| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L27091/01 |
| Title: |
METERING OF OIL/GAS/WATER MIXTURES IN PIPELINES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Lucas, Professor J |
| Other Investigators: |
|
| Researcher Co-Investigators: |
|
| Project Partners: |
|
| Department: |
Electrical Engineering and Electronics |
| Organisation: |
University of Liverpool |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 July 1997 |
Ends: |
30 June 1999 |
Value (£): |
94,491
|
| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
|
| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| No relevance to Underpinning Sectors |
|
|
| Related Grants: |
|
| Panel History: |
|
|
Summary on Grant Application Form |
|
A multiphase metering (mpm) device is a key component in multiphase production schemes for application with the existing oil and gas fields. Two important applications are envisaged for the mpm. The first is the requirement for establishing long tie backs transporting unprocessed well fluids to exist processing infrastructure. The second is for use on the processing platform for landing third party oil from satellite developments thus eliminating the individual test and production separators for each source.Although the mpm has been extensively researched over the past ten years there is no commerial system presently available on the market. This is because the mpm device requires the measurement of all of the bulk properties of the fluid. Presently there is lacking a precision measurement of the dielectric properties mainly caused by the electrical conductivity of the water and non-homogeneity of the mixture. This project proposed to rectify this situation by researching a new microwave sensor to measure the dielectric property of the mixture under all operating condition.These dielectric measurements when fused with the existing bulk property sensors (e.g. mass flow, velocity flow, gamma ray densometers etc.) will provide the potential for a working mpm device.
|
|
Key Findings |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
|
Potential use in non-academic contexts |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
|
Impacts |
|
| Description |
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk |
| Summary |
|
| Date Materialised |
|
|
|
|
Sectors submitted by the Researcher |
|
This information can now be found on Gateway to Research (GtR) http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk
|
| Project URL: |
|
| Further Information: |
|
| Organisation Website: |
http://www.liv.ac.uk |