Measuring phase distribution in high pressure three-phase flow using gamma densitometry

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 351-359

  Hoffmann, Rainer ^a   Johnson, George William ^a  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gamma densitometry; Transient multiphase flow

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION DATA; CROSS SECTION; DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; DENSITOMETRY; DENSITY DATA; DUAL-ENERGY; FORMATION WATER; GAS FIELDS; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE CONDITION; NOISY MEASUREMENTS; NORTH SEA; NORTH SEA CRUDE OIL; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; PHASE FRACTIONS; REALISTIC FIELD CONDITIONS; THREE PHASIS; THREE-PHASE FLOW; TRANSIENT PHASE;

CRUDE OIL; DATA REDUCTION; DENSITOMETERS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW PATTERNS; GAS INDUSTRY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052833366     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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