CA2025076A1 - Means and method for analyzing a petroleum stream - Google Patents
Means and method for analyzing a petroleum streamInfo
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Abstract
MEANS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING A PETROLEUM STREAM
(D#79,066-F) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The means and method of the present invention includes a source of microwave energy and associated elements which provide microwave energy to a petroleum stream. Other circuitry include elements which receive microwave energy from the petroleum stream. Electronic apparatus provides at least two outputs utilizing the provided microwave energy, the received microwave energy and known values for 100 percent oil, 100 percent surfactant and 100 percent water, corresponding to different ratios of ratios involving oil and water, oil and surfactant, and water and surfactant.
(D#79,066-F) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The means and method of the present invention includes a source of microwave energy and associated elements which provide microwave energy to a petroleum stream. Other circuitry include elements which receive microwave energy from the petroleum stream. Electronic apparatus provides at least two outputs utilizing the provided microwave energy, the received microwave energy and known values for 100 percent oil, 100 percent surfactant and 100 percent water, corresponding to different ratios of ratios involving oil and water, oil and surfactant, and water and surfactant.
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MEANS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING A PETROLEUM STREAM
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
_eld of the Invention The present invention relates to analyzers and analyzing methods in general and, more particularly, to petroleum stream analyzers and analyzing methods.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The means and method of the present invention includes a source of microwave energy and associated elements which provide microwave energy to a petroleum stream. Other circuitry include elements which receive microwave energy from the petroleum stream. Electronic apparatus provides at least two outputs utilizing the provided microwave energy, the received microwave energy and known values for 100 percent oil, 100 percent surfactant and 100 percent water, corresponding to different ratios of ratios involving oil and water, oil and surfactant, and water and surfactant.
The objects and advantages of the present invention will appear more fully hereinafter from a consideration of the detailed description which follows, taken together with the accompanying drawings wherein two embodiments of the invention is illustrated by way of example. It is to be expressly understood, however, that the drawings are for illustration purposes only and not to be construed as defining the limits of the invention.
MEANS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING A PETROLEUM STREAM
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
_eld of the Invention The present invention relates to analyzers and analyzing methods in general and, more particularly, to petroleum stream analyzers and analyzing methods.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The means and method of the present invention includes a source of microwave energy and associated elements which provide microwave energy to a petroleum stream. Other circuitry include elements which receive microwave energy from the petroleum stream. Electronic apparatus provides at least two outputs utilizing the provided microwave energy, the received microwave energy and known values for 100 percent oil, 100 percent surfactant and 100 percent water, corresponding to different ratios of ratios involving oil and water, oil and surfactant, and water and surfactant.
The objects and advantages of the present invention will appear more fully hereinafter from a consideration of the detailed description which follows, taken together with the accompanying drawings wherein two embodiments of the invention is illustrated by way of example. It is to be expressly understood, however, that the drawings are for illustration purposes only and not to be construed as defining the limits of the invention.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a simplified block diagram of a petroleum stream analyzer constructed in accordance with the present illvention.
Figure 2A is a graphical representation of a map utilized in practicing the present invention for a petroleum stream which is in a water-continuous phase.
Figure 2B is a graphical representation of a map for a petroleum stream which is in an oil-continuous phase.
Figure 3 is a simplified block diagram of a petroleum stream analyzing system constructed in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF T~E INVENTION
In enhanced oil recovery, water and a surfactant or a combination of surfactants are injected into a formation to drive the formation oil to a producing well. The present invention is an analyzer which analyzes a prod~ced petroleum stream to determine the water content, the oil content and the surfactant content.
The analyzer shown in Figure 1 includes a microwave source 3 providing electromagnetic energies, hereinafter referred to as microwave energy, at two microwave frequencies.
Preferred frequencies of 10.119 GHz and 10.369 GHz are used, although the true criteria is that there be a substantial difference between the two frequencies. Source 3 is low powered and may use a microwave gun source. Source 3 provides the microwave energies to switch means 4 via microwave conductors 5 and 6. Switch means 4 is controlled by a signal El to pass the microwave energy from either conductor 5 or 6 .~ ~ 2 ~
and provide it to a directional coupler 7. Directional coupler 7 provides the selected microwave energy to a circulator 8 and to a conventional type voltage controlled phase shifter 9. All conductance or carrying of microwave energy is accomplished by using conventional type waveguides.
Circulator 8 provides microwave energy to an antenna 12. Antenna 12 provides the microwave energy through a window 14, which may be made of a conductive ceramic or Teflon, to a petroleum stream having at least oil and water, passing through a pipe 17. Pipe 17 may be a portion of a pipeline having windows 14 or it may be made of the "window" material. The microwave energy provided by antenna 12 passes through the petroleum stream and another window 14 and is received by an antenna 20. Antenna 20 provides the received microwave energy to a switch means 24 which in turn provides the received microwave as test microwave energy to a directional coupler 28, as hereinafter explained. Directional coùpler 28 provides the test microwave energy to a detector 32 and to a mixer 34.
Detector 32 provides a signal E2 corresponding to the intensity of the microwave energy received by antenna 20.
The petroleum stream also reflects some of the microwave energy back to antenna 12 which passes back through antenna 12 to circulator 8. Circulator 8 blocks the reflected microwave energy from feeding back to source 3 and provides the reflected microwave energy to switch means 24. Reflected microwave energy becomes more important as the distance between antennas 12 and 20 increases. This is especially true where a large pipeline carrying the petroleum stream is being monitored.
A positive direct current voltage +V is provided to a switch 36 which is connected to switch means 24. With switch 36 open, switch means 24 provides microwave energy from antenna 20 as test microwave energy. When switch 36 is closed, the ~2~i~76 reflected microwave energy from circulator 8 is provided by switch means 24 as the test microwave energy.
The microwave energy from voltage controlled phase shifter 9, hereinafter called the reference microwave energy, and the test microwave energy from directional coupler 28, are provided to mixer 34 which mixes them to provide two electrical signals E3, E4, representative of the phases of the reference microwave energy and the test microwave energy, respectively.
A differential amplifier 40 provides an output signal E0 in accordance with the difference between signals E3 and E4.
Signal E0 is a function of the phase difference between the reference microwave energy and the test microwave energy and is provided to a feedback network 44. Feedback network 44 pro-vides a signal C to voltage control phase shifter 5, control-ling the phase of the reference microwave energy, and to a mini-computer means 50. Signal E0, and hence the signal C, decreases in amplitude until there is substantially 90 phase difference between the reference microwave energy and the test microwave energy. Voltage control phase shifter 5 indicates the amount of phase shift required to eliminate the phase difference.
Signal E2 from detector 32 is also provided to computer means 50. It has been discovered that the phase difference for measurements in a fluid stream may exceed 360 degrees under certain circumstances. These circumstances include cases where the dielectric of the stream is large, for example when the percentage of water in the petroleum is large, and when the emulsion is water continuous and in cases where the distance between antennas is large as in the case of using larger pipe 17 of Figure 1.
In those cases the true phase shift may be the measured phase shift plus some integer multiple of 360 degrees.
The present invention resolves this ambiguity by monitoring the petroleum at two substantially different frequencies, the main frequency fl, and a secondary frequency, f2, and using the difference in measured phase shift, (phase 1 - phase 2) at the two frequencies to determine the correct integer multiplier to use when computing the true phase shi~t. The correct integer is chosen from a table created from knowledge of the frequencies involved. The maximum possible size of the integer that may be resolved is limited by the separation of frequencies f1 and f2. In the present case integer size of up to 40 can be resolved. Reduction of frequency separation would increase the maximum integer size further limited only by resolution of the phase shift measurement. -~~
A temperature sensor 52 sensing the temperature of the petroleum stream in pipe 17 and provides a signal T to computer means 50 representative of the sensed temperature.
Phase Shifter 9 also provides an enable signal to computer means 50 allowing computer means 50 to utilize signals T, C and E2. Computer means 50 also provides signal El to switch means 4 so that computer means S0 can correlate signal E2 to a particular frequency.
2S Figure 2 is a "map" of a water-continuous phase petroleum stream with 100% surfactant, 100% water and 100% oil points shown as surfactant, water and oil, respectively.
Figure 2B is a "map" of an oil-continuous phase petroleum stream. The maps of Figures 2A and 2B were developed from empirical data utilizing the following equations:
l. Y(Ll) = f(X), where f(X) denotes y is a function of X, Ll is a line connecting 100% surfactant to 100% water.
2. y(L2) = g(X), where g(X) denotes y as another function of X
and L2 is a line connecting 100% oil to lO0~ water.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 is a simplified block diagram of a petroleum stream analyzer constructed in accordance with the present illvention.
Figure 2A is a graphical representation of a map utilized in practicing the present invention for a petroleum stream which is in a water-continuous phase.
Figure 2B is a graphical representation of a map for a petroleum stream which is in an oil-continuous phase.
Figure 3 is a simplified block diagram of a petroleum stream analyzing system constructed in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF T~E INVENTION
In enhanced oil recovery, water and a surfactant or a combination of surfactants are injected into a formation to drive the formation oil to a producing well. The present invention is an analyzer which analyzes a prod~ced petroleum stream to determine the water content, the oil content and the surfactant content.
The analyzer shown in Figure 1 includes a microwave source 3 providing electromagnetic energies, hereinafter referred to as microwave energy, at two microwave frequencies.
Preferred frequencies of 10.119 GHz and 10.369 GHz are used, although the true criteria is that there be a substantial difference between the two frequencies. Source 3 is low powered and may use a microwave gun source. Source 3 provides the microwave energies to switch means 4 via microwave conductors 5 and 6. Switch means 4 is controlled by a signal El to pass the microwave energy from either conductor 5 or 6 .~ ~ 2 ~
and provide it to a directional coupler 7. Directional coupler 7 provides the selected microwave energy to a circulator 8 and to a conventional type voltage controlled phase shifter 9. All conductance or carrying of microwave energy is accomplished by using conventional type waveguides.
Circulator 8 provides microwave energy to an antenna 12. Antenna 12 provides the microwave energy through a window 14, which may be made of a conductive ceramic or Teflon, to a petroleum stream having at least oil and water, passing through a pipe 17. Pipe 17 may be a portion of a pipeline having windows 14 or it may be made of the "window" material. The microwave energy provided by antenna 12 passes through the petroleum stream and another window 14 and is received by an antenna 20. Antenna 20 provides the received microwave energy to a switch means 24 which in turn provides the received microwave as test microwave energy to a directional coupler 28, as hereinafter explained. Directional coùpler 28 provides the test microwave energy to a detector 32 and to a mixer 34.
Detector 32 provides a signal E2 corresponding to the intensity of the microwave energy received by antenna 20.
The petroleum stream also reflects some of the microwave energy back to antenna 12 which passes back through antenna 12 to circulator 8. Circulator 8 blocks the reflected microwave energy from feeding back to source 3 and provides the reflected microwave energy to switch means 24. Reflected microwave energy becomes more important as the distance between antennas 12 and 20 increases. This is especially true where a large pipeline carrying the petroleum stream is being monitored.
A positive direct current voltage +V is provided to a switch 36 which is connected to switch means 24. With switch 36 open, switch means 24 provides microwave energy from antenna 20 as test microwave energy. When switch 36 is closed, the ~2~i~76 reflected microwave energy from circulator 8 is provided by switch means 24 as the test microwave energy.
The microwave energy from voltage controlled phase shifter 9, hereinafter called the reference microwave energy, and the test microwave energy from directional coupler 28, are provided to mixer 34 which mixes them to provide two electrical signals E3, E4, representative of the phases of the reference microwave energy and the test microwave energy, respectively.
A differential amplifier 40 provides an output signal E0 in accordance with the difference between signals E3 and E4.
Signal E0 is a function of the phase difference between the reference microwave energy and the test microwave energy and is provided to a feedback network 44. Feedback network 44 pro-vides a signal C to voltage control phase shifter 5, control-ling the phase of the reference microwave energy, and to a mini-computer means 50. Signal E0, and hence the signal C, decreases in amplitude until there is substantially 90 phase difference between the reference microwave energy and the test microwave energy. Voltage control phase shifter 5 indicates the amount of phase shift required to eliminate the phase difference.
Signal E2 from detector 32 is also provided to computer means 50. It has been discovered that the phase difference for measurements in a fluid stream may exceed 360 degrees under certain circumstances. These circumstances include cases where the dielectric of the stream is large, for example when the percentage of water in the petroleum is large, and when the emulsion is water continuous and in cases where the distance between antennas is large as in the case of using larger pipe 17 of Figure 1.
In those cases the true phase shift may be the measured phase shift plus some integer multiple of 360 degrees.
The present invention resolves this ambiguity by monitoring the petroleum at two substantially different frequencies, the main frequency fl, and a secondary frequency, f2, and using the difference in measured phase shift, (phase 1 - phase 2) at the two frequencies to determine the correct integer multiplier to use when computing the true phase shi~t. The correct integer is chosen from a table created from knowledge of the frequencies involved. The maximum possible size of the integer that may be resolved is limited by the separation of frequencies f1 and f2. In the present case integer size of up to 40 can be resolved. Reduction of frequency separation would increase the maximum integer size further limited only by resolution of the phase shift measurement. -~~
A temperature sensor 52 sensing the temperature of the petroleum stream in pipe 17 and provides a signal T to computer means 50 representative of the sensed temperature.
Phase Shifter 9 also provides an enable signal to computer means 50 allowing computer means 50 to utilize signals T, C and E2. Computer means 50 also provides signal El to switch means 4 so that computer means S0 can correlate signal E2 to a particular frequency.
2S Figure 2 is a "map" of a water-continuous phase petroleum stream with 100% surfactant, 100% water and 100% oil points shown as surfactant, water and oil, respectively.
Figure 2B is a "map" of an oil-continuous phase petroleum stream. The maps of Figures 2A and 2B were developed from empirical data utilizing the following equations:
l. Y(Ll) = f(X), where f(X) denotes y is a function of X, Ll is a line connecting 100% surfactant to 100% water.
2. y(L2) = g(X), where g(X) denotes y as another function of X
and L2 is a line connecting 100% oil to lO0~ water.
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3. y(L3) = h(X), where h(X) denotes y as yet another function of X and L3 is a line connecting 100% surfactant to 100% oil.
In general, the maps depicted in Figures 2A and 2B
are utilized ~y computer means 50 as follows. The amplitude attenuation and phase shift measurements of the microwave energies in pipe 17 are shown in Figures 2A and 2B as point P.
The procedure is the same, whether the petroleum stream is water-continuous or it is oil-continuous. A line L4 of functional form identical to line L3 is projected by computer means 50 through the 100% surfactant point through point P to intercept line L2, which is in essence a water-oil line connecting the 100% water point and the 100% oil-point, at point I. Point I yields the water cut of the petroleum stream.
Further, the surfactant to liquid ratio may also be determined as the ratio of the distance from point P to point I along line L4 divided by the distance from the 100% surfactant point to point I along line L4. If there is no surfactant present in the petroleum stream, point P would lie on line L3 and the surfactant to liquid ratio would be zero.
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Although the foregoing has been discussed as being a water cut and a surfactant to liquid fraction measurement, the maps may also yield other ratios. Computer means 50 may generate lines from the 100% water point to intercept line L2.
Again, that ratio would be determined in the same manner as previously discussed for the surfactant to liquid ratio.
Computer means 50 may also generate a straight line from the 100% oil point through point P and intercept line Ll.
In general, the maps depicted in Figures 2A and 2B
are utilized ~y computer means 50 as follows. The amplitude attenuation and phase shift measurements of the microwave energies in pipe 17 are shown in Figures 2A and 2B as point P.
The procedure is the same, whether the petroleum stream is water-continuous or it is oil-continuous. A line L4 of functional form identical to line L3 is projected by computer means 50 through the 100% surfactant point through point P to intercept line L2, which is in essence a water-oil line connecting the 100% water point and the 100% oil-point, at point I. Point I yields the water cut of the petroleum stream.
Further, the surfactant to liquid ratio may also be determined as the ratio of the distance from point P to point I along line L4 divided by the distance from the 100% surfactant point to point I along line L4. If there is no surfactant present in the petroleum stream, point P would lie on line L3 and the surfactant to liquid ratio would be zero.
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Although the foregoing has been discussed as being a water cut and a surfactant to liquid fraction measurement, the maps may also yield other ratios. Computer means 50 may generate lines from the 100% water point to intercept line L2.
Again, that ratio would be determined in the same manner as previously discussed for the surfactant to liquid ratio.
Computer means 50 may also generate a straight line from the 100% oil point through point P and intercept line Ll.
Claims (9)
1. Means for analyzing a petroleum stream having oil, water and surfactant comprising:
providing means for providing microwave energy to the petroleum stream, receiving means for receiving microwave energy from the petroleum stream, and output means connected to the providing means and to the receiving means for providing at least one output, utilizing the provided microwave energy, the received microwave energy and known values for 100 percent oil, 100 percent surfactant and 100 percent water, corresponding to different ratios of ratios involving oil and water, oil and surfactant, and water and surfactant.
providing means for providing microwave energy to the petroleum stream, receiving means for receiving microwave energy from the petroleum stream, and output means connected to the providing means and to the receiving means for providing at least one output, utilizing the provided microwave energy, the received microwave energy and known values for 100 percent oil, 100 percent surfactant and 100 percent water, corresponding to different ratios of ratios involving oil and water, oil and surfactant, and water and surfactant.
2. The analyzing means as described in Claim 1 in which the output means includes computer means.
3. A method for analyzing a petroleum stream having oil, water and surfactant comprising the steps of:
providing means for providing microwave energy to the petroleum stream, receiving microwave energy from the petroleum stream, providing at least one output, utilizing the provided microwave energy, the received microwave energy and known values for 100 percent oil, 100 percent surfactant and 100 percent water, corresponding to different ratios of ratios involving oil and water, oil and surfactant, and water and surfactant.
providing means for providing microwave energy to the petroleum stream, receiving microwave energy from the petroleum stream, providing at least one output, utilizing the provided microwave energy, the received microwave energy and known values for 100 percent oil, 100 percent surfactant and 100 percent water, corresponding to different ratios of ratios involving oil and water, oil and surfactant, and water and surfactant.
4. A method as described in Claim 3 in which the providing step includes:
relating the known values of 100 percent oil, 100 percent surfactant and 100 percent water to phase difference between the provided microwave energy and the received microwave energy and the intensity of the received microwave energy.
relating the known values of 100 percent oil, 100 percent surfactant and 100 percent water to phase difference between the provided microwave energy and the received microwave energy and the intensity of the received microwave energy.
5. A method as described in Claim 4 in which the providing step further includes:
generating a map utilizing the points derived from the known values of 100 percent oil, 100 percent water and 100 percent surfactant, determining a measurement point within the map utilizing the provided microwave energy and the received microwave energy, and providing the two outputs in accordance with the relationship of the measurement point to the map.
generating a map utilizing the points derived from the known values of 100 percent oil, 100 percent water and 100 percent surfactant, determining a measurement point within the map utilizing the provided microwave energy and the received microwave energy, and providing the two outputs in accordance with the relationship of the measurement point to the map.
6. A method as described in Claim 5 in which the generating step includes:
deriving a line L1 connecting the reference points for the 100 percent surfactant and 100 percent water, deriving a line L2 for connecting the reference points of 100 percent oil and 100 percent water, and deriving a line L3 connecting the reference points for 100 percent oil and 100 percent surfactant.
deriving a line L1 connecting the reference points for the 100 percent surfactant and 100 percent water, deriving a line L2 for connecting the reference points of 100 percent oil and 100 percent water, and deriving a line L3 connecting the reference points for 100 percent oil and 100 percent surfactant.
7. A method as described in Claim 6 in which the measurement step includes:
generating a line L4 which passes through the reference point for 100% surfactant and the measurement point P
and intercepts line L2 at a point I, and developing a ratio from line L4 comprising a first segment of line L4, from the measurement point P to point I, to another segment of line L4 from the reference point for 100% surfactant to point I.
generating a line L4 which passes through the reference point for 100% surfactant and the measurement point P
and intercepts line L2 at a point I, and developing a ratio from line L4 comprising a first segment of line L4, from the measurement point P to point I, to another segment of line L4 from the reference point for 100% surfactant to point I.
8. A method as described in Claim 6 in which the measurement straight lines include:
generating a line L4 which passes through the reference point for 100% water and measurement point P and intercepts line L3 at a point I, and developing a ratio from line L4 comprising a first segment of line L4, from the measurement point P to point I to another segment of line L4 from the reference point for 100% water to point I.
generating a line L4 which passes through the reference point for 100% water and measurement point P and intercepts line L3 at a point I, and developing a ratio from line L4 comprising a first segment of line L4, from the measurement point P to point I to another segment of line L4 from the reference point for 100% water to point I.
9. A method as described in Claim 6 in which the measurement straight lines include:
generating a line L4 which passes through the reference point for 100% oil and measurement point P and intercepts L3 at a point I, and developing a ratio from line L4 comprising a first segment of line L4, from the measurement point P to point I to another segment of line L4 from the reference point for 100% oil to point I.
generating a line L4 which passes through the reference point for 100% oil and measurement point P and intercepts L3 at a point I, and developing a ratio from line L4 comprising a first segment of line L4, from the measurement point P to point I to another segment of line L4 from the reference point for 100% oil to point I.
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