King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Aftab Ahmad

Luai M Alhems

Mohammed Ibrahim

Mohammed Salihu Barry

Luai M Al-Hadhrami

Shafiqur Rehman

Syed M Shaahid

Muhammad Kalimur Rahman

A two-phase liquid-gas flow system for testing electrical submersible pumps (ESP) includes an oil pump, a water pump, an oil storage tank, a water storage tank, a pressurized air system, an air pressure regulator (PR), and a transparent test section with the ESP. The pressurized air system includes air storage tanks, compressors, and air flow meters (AFM). The oil pump and the water pump supply oil and water from the oil storage tank and the water storage tank through an oil flow meter and a water flow meter, respectively, to the transparent test section. The air storage tanks are in fluid communication with the PR by valves, which channel air through the PR and the AFMs to the transparent test section. A camera is provided to capture photos and videos of flow patterns of the working fluid in the transparent test section.

Two-phase liquid-gas flow system for testing electrical submersible pumps

A scale assessment system and a method for performing a scale deposit assessment that includes a scale solution flow loop. The scale assessment system also includes an insulated temperature controlled scale solution holding tank, a scale deposit assessment flow loop, a scale inhibitor flow loop, and/or a measurement and control unit configured to determine one or more of an amount of scale deposit in a plurality of connected U-shaped test pipes and an amount of scale inhibitor required to prevent scale deposit in the plurality of connected U-shaped test pipes.

System and methods for assessment of scale deposits in pipelines

A multiphase flow calibration semi-closed loop system includes an oil-gas-water separation unit, a multiphase flow calibration unit, a single phase flow calibration section, a gas flow section, a flow data acquisition unit, and a programmable logic controller (PLC). The system is designed to have a two-step calibration process. In a first step, single phase water flow meters and single phase oil flow meters of the system are calibrated independently. In a second step, multiphase flow meters or multiphase water cut meters are calibrated using the pre-calibrated water flow meter, pre-calibrated oil flow meter, and the pre-calibrated gas flow meter. In doing so, the oil-gas-water separation unit, the multiphase flow calibration unit, the single phase flow calibration section, and the gas flow section communicate with the flow data acquisition unit providing real time data. Thus, the PLC connected to the flow data acquisition unit can perform the required calibration processes.

Vertical tank oil-gas-water separation with calibration system

Calibration system including oil-gas-water separation unit with weir separator

A structural, load-bearing panel useful in constructing multistory buildings may have a panel height, panel width, and panel thickness, and may include a first layer comprising at least 75 wt. % of concrete, relative to a total weight of the first layer; an insulation layer comprising flexible polymer, the insulation layer having a thickness of at least 5 cm; and a second layer comprising at least 75 wt. % concrete, wherein the insulation layer is sandwiched between the first and second layers, and wherein the panel is suitable to be set in any of a planar, curved, and polyhedral cross-sectional shape. Set panels are not flexible, though the flexibility of the insulation layer, particularly of a polyethylene foam, may allow the panel to have a curved, or polyhedral cross-section while still serving as a structural support.

Concrete wall panels with flexible insulation material

Multiphase calibration system with inline homogenizer

Horizontal tank phase separation and calibration system

Flow calibration system with weir fluid separation tank

System for multiphase (oil-gas-water) flow meter calibration

A lightweight structural concrete formulation comprises a wet mix of about 460 kg/mof cementitious material such as ordinary Portland cement of which about 50 percent has been replaced by ground granulated basic furnace slag (GGBFS) and 7 percent by silica fume (SF) in other words the mix introduces between about 178 and 228 kg/mtherefore the combination is good to produce secondary reaction products when the cement hydrates which produces secondary calcium silicate hydrate (C&#x2014;S&#x2014;H) which makes the structure dense and thereby increases its mechanical durability characteristics of the concrete product. Possible ratios of GGBFS and SF are 30-70 percent and 5-10 percent, respectively. By making the structures dense increases the mechanical and durability characteristics of the concrete product. Other ratios have been made including GGBFS of 30-70 percent and silica fume 5-10 percent, respectively. It can be noted that the silica fume was added to the mixture as a supplementary cementitious material (SCM) not as an aggregate. It should also be noted that the particle sizes of GGBFS ranges between about 20-40 mm and that of silica fume is less than 20 mm.

Lightweight concrete

A composite wall panel comprising a panel frame and an insulating layer disposed therein, and a wall assembly comprising a plurality of the composite wall panels that are vertically jointed to one another. Various embodiments and combinations of embodiments are provided.

Composite wall panel

A system to determine thermal properties of wall assemblies under dynamic weather conditions is presented. The system comprises a house-like structure with a suite of measurement devices to measure temperatures, heat fluxes, and weather conditions. The data is recorded over several days, and employed in the calculations for the thermal transmittance and thermal resistance of the wall assembly.

Energy efficiency measurement system for four-wall structures

A closed loop system for the calibration of a multiphase meter, such as a multiphase flow meter or water cut meter, and a method of employing the system in calibration of multiphase meters in crude oil production processes. The system includes an oil and water separation vessel, oil and water flow meters, valves, pumps, and a single phase calibration unit. The system employs a two-step calibration process. First internal single phase oil and water meters are calibrated using the single phase calibration unit; subsequently multiphase meter calibration is achieved using the two precalibrated single phase flow meters.

Multiphase meter calibration system and methods thereof

System for determining thermal transmittance and thermal resistance of building walls assemblies under dynamic weather conditions

The system for measuring multi-phase fluid flow characteristics is an on-site system for measuring and calculating fluid density of a multi-phase fluid, such as a mixture of oil and water, as well as a water cut thereof. The system for measuring multi-phase fluid flow characteristics includes a conduit having a lower inlet and an upper outlet. The lower inlet is adapted for direct connection to an oil pipeline, an oil well, or the like for receiving the multi-phase fluid flowing therethrough. The conduit defines a pressure monitoring portion having opposing ends. First and second impulse lines connect first and second gauge pressure transmitters and a differential pressure transmitter to the opposing ends to measure total pressure drop and frictional pressure differential to an external controller, which calculates the fluid density and the water cut therefrom The system may also include temperature and volumetric flow rate sensors.

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Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Aftab Ahmad