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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2017
Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Robert E. Hanes, Jr., Missouri City, TX (US);
Richard L. Pettys, Jr., Pearland, TX (US);
Daniel T. Nichols, Richmond, TX (US);
Richard B. Voigt, Manvel, TX (US);
Joel R. Henry, Manvel, TX (US);
Roma M. Montifar, Houston, TX (US);
David M. Headley, Manvel, TX (US);
Dustin R. Reynolds, Houston, TX (US);
Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a tube, first and second pairs of electrodes, a reference device, and a processor. The processor determines a speed of a fluid traveling between the first and second pairs of electrodes and determines a reference conductance of the fluid using the reference device. The processor also determines a measured conductance of the fluid using at least one of the first and second pairs of electrodes and determines, based on the reference conductance and the measured conductance, a cross-sectional area of the fluid at an electrode. The processor further adds a correction factor to the determined speed to produce a bulk speed of the fluid. The processor further determines a volumetric flow rate of the fluid based on the bulk speed and the determined area and determines a volume of the fluid based on the determined volumetric flow rate.