Roxar Flow Measurement As

Rune Sørhus

Ebbe Gustaf Nyfors

Øystein Lund Bø

Roberto Gentile

Method for monitoring a body inserted in pipe conducting a fluid flow, the body being positioned in a distance from the pipe wall providing a gap between the body and the pipe wall, the gap constituting an electromagnetic, e.g. microwave, resonator, at least one coupling probe being positioned close to said gap, the method comprising the steps of applying an electromagnetic signal, monitoring the frequency response of the resonator through the probe, and analyzing the frequency response to provide a measure of movements, e.g. vibrations induced by a turbulent flow, of the body. The invention also relates to an insert with support structure especially shaped to avoid influence on the resonance measurement.

Method for monitoring a body inserted in a conduit and insert for electromagnetic resonance measurements

The present invention is directed to a flow meter that obtains the individual flow rates of gas, liquid hydrocarbons, and water in a predominantly gas-containing flowing fluid mixture. The flow meter comprises a water content meter () that provides a signal representing a measure of the water content of said fluid. The flow meter also comprises a double differential pressure generating () and measuring () structure, denoted a DDP-unit (), that provides two measurement signals (A andB) representing two independent values of differential pressure (DP) in said fluid (). In addition to the above, the meter also comprises a signal processing unit () having inputs (A-C) for receiving the measurement signals and the water content signal, and a calculation module () which calculates values representing the volumetric flow rates of said gas, liquid hydrocarbons and water in said fluid.

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Hafrsfjord, Norway

Rune Sørhus