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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Statoil Petroleum As, Stavanger, NO;
Inventors:
Lars Brenne, Sandnes, NO;
Svend Tarald Kibsgaard, Porsgrunn, NO;
Bjarne Monsen, Røyneberg, NO;
Tom Odin Gaustad, Korsvegen, NO;
Assignee:
STATOIL PETROLEUM AS, Stavanger, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/28 (2006.01); F04D 31/00 (2006.01); F04D 13/08 (2006.01); F04D 25/06 (2006.01); F04D 27/00 (2006.01); F04D 27/02 (2006.01); G01N 25/00 (2006.01); G01N 27/00 (2006.01); F04D 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/2823 (2013.01); F04D 13/08 (2013.01); F04D 25/0686 (2013.01); F04D 27/001 (2013.01); F04D 27/02 (2013.01); F04D 31/00 (2013.01); G01N 25/00 (2013.01); G01N 27/00 (2013.01); F04D 13/10 (2013.01); F05D 2210/10 (2013.01); F05D 2210/13 (2013.01); F05D 2260/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of identifying the phase composition and/or changes in the phase composition of a fluid flowing through a turbomachine includes monitoring changes in at least one electrical parameter associated with operation of the turbomachine, and employing a known correlation between phase composition and or phase composition changes, and changes in the electrical parameter(s) to associate the monitored changes with changes in the actual phase composition of the fluid.