A multisensor intelligent device for real-time multiphase flow metering in oil fields

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1507-1519

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

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^d SONATRACH   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Capacitance and conductance probes; Embedded systems design; Gas flow rate measurement; Multiphase flow metering; Neural network; Ultrasonic waves; Water cut measurement

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE PROBE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN; GAS FLOWRATE;

AERODYNAMICS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CAPACITANCE; EMBEDDED SOFTWARE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF GASES; FLOWMETERS; GASES; MODELS; MULTILAYER NEURAL NETWORKS; OIL FIELDS; PROBES; SENSORS; TIME MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 77952291053     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2028210     Document Type: Article

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