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Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2021
Applicant:

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ryan M. Briggs, Pasadena, CA (US);

Linda Y. Del Castillo, Pasadena, CA (US);

Mina Rais-Zadeh, Pasadena, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/31 (2006.01); E21B 47/01 (2012.01); G01N 21/359 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/3151 (2013.01); E21B 47/01 (2013.01); G01N 21/359 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0218 (2013.01);
Abstract

A composition sensor for measuring composition of fluid mixtures is presented. The composition sensor includes a plurality of high-brightness emission sources having respective spectrally narrow wavelength emission bands in the infrared region. The wavelength emission bands overlap absorption wavelength bands of the composition. The wavelength emission bands are wavelength multiplexed and time multiplexed prior to emission through a fluid mixture. A single optical detector senses the emitted light. The composition sensor includes arms that can rotate to measure composition at different angular position of a pipe in a lateral section of an oil well. Rotation of the arms is provided by rotation of an element of a mobile vessel to which the arm is rigidly coupled. The rotation of the arms is provided by a rotation of a nose of the mobile vessel that rotates independently from a main body of the mobile vessel.


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