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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1981
Norman R Carlson, Houston, TX (US);
Raymond E Roesner, Houston, TX (US);
Edward W Lanuke, Spring, TX (US);
Dresser Industries, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
In a well containing a multi-phase fluid flow regime is disposed an elongated body member with a funnel configuration attached thereto for the purpose of collecting and mixing the multiple fluid phases. An aperture is provided in the body member, proximate to the apex of the funnel configuration, to allow dicharge of the substantially homogeneous mixture of the fluid phases from the funnel through a passage in the body member. A rotor is acted upon by the flow of this mixture and generates a signal representative of the mixture flow rate. A portion of the mixture then enters a chamber in the elongated body member wherein a measurement is made of the degree of penetration of the mixture achieved by gamma radiation, thereby yielding a measurement representative of the density of the mixture. The flow rates and volumetric fractions of each of the individual phases may then be determined in accordance with the mixture density and total flow rate.