SBIR Phase I: Three-Phase Flowmeter For Oil Industry

SBIR 第一阶段：石油工业用三相流量计

• 批准号: 0945320
• 负责人: Ye Mi
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: EN'URGA INC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0945320&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Three; Flowmeter; Oil

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will evaluate the feasibility of developing a multiphase flowmetering and characterization system for oil industry. New developments in reservoir management and production techniques have resulted in the requirement for multiphase flowmeters to replace conventional test separators. The proposed system will include three advanced multiphase flow instruments: (1) a multi-electrode electromagnetic flowmeter (MEEFM), (2) a X-ray attenuation technology, and (3) an electrical impedance tomography (EIT). The first instrument will provide liquid phase velocity information, while the latter two will provide phase distribution information. The innovation of this development is to further improve these technologies and judiciously combine them to realize non-intrusive online multiphase flow measurements. The Phase I study will demonstrate the feasibility of this development. During the future Phase II development, a solid engineering design of a prototype flowmeter will be carried out. The success of the proposed study will provide a reliable instrument for industrial process monitoring as well as a useful tool for multiphase flow research.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project is to meet requirements of online, continuous and non-intrusive multiphase flow measurements in the oil industry, as well as many other industries. The proposed flowmetering and characterization system enables accurate monitoring of multiphase pipe flows in industry, and aids researchers to study multiphase flow phenomena. The innovative development will significantly improve the performance and reduce the cost of existing multiphase flowmetering systems. Following the trend of replacing test separators and removing test lines and manifolds in the oil industry, the proposed multiphase flowmetering system will have a substantial economic impact on the infrastructure and operation of oil fields. The proposed flowmeter can also be utilized in the petroleum, chemical, food, and biochemical process industries.

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将评估为石油工业开发多相流量计量和表征系统的可行性。油藏管理和生产技术的新发展要求多相流量计取代传统的测试分离器。该系统将包括三个先进的多相流仪器：(1)多电极电磁流量计(MEEFM)，(2)X射线衰减技术，(3)电阻抗层析成像(EIT)。第一种仪器将提供液体速度信息，后两种仪器将提供相分布信息。本次开发的创新之处在于进一步完善了这些技术，并巧妙地将它们结合起来，实现了非侵入式在线多相流测量。第一阶段的研究将证明这项发展的可行性。在未来的二期开发中，将对原型流量计进行坚实的工程设计。该研究的成功将为工业过程监测提供可靠的手段，也将为多相流研究提供有用的工具。该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是满足石油行业以及许多其他行业对在线、连续和非侵入性多相流测量的要求。提出的流量测量和表征系统能够准确地监测工业中的多相管流动，并帮助研究人员研究多相流现象。这一创新开发将显著提高现有多相流量计量系统的性能并降低成本。随着石油行业更换测试分离器和拆除测试管路和歧管的趋势，拟议的多相流量测量系统将对油田的基础设施和运行产生重大的经济影响。该流量计还可用于石油、化工、食品和生化加工等行业。