TY - JOUR
T1 - Gas/oil/water flow measurement by electrical capacitance tomography
AU - Li, Yi
AU - Yang, Wuqiang
AU - Xie, Cheng Gang
AU - Huang, Songming
AU - Wu, Zhipeng
AU - Tsamakis, Dimitrios
AU - Lenn, Chris
PY - 2013/6/12
Y1 - 2013/6/12
N2 - In the oil industry, it is important to measure gas/oil/water flows produced from oil wells. To determine oil production, it is necessary to measure the water-in-liquid ratio (WLR), liquid fraction and some other parameters, which are related to multiphase flow rates. A research team from the University of Manchester and Schlumberger Gould Research have developed an experimental apparatus for gas/oil/water flow measurement based on a flow-conditioning device and electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) and microwave sensors. This paper presents the ECT part of the developed apparatus, including the re-engineering of an ECT sensor and a model-based image reconstruction algorithm, which is used to derive the WLR and the thickness of the liquid layer in oil-continuous annular flows formed by the flow-conditioning device. The ECT sensor was tested both at Schlumberger and on TUV-NEL's Multiphase Flow Facility. The experimental results are promising. © 2013 IOP Publishing Ltd.
AB - In the oil industry, it is important to measure gas/oil/water flows produced from oil wells. To determine oil production, it is necessary to measure the water-in-liquid ratio (WLR), liquid fraction and some other parameters, which are related to multiphase flow rates. A research team from the University of Manchester and Schlumberger Gould Research have developed an experimental apparatus for gas/oil/water flow measurement based on a flow-conditioning device and electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) and microwave sensors. This paper presents the ECT part of the developed apparatus, including the re-engineering of an ECT sensor and a model-based image reconstruction algorithm, which is used to derive the WLR and the thickness of the liquid layer in oil-continuous annular flows formed by the flow-conditioning device. The ECT sensor was tested both at Schlumberger and on TUV-NEL's Multiphase Flow Facility. The experimental results are promising. © 2013 IOP Publishing Ltd.
KW - electrical capacitance tomography
KW - gas/oil/water flows
KW - liquid fraction
KW - multiphase flow measurement
KW - water-in-liquid ratio
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U2 - 10.1088/0957-0233/24/7/074001
DO - 10.1088/0957-0233/24/7/074001
M3 - Article
SN - 0957-0233
VL - 24
JO - Measurement Science and Technology
JF - Measurement Science and Technology
IS - 7
M1 - 074001
ER -