Accuracy-Verified Water Salinity Measurement and First Water Detection in Multiphase Flow | SLB

Accuracy-Verified Water Salinity Measurement and First Water Detection in Multiphase Flow

Published: 11/06/2018

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Even in challenging high-GVF wet gas flows, the AquaWatcher Surface sensor performed flawlessly, delivering water volume fraction (WVF) detection at levels less than 100 ppm.
Even in challenging high-GVF wet gas flows, the AquaWatcher Surface sensor performed flawlessly, delivering WVF detection at levels less than 100 ppm.
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The Netherlands, USA, and Singapore

Verification facilities

  • DNV GL, The Netherlands
  • Colorado Engineering Experiment Stations, Inc. (CEESI), USA
  • Schlumberger Singapore Well Testing Center (SWTC)
Background

The AquaWatcher Surface water analysis sensor was tested for robustness and the accuracy and repeatability of its water conductivity measurement (NaCl-equivalent salinity determination) and water volume fraction (WVF) detection at three wet gas and multiphase flow facilities.

The more than 300 flow loop test points acquired in a wide variety of flow regimes confirm excellent metrological performance and repeatability over a wide range of gas volume fractions (GVFs) up to 99.95% and within the operating range of the water/liquid ratio (WLR).

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