ELECTROMAGNETIC STEAM ENERGY/QUALITY, FLOW, AND FLUID PROPERTY SENSOR AND METHOD

摘要

The disclosure provides a sensor and method for the measurement of fluid properties, such as steam energy and steam quality, and/or multiphase and multicomponent fluids and their flow regime profiles in a single instrument, and in some embodiments can include the mass flow rate. The invention can incorporate an orifice function that permits the measurement of fluid energy and a flow profile across at least a portion of the flow path with an electromagnetic sensing method combined with a standard mass flow rate measurement using an orifice differential pressure measurement system.

主权项

1. A system for determining steam energy in a vessel comprising:
a steam energy sensor comprising one or more electromagnetic (“EM”) resonators disposed at differing distances from a reference position of the sensor, the sensor being configured to be inserted into the vessel; a transmitter of EM energy configured to apply the transmitter EM energy to the one or more resonators in the vessel; a controller configured to control the transmitter EM energy; a receiver configured to receive responsive EM energy from one or more responses from the one or more resonators in the vessel; and a processor configured to receive data on the responsive EM energy from the receiver, compare the data from the receiver with predetermined data on steam energy, and determine the steam energy of steam at the sensor.