Integration of impedance measurements with acoustic measurements for accurate two phase flow metering in case of high water-cut

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-19

  Meribout, Mahmoud ^a   Al Rawahi, Nabeel ^b   Al Naamany, Ahmed ^b   Al Bimani, Ali ^b   Al Busaidi, Khamis ^c   Meribout, Adel ^b  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

Acoustic arrays; Acoustic signal processing; Artificial intelligence; Computer architecture; Neural network

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HIGH WATER-CUT; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY SCALE; OIL FLOW; PATTERN RECOGNITION ALGORITHMS; RADIOACTIVE PROBES; RELATIVE ERRORS; TWO-PHASE FLOW METER;

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTERS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OIL FIELDS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 75849154759     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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