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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2019
Applicants:
Cidra Corporate Services Llc, Wallingford, CT (US);
Suncor Energy Inc., Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
Alex M. Van Der Spek, Rotterdam, NL;
Adrian Revington, Calgary, CA;
Assignees:
CiDRA Corporate Services LLC, Wallingford, CT (US);
SUNCOR Energy Inc., Calgary, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 11/13 (2006.01); G05D 24/00 (2006.01); G05D 24/02 (2006.01); G05D 11/12 (2006.01); G01F 1/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 24/02 (2013.01); G05D 11/136 (2013.01); G05D 11/139 (2013.01); G05D 24/00 (2013.01); G01F 1/66 (2013.01); G01F 1/663 (2013.01); G05D 11/12 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87571 (2015.04);
Abstract
The present invention provides a new method and apparatus for receiving signals containing information about a plurality of velocity profiles of a flow in a pipe and about a pressure gradient of the flow over a length of the pipe; and determining information about an injection of a chemical into the flow in the pipe based at least partly on the information contained in the signals.