WO1993019347A1 - Apparatus and method for measuring two- or three phase fluid flow utilizing one or more momentum flow meters and a volumetric flow meter - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to an apparatus and method for measuring two-phase flow (liquid/gas) or three-phase flow (liquid/liquid/gas) of fluids.
- the gas in a liquid is physically separated from the liquid, and each fluid is measured separately.
- a water-cut monitor is used to measure the amount of the water and the oil in the liquid phase.
- Two conventional single-phase flow meters are used to measure the gas and the liquid flow rates. This method can yield high accuracy, but requires gas-separating devices which are either very large or are very sensitive to flow rates and the liquid's viscosity, surface tension, etc.
- one object of the invention is to provide a new and improved apparatus and method for measuring multi-phase flow by means of simple, low cost, compact equipment which has high flow rate measuring accuracy.
- Another object is to provide a novel apparatus and method for measuring multi-phase flow and which entails small
- Yet a further object is to provide a novel apparatus and method as above noted, which does not need gas separating devices or densitometers or measurement of a void fraction to perform the flow measurement.
- Still a further object of this invention is to provide a novel apparatus and method capable of developing a table predicting the pressure drops which will occur in piping apparata for different multi-phase fluids.
- a novel apparatus for measuring the flow rates of each component of two-phase flow consisting of a gas and a liquid including a first volumetric flow meter stage, second and third momentum flow meter stages coupled in a series flow path with the volumetric flow meter stage, wherein a velocity ratio between the gas and the liquid in the series flow path is maintained at a known value, e.g., one, and a processor for calculating flow rates of the components of flow by solving volumetric flow and momentum or energy equations defining flow through the first through third stages utilizing a volumetric flow output from the first stage and momentum flux outputs from said second and third stages, and an indicator for displaying flow rates of the liquid and gas components of the two-phase flow.
- the second and third momentum flow meter stages can be implemented by two separate momentum flow meters or by a single momentum flow meter having a venturi nozzle including at least three pressure taps for obtaining at least two differential pressure measurements.
- a single momentum flux measurement from a single momentum flow meter stage is sufficient to measure two-phase flow.
- To measure three-phase (oil, water, gas) flow a water-cut meter is provided to determine the amount of water flow, which is then used by the processor to determine the amount of oil flow. The flow rates of oil, water and gas are then
- a differential pressure measurement is taken across the first through third (and optionally fourth) stages, and means are provided to calculate and display ratios of the pressure drops of multi-phase fluids relative to the known pressure drops of fluids comprising water and air.
- Figure 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for two-phase flow measurement according to the present invention
- Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for two-phase flow measurement according to the present invention, utilizing two venturi tubes and an ultra-sonic flow meter;
- Figure 3 is a schematic of a preferred embodiment for measuring two-phase flow, using a combination of a single modified venturi meter with a positive displacement flow meter;
- Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention for three-phase flow with the flow meter shown in Figure 3 and a water-cut-monitor;
- Figure 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating how the flow meter shown in Figure 4 can be used to measure the relative pressure drop of a three-phase fluid.
- Figure 6 is a flow chart of the overall process of the present invention for measuring three-phase flow
- FIG. 1 there is shown schematically an embodiment of the apparatus of the invention, including a volumetric flowmeter 10 serving as a first stage in which a mixture of gas and liquid flows through the volumetric flow meter 10.
- This flow meter 10 measures the total flow rate for the mixture.
- the mixture then flows through second and third stages, consisting of two momentum flow meters 12 and 14 with different dimensions (for example, two venturi flow meters with different throat
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- the present invention forces the velocity ratio between the gas and the liquid (slip ratio) inside the apparatus to be a known value, a slip ratio of one being conveniently enforced. This is achieved through using either static or dynamic mixers or a positive displacement meter.
- the absolute pressure and temperature are measured by means of temperature transducers 16 and pressure transducers 18.
- One momentum flow meter can also be used by itself, in the instance that the liquid component's density is known. The data from Stages 1, 2 and 3 is
- FIG. 2 shows an example of a more concrete embodiment of the invention for two-phase flow measurement.
- Stage 1 is an ultra-sonic flow meter 10., installed between two static mixers 22 and 24. The ultrasonic flow meter measures
- volumetric flow other volumetric flow meters can also be used, such as turbine, vortex shedding, magnetic, heat
- the static mixers 22, 24 are used to force a unitary velocity ratio between the phases.
- the absolute pressure is measured with a pressure transducer 18 in stage 1, and is calculated using differential pressure transducers 26 and 28 in stages 2 and 3.
- the two momentum flow meters shown in Figures 1 and 2 can be reduced to one, by drilling one more pressure tap along the venturi nozzle, as shown in Figure 3.
- a modified venturi flowmeter is designated by numeral 31 in Fig. 3.
- the volumetric flow meter 10 2 is a positive displacement (P.D.) type.
- P.D. positive displacement
- the advantage of using a P.D. flow meter is that it provides an exact measurement of the sum of the liquid and gas flow rates, with no slip between the gas and liquid phases inside the meter or immediately after the meter.
- the P.D. flow meter forces the slip ratio to a known amount, i.e., unity, and permits dispensing with the static mixers of the Fig. 2 embodiment.
- Q L and Q G are unknowns, but not the only unknowns.
- the density of the liquid is also unknown (other unknown properties of the liquid and the gas have only a minor effect on the present method, and are therefore ignored here).
- the three equations that need to be solved for the three unknowns are the following:
- Q PD is derived from the volumetric flow meter output.
- stage 2 for example the venturi meter shown in Figure 3 from tap 1 to tap 2:
- ⁇ 1 - ⁇ 2 f 1 (Q L , Q G , ⁇ L ) (2) where ⁇ 1 - ⁇ 2 is the differential pressure derived from transducer 28 in Figure 3.
- Equations 2 and 3 shown here in general form, are in fact integral equations derived from the full expression of the momentum equation (see Hetsroni, G., "Handbook of Multi-Phase Systems", Chaps. 1.2, 2.1, 2.3, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, U.S.A., 1982).
- the momentum equation can be simplified to a model for one-dimensional, steady-state flow based on the Separated Two-Phase Flow model (see Hetsroni, G., supra) and can integrate from the first tap of the venturi to the second tap: and from the first tap of the venturi to the third tap :
- ⁇ TP ( 1 - ⁇ ) ⁇ L + ⁇ G (6)
- Equations 4 and 5 are solved using known numerical analysis techniques.
- the selection of a particular numerical analysis technique is based on a trade-off between accuracy and speed of execution, and is a function also of the
- momentum equations only have to take into account the friction on the wall (easy to estimate), as compared with the energy equations which have to take into account the energy losses (very difficult to estimate).
- conservation equations which can be either momentum or energy equations (see
- the liquid flow rate is the sum of" the water and the oil flow rates :
- Figure 5 shows how the multi-phase flow meter can also be used to predict pressure drops for different multi-phase fluids in different piping devices. The addition of
- differential pressure transducer (36) provides measurement of the pressure drop across the meter. In the calibration process a look-up table is generated, which contains the measured pressure drop across the meter when different
- the look-up table is a matrix of values of ⁇ p water/air for different values of Q air and Q water .
- stages 1, 2 and 3 measure Q G and Q L
- stage 5 measures the differential pressure across the meter ( ⁇ p fluid ).
- the ⁇ p water/air that corresponds to the equivalent air and water values for the measured Q G and Q L of the working fluid is then looked up in the above-noted look-up table, and the pressure drop ratio is calculated.
- the equation for the pressure drop ratio of the working multi-phase fluid relative to an equivalent water/air mixture is: ( Once this ratio has been calculated, it can be applied to obtain an accurate prediction of the pressure drop of multi-phase fluids in other devices in the line, where the pressure drop of an equivalent water/air mixture is known.
- present invention provides an accurate prediction of the pressure drop across the vertical pipe for the working fluid.
- Figure 6 shows a flow chart that summarizes the process of the present invention.
- step 100 the output of the volumetric flow meter 10, Q PD , is measured.
- step 110 differential pressure, p 1 -p 2 , is measured.
- step 120 the differential pressure p 1 -p 3 is measured.
- step 130 the water-cut, c, is measured.
- the outputs of the steps 100, 110, 120 and 130 are fed to the computer 20 which then calculates Q L , Q G and ⁇ L , solving equations 1, 4 and 5 and utilizing equations 6-9.
- step 150 Q water and Q oil are calculated utilizing equations 10-12, and in step 160, the results of the various calculations performed as thus far described, Q G , Q water and Q oil are
- ⁇ p fluid / ⁇ p water/air is determined.
- ⁇ p fluid is measured by means of the sensor 36 shown in Figure 5.
- step 180 a look-up table is utilized to determine ⁇ p water/air , based on the values of Q L and Q G determined in step 140.
- step 190 the ratio of ⁇ p fluid , determined in step 170 and ⁇ p water/air , determined in step 180, is determined and likewise displayed in step 160.
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