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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Farid G. Mitri, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Cole T. Brinkley, Peralta, NM (US);
Robert Louis Williford, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Farid G. Mitri, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Cole T. Brinkley, Peralta, NM (US);
Robert Louis Williford, Los Alamos, NM (US);
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for determining characteristics of a multiphase fluid includes pipe and multiple pairs of transducers positioned circumferentially around the pipe. Each pair of transducers includes a transmitting transducer and a receiving transducer. The transmitting transducer of each pair of transducers is oriented to transmit a respective acoustic signal toward the receiving transducer of the pair of transducers. The transmitting transducer of each pair of transducers is operable to transmit the respective acoustic signal sequentially with respect to other transmitting transducers of the multiple pairs of transducers. A reception of a first acoustic signal transmitted by a transmitting transducer of a first pair transducers of the multiple pairs of transducers is completed by a receiving transducer of the first pair transducers before a transmitting transducer of another pair of transducers of the multiple pairs of transducers transmits a second acoustic signal.