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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2022
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Ketankumar Kantilal Sheth, Tulsa, OK (US);
Donn J. Brown, Tulsa, OK (US);
Robert Charles De Long, Tulsa, OK (US);
Christopher Michael Jones, Houston, TX (US);
Etienne Samson, Carrollton, TX (US);
Bin Dai, Houston, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A fluid flow rate sensor. The fluid flow rate sensor comprises an elongated structure; a heating element installed into a first end of the elongated structure; a first temperature transducer coupled to an outside of the elongated structure at a first predefined location; a second temperature transducer coupled to the outside of the elongated structure at a second predefined location; and a control unit that is configured to turn the heating element on and off, to analyze a first temperature indication received from the first temperature transducer, to analyze a second temperature indication received from the second temperature transducer, to determine a flow rate of a fluid that is in intimate contact with the outside of the elongated structure based on analyzing the first temperature indication and the second temperature indication, and to output the flow rate via a communication line.