrinsic water cut of the liquid phase, among other factors. For a given gas void fraction (GNF) level, the observed water cut generally decreases as total mass rate and intrinsic water cut increases.
- the water cut response surface also may be affected by parameters such as, for example, fluid properties and flow regime.
- FIGS. 40A-40C illustrate residual enors for a bulk mixture mass flow and density, and water cut measurements, after a neural-net based modeling has been completed, based on the data sets shown in FIGS. 38A, 38B, and 39, with water cuts ranging from 0 to 50%.
- Tlie bulk mass flow enors are mostly kept within 2% of reading, the bulk density enors are mostly within 1% of reading, and the water cut enors are mostly within 2% of the 0-100% fullscale range.
- FIG. 41 illustrates how these results are mapped into the conesponding volumetric flow enors for the oil, water, and gas streams. Note that for both the gas and water volumes, low absolute volumetric flow (for water at low water cuts, and gas at low GNFs) may lead to large percentage enors as a proportion of the reading. As the oil flow rate may be significant in these trials, the enors in percentage terms remain mostly within 5% FIGS.
- FIGS. 42-47 are graphs demonstrating techniques for extending mass flow calculations to generate volumetric oil, water and gas readings.
- FIGS. 42-47 also demonstrate how enors in water cut reading may impact on the oil, water and gas volumetric measurements.
- massflow and density enor conections are based on the above- described oil data, with 6% water-cut and a reference water cut value of 5.5%. Since the graphs themselves also are based on this data set, the mass flow and density enor predictions are relatively small, which is not necessarily pertinent to the demonstration of how water cut accuracy affects volumetric measurements.
- the Coriolis principle and relate techniques, as described above, provide estimates for an overall mass flow and density of the three-phase, mixed fluid. Knowledge of the true fluid densities and (perhaps estimated or conected) water cut, together with models of two-phase flow enors, gives estimates of the fluid-only mass flow rate, and the gas void fraction (GVF).
- VVF gas void fraction
- FIGS. 42-47 final calculations are illustrated, in which, given the fluid-only mass flow rate and the water cut, the volumetric flowrates of the oil and gas components are obtained, while the GNF yields the gas volumetric flowrate.
- FIGS. 42-44 illustrate the calculations of volumetric water, oil, and gas flow rates, respectively, assuming the water cut is known perfectly. Under this assumption, both oil and water volumetric enors are consistently small, being primarily dependent upon the residual modeling enors for the density and mass flow conections, which, under the conditions, are small.
- the gas volumetric flow may be sensitive to enors in the density calculation at low GNFs. For example, with 2% GVF, a 1% absolute enor in the estimate of GNF may lead to
- FIGS. 45-47 illustrate the same calculations when the water cut estimate is in enor by +1% absolute. This is a reasonable margin of enor, allowing for basic measurement accuracy, followed by conections for the effects of two or three-phase flow. More specifically, FIG. 45 illustrates the water volumetric enor with a +1% water cut absolute enor. The large mean enor is about 16%.
- FIG. 46 illustrates that conesponding enors for oil volumetric flow are much smaller, reflecting the smaller impact the 1% water cut enor has on the 94% oil cut measurement.
- FIG. 47 illustrates the impact of the water cut enor on the gas volume measurement.
- FIGS. 48-50 are graphs illustrating a conection of reading from a water-cut meter (i.e., the Phase Dynamics water cut meter) for gas-induced enors.
- the data for FIGS. 48-50 is based on the oil data described above, with nominal water-cut values of 0.0, 5.5, 13.1,
- the water-cut meter has an enor even at 0% GNF, due to the presence of residual amounts of gas 'carry-under' from the process, as follows (in absolute water-cut units) with respect to the specified test results refened to above:
- FIGS. 48 and 49 a neural net, along the lines described above, was built with inputs of: raw water cut reading, true mass flow reading, and true void fraction.
- the outputs include water cut enor (in absolute units of water cut - in this case percentage). Accordingly, successive calculations between this neural network and mass flow/density conections, as described above, lead to a converged overall solution.
- the water-cut meter reading may be conected from enors as large as -40% to mainly within 2 percent absolute enor, as shown in FIG. 48, which, as referenced above with respect to FIGS. 42-47, may impact the water and oil conections for the Coriolis meter.
- FIG. 48 which, as referenced above with respect to FIGS. 42-47, may impact the water and oil conections for the Coriolis meter.
- FIG. 50-54 are graphs illustrating successive conection of liquids and gas massflow and using the water-cut conection, as generally described above with respect to FIG. 27. In FIGS.
- FIGS. 50A and 50B illustrate raw mixture density and massflow enors, respectively.
- FIGS. 51A-51C illustrate raw enors for the water, oil, and gas massflows, respectively.
- FIG. 52 illustrates convergence after two repetitions of FIG. 27, with the water-cut measurement conected within 3%, the mixture density mainly within 1% and massflow mainly within 2%.
- FIGS. 53A-53C illustrate the conected water-cut behavior during the process. Water, oil, and gas conection accuracies are illustrated in FIGS. 54A-54C, respectively.
- the oil massflow is conected to within 3%.
- FIGS. 54A-54C the water massflow is most affected, with 2-3% enor in water-cut yielding +/- 40%> enor in water massflow.
- FIGS. 55-63 are graphs illustrating a "3 -dimensional" conection for liquid massflow and density, which takes into account variations in the enor due to variations in the water-cut measurement(s). This technique may be used to obtain acceptable enors over a wider range of water cuts (as opposed to the above examples, in which flow data reported on is generally
- FIGS. 55-63 illustrate the use of a tr ie water-cut reading as an extra input parameter, alongside apparent drop in mixture density and apparent massflow. o
- the data is based on the oil data discussed above, but with nominal water-cut values of 0, 5.5, 13.1, 24.8, 35.6 and 49%.
- FIGS. 55 A and 55B illustrate raw fluid mixture density and massflow enors, respectively.
- FIGS. 56-61 illustrate residual fluid mixture massflow enors after the previously used "6% water cut" model is applied. It is apparent that while some of the enors (especially for the 6% water cut data itself, FIG.
- FIGS. 64-68 are graphs illustrating results from embedding the three-dimensional liquid massflow and density conection of FIGS. 55-63 into the process described above with respect to FIGS. 50 and 54 and FIG. 27. By successive generations of the water-cut, density and massflow conections, volumetric enors resulting in the use of this model and the water cut enor model may be shown. Thus, FIGS.
- 64-68 illustrate results of successive conections of water-cut, liquid(s), and gas massflow conection using the density and massflow conections that take into account the variations due to water-cut.
- the end results are calculations of volumetric flows for oil, water and gas, as may be used by, for example, the oil and gas industry. These illustrated calculations represent a "complete" set, suitable for oil continuous applications.
- the data is based on the oil data as described above, with nominal water-cut values of 0, 5.5, 13.1, 24.8, 35.6 and 49%.
- the water-cut, massflow and density conections used are based on the whole data set for the range of water-cut from 0 to 50%.
- the water cut conection model used is the same as is discussed above with respect to FIGS. 42-49. As already stated, the procedure employed is as described with respect to
- FIGS. 27 and 50-54 but the density and massflow conections used take into account the water-cut variations.
- the density and massflow conection models used are the ones discussed above with respect to FIGS. 55-63.
- FIG. 39 illustrates the raw gas-induced water-cut meter enors.
- FIGS. 64A, 64B, 65A, 65B, and 65C give the raw mixture density and massflow gas-induced enor, and raw water, oil and gas enor, respectively. With the available data it is possible to converge in successive calculations, with the water-cut measurement conected within 5%, the mixture density mainly within 2% and massflow mainly within 5%, as shown in FIG. 66A-66C.
- FIG. 67A-67C The water, oil and gas conection accuracies achieved after successive calculations are shown in FIG. 67A-67C.
- the oil massflow is conected mainly within 5%.
- the water volumetric flow is most affected, with 2-3% enor in water-cut yielding +/- 40% enor in water volumetric flow.
- the gas enor is high at low GNF, as expected, dropping to mainly within 5% for GNFs over 15%.
- FIG. 68 illustrates an example of the conected water-cut behavior during the process(es).
- higher data density i.e. more experimental points
- a massflow meter may be capable of maintaining operation in the presence of a high percentage of gas in a measured flow, both with a single or a mixed liquid (i.e., in two-phase or three-phase flow). Estimates and/or apparent measurements of the liquid-gas mixture density and massflow may thus be obtained.
- techniques for performing these conections may be based on data-fitting techniques that seek to determine, for example, existing enor rates in a particular setting or configuration, so that these enors may be accounted for in future measurements and conections. As such, these techniques may be dependent on an extent of a conelation between the settings/configurations in which the data was obtained, and the settings/configurations in which they are ultimately applied.
- Related or other conection techniques may be used that seek to characterize fluid flow(s) in a more general sense, i.e., using fluid flow equations that seek to describe a behavior of the flow as a physical matter. For example, the well-known Navier-Stokes equations may be used in this sense.
- the three-dimensional unsteady form of the Navier-Stokes equations describe how the velocity, pressure, temperature, and density of a moving fluid are related.
- the equations are a set of coupled differential equations and may, in theory, be solved for a given flow problem by using methods from calculus, or may be solved analytically, perhaps using certain simplifications or adjustments that may be determined to be helpful and applicable in a given circumstance.
- These or related equations may consider, for example, convection (a physical process that occurs in a flow of gas in which some property is transported by the ordered motion of the flow), and/or diffusion (a physical process that occurs in a flow of gas in which some property is transported by the random motion of the molecules of the gas, and which may be related to the viscosity of the gas).
- Turbulence, and the generation of boundary layers, are the result of diffusion in the flow.
- conection techniques may be obtained for many or all of the parameters and techniques discussed above.
- fluid flow equations may be used in defining a general conection model, which may be supplemented by data-fitting techniques such as those described above, or vice-versa.
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