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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2020
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Pavan Kumar B. Mandewalkar, Houston, TX (US);
Miguel Angel Lopez, Sugar Land, TX (US);
CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide a method of tuning an electrical liquid separator, comprising providing a liquid mixture to a separator; electrically coupling a power unit to the liquid mixture inside the separator; applying a time-varying voltage from the power unit to the liquid mixture; increasing a voltage applied to the liquid mixture from the power unit from a first voltage to a second voltage; detecting an inflection point in a current from the power unit; setting a voltage output range of the power unit to encompass a voltage at which the inflection point was detected.