Systems and methods for real time drilling fluid management

摘要

Disclosed are systems and methods for monitoring drilling fluid components in real time. One system includes solids control equipment fluidly coupled to a borehole and configured to receive drilling fluid from the borehole, the solids control equipment having a first optical computing device arranged adjacent the inlet and configured to optically interact with the drilling fluid as it enters the solids control equipment and thereby generate a first output signal corresponding to a characteristic of the drilling fluid, a second optical computing device arranged adjacent the outlet and configured to optically interact with the drilling fluid as it exits the solids control equipment and thereby generate a second output signal corresponding to the characteristic of the drilling fluid, and a signal processor communicably coupled to the first and second optical computing devices and configured to receive the first and second output signals and provide a resulting output signal.

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
solids control equipment fluidly coupled to a borehole and configured to receive drilling fluid from the borehole, the solids control equipment having an inlet and an outlet; a first optical computing device arranged adjacent the inlet and having a first integrated computational element configured to optically interact with the drilling fluid as it enters the solids control equipment and thereby generate a first output signal corresponding to a first measurement of a characteristic of the drilling fluid; a second optical computing device arranged adjacent the outlet and having a second integrated computational element configured to optically interact with the drilling fluid as it exits the solids control equipment and thereby generate a second output signal corresponding to a second measurement of the characteristic of the drilling fluid; and a signal processor communicably coupled to the first and second optical computing devices and configured to receive the first and second output signals and provide a resulting output signal, the signal processor further configured to normalize one of the first or second output signals with a compensating signal indicative of an intensity deviation of an electromagnetic radiation used for optically interacting at least one of the first or second integrated computational elements with the drilling fluid.