DEVICE FOR MONITORING SCALE IN A WELL INSTALLATION

摘要

A scale indicator (3) for a flowline (2) for a fluid (12) is described, wherein a branch fluid line (31) which is arranged to carry a branch fluid stream (F2) is provided with an inlet (311) arranged upstream in a main fluid stream (F1) and an outlet (312) arranged downstream in the main fluid stream (F1); one or more heating elements (32) arranged to supply the branch fluid stream (F2) with thermal energy are arranged in the branch fluid line (31); and a first temperature sensor (33) is arranged in the branch fluid line (31) and a second temperature sensor (34) is arranged in the flowline (2) upstream of the outlet (312) from the branch fluid line (31), the temperature sensors (33, 34) being connected in a signal- communicating manner to a signal-processing unit (5) arranged remotely from the partial fluid line (31). A method of monitoring a scaling condition in a flowline (2) is described as well.