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    Researchers at Los Alamos National Lab have developed acoustic technologies, including Swept-Frequency Acoustic Interferometry (SFAI), to accurately characterize multiphase fluids like oil, gas, and water mixtures inside pipes and containers in a non-invasive manner. SFAI uses high-frequency sound waves to measure properties such as flow rates, densities, and fluid compositions within pipes in real-time with high accuracy. This technology offers benefits over traditional separation-tank based measurement methods by providing continuous, rapid measurements with a smaller footprint while minimizing environmental impacts. SFAI has applications in optimizing oil and gas production and potentially other industries involving multiphase flow measurements.

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    Researchers at Los Alamos National Lab have developed acoustic technologies, including Swept-Frequency Acoustic Interferometry (SFAI), to accurately characterize multiphase fluids like oil, gas, and water mixtures inside pipes and containers in a non-invasive manner. SFAI uses high-frequency sound waves to measure properties such as flow rates, densities, and fluid compositions within pipes in real-time with high accuracy. This technology offers benefits over traditional separation-tank based measurement methods by providing continuous, rapid measurements with a smaller footprint while minimizing environmental impacts. SFAI has applications in optimizing oil and gas production and potentially other industries involving multiphase flow measurements.

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    Researchers at Los Alamos National Lab have developed acoustic technologies, including Swept-Frequency Acoustic Interferometry (SFAI), to accurately characterize multiphase fluids like oil, gas, and water mixtures inside pipes and containers in a non-invasive manner. SFAI uses high-frequency sound waves to measure properties such as flow rates, densities, and fluid compositions within pipes in real-time with high accuracy. This technology offers benefits over traditional separation-tank based measurement methods by providing continuous, rapid measurements with a smaller footprint while minimizing environmental impacts. SFAI has applications in optimizing oil and gas production and potentially other industries involving multiphase flow measurements.

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    Title: SWEPT-FREQUENCY ACOUSTIC INTERFEROMETRY (SFAI) AND RELATED


    TECHNOLOGIES

    Author(s): Hickmott, Donald Degarmo

    Intended for: Web

    Issued: 2019-12-11
    Disclaimer:
    Los Alamos National Laboratory, an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, is operated by Triad National Security, LLC for the National
    Nuclear Security Administration of U.S. Department of Energy under contract 89233218CNA000001. By approving this article, the publisher
    recognizes that the U.S. Government retains nonexclusive, royalty-free license to publish or reproduce the published form of this contribution,
    or to allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes. Los Alamos National Laboratory requests that the publisher identify this article as
    work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy. Los Alamos National Laboratory strongly supports academic freedom
    and a researcher's right to publish; as an institution, however, the Laboratory does not endorse the viewpoint of a publication or guarantee its
    technical correctness.
    Tech Snapshot
    Earth and Environmental
    Published: Dec 9, 2019

    BENEFITS
    SWEPT-FREQUENCY These technologies have a wide-range of applicability in
    upstream and downstream oil and gas environments. SFAI’s
    ACOUSTIC INTERFEROMETRY ability to provide accurate, real-time volumetric
    measurements of oil/gas/water flow means (1) better
    (SFAI) AND RELATED reservoir management via production tuning and (2) cost
    savings, as it is no longer necessary to use
    TECHNOLOGIES environmentally-unsafe separations tanks to make flow
    measurements.

    Acoustic methods to measure composition Provides noninvasive, continuous real-time and


    & flow in containers, vessels, & pipes accurate estimates of oil production in individual wells.
    Measurements can be made in less than one-second;
    this is much faster than current practices in the
    industry.
    SUMMARY Simple and inexpensive. Eliminates the need for
    Researchers at Los Alamos National Lab have developed acoustic separation tanks and Coriolis meters.
    technologies to accurately discern the characteristics of materials within Effective for both free-flowing wells and those using
    closed containers non-invasively. SFAI and related technologies use artificial lift (rod pumps, submersible pumps, etc.).
    high-frequency sound to characterize liquids, gasses, mixtures, Minimizes environmental impacts, such as fugitive gas
    emulsions, and other fluids inside pipes and containers. SFAI offers the emissions, spills, and large separation tank footprints,
    potential to measure material characteristics and two-and three-phase associated with current fluid sampling practices
    flows within pipes including flow rates and water- and gas-volume Potentially applicable downhole, following additional
    fractions all with a small-footprint device. SFAI is an enabling R&D.
    component of a 2014 R&D 100 Award Winner. Calibration of SFAI--based meters is relatively simple
    and robust
    Related acoustic technologies are broadly applicable
    MARKET to other industries requiring flow measurements (e.g.
    chemical, pharmaceuticals, medical devices)
    The principal market for these technologies is the oil and gas industry.
    Potentially small footprint (1-2 ft cylinder on a pipe),
    The ability to accurately and non-invasively measure multiphase flow
    which is smaller than many competing fluid meters
    and composition in pipes and vessels is an ongoing challenge for the
    petroleum industry. The capability to measure multiphase flow allows for
    better individual well performance monitoring, which will ultimately lead
    to enhanced reservoir management. Such techniques are applicable to
    offshore, conventional onshore, unconventional, and heavy oil plays, so
    the potential market is large. Applications in other industries (e.g.
    CONTACT
    medical, chemical, pharmaceutical) that need to measure multiphase
    Donald Hickmott
    flow are also possible.
    dhickmott@lanl.gov
    505-667-8753
    WHY WE ARE BUILDING SWEPT-FREQUENCY ACOUSTIC
    INTERFEROMETRY (SFAI) AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES
    Measuring multiphase flows using non-invasive, real-time methods remains an unsolved, expensive problem for the oil and gas industry.
    Such information is useful for upstream producers to optimize their production operation to ensure that each well yields the maximum
    amount of oil and gas with minimal downtime and environmental impacts.

    WHAT'S BEHIND OUR TECHNOLOGY


    SFAI uses chirp-signal propagation (wideband ultrasonic frequencies) through a multiphase medium to extract frequency-dependent
    physical properties of the medium. Operators then use the propagation time and the attenuation of the chirp signal as a function of
    frequency to extract fluid flow, density, pipe-wall thickness, and multiphase-fluid-composition information (oil/water/gas cut). Measuring
    solids within flowing fluids is also possible.

    OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES


    Current technologies for measuring multiphase flows in pipes, such as Coriolis meters, rely on invasive sampling methods, and can only
    provide single measurements (e.g. oil cut, water cut) of key parameters; such measurement can only be made infrequently. SFAI methods
    are much faster and allow virtually continuous monitoring of fluid composition, flow, fluid density and other parameters via a single device.
    SFAI should also be less expensive than existing methods because SFAI is less labor intensive and eliminates the need for separation
    tanks. Moreover, SFAI has much less environmental impact and a smaller footprint than other methods.

    OUR TECHNOLOGY STATUS


    Applications have been tested in real oilfield environments for two-phase flow and are in development for three-phase flow. SFAI has
    been tested at low-gas cuts with potential to develop for high-gas cut scenarios. An additional 2-3 years of laboratory and field scale
    testing would likely be required to advance the technology to commercial viability. This could be accomplished through licensing
    (exclusive or non-exclusive) coupled with research and development under a CRADA.

    PUBLICATIONS AND IP
    US Patents and Applications (foreign cases available for a subset of these cases)

    S-94,727 "CYLINDRICAL ACOUSTIC LEVITATOR/CONCENTRATOR". U.S. Patent No. 6,467,350, issued 10/22/2002.

    S-97,730 "NONINVASIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF A FLOWING MULTIPHASE FLUID USING ULTRASONIC INTERFEROMETRY".


    U.S. Patent 6,644,119 issued 11/11/2003.

    S-99,930 "CYLINDRICALACOUSTICLEVITATOR/CONCENTRATOR HAVING NON-CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION". U.S. Patent No.


    6,644,118, issued 11/11/2003

    S-100,658 "NONINVASIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF A FLOWING MULTIPHASE FLUID USING


    ULTRASONIC INTERFEROMETRY". U.S. Patent 6,889,560 issued 5/10/2005.

    S-100,659 "NONINVASIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF A FLOWING MULTIPHASE FLUID USING ULTRASONIC INTERFEROMETRY".


    U.S. Patent 6,959,601 issued 11/01/2005.

    S-104,906 "NONINVASIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF A FLOWING MULTIPHASE FLUID USING ULTRASONIC INTERFEROMETRY".


    U.S. Patent 7,228,740 issued 6/12/2007.

    S-109,031 "NON-CONTACT FEATURE DETECTION USING ULTRASONIC LAMB WAVES". U.S. Patent 7,963,165 issued 06/21/2011

    S-109,068 "NON-CONTACT FLUID CHARACTERIZATION IN CONTAINERS USING ULTRASONIC WAVES". U.S. Patent 8,176,783
    issued 05/15/2012.

    S-109,074 ''NON-INVASIVE FLUID DENSITY AND VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT". U.S. Patent 8,166,801 issued 05/01/2012.
    S-118,927 "INTEGRATED ACOUSTIC PHASE SEPARATOR AND MULTIPHASE FLUID COMPOSITION MONITORING DEVICE". U.S.
    Patent 8,640,529 issued 02/04/2014.

    S-121,335 "METHOD FOR NONINVASIVE DETERMINATION OF ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS INSIDE PIPES". U.S. Patent
    9,404,890 issued 08/02/2016.

    S-121,336 "NON-INVASIVE MULTI-PHASE FLUID CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM". U.S. Patent 8,820,147 issued 09/02/2014.

    S-121,245 "METHOD FOR NONINVASIVE SOLID PARTICLE DETECTION USING DOPPLER SPECTROSCOPY". U.S. Patent
    9,354,094 issued 05/31/2016.

    S-121,246 "APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZATION OF PARTICLES SUSPENDED IN A FLUID AND FLUID FLOW
    PATTERNS USING ULTRASOUND". U.S. Application 13/225787 filed 09/06/2011.

    S-133,084 “METHODS FOR MEASURING PROPERTIES OF MULTIPHASE OIL-WATER-GAS MIXTURES”. U.S. Patent 10,088,590
    issued 10/02/18.

    S-133,154 “INTEGRATED ACOUSTIC PHASE SEPARATOR AND MULTIPHASE FLUID COMPOSITION MONITORING APPARATUS
    AND METHOD”. U.S. Patent 9,234,779 issued 01/12/2016.

    S-133,273 “ULTRASONIC IN-SITU WATER-CUT MEASUREMENT USING ULTRASONIC OIL-WATER SEPARATION FOR AFFECTING
    SOUND SPEED CALIBRATION”. U.S. Application 15/563603 filed 04/01/2016.

    S-133,274 “ACOUSTIC GAS FRACTION MEASUREMENT IN A MULTIPHASE FLOWING LIQUID”. U.S. Application 15/563606 filed
    04/04/2016.

    S-133,322 “NONINVASIVE ACOUSTICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENT OF FLUIDS”. U.S. Application 16/318862 filed 07/20/2017.

    S-133,519 "CLAMP-ON HIGH GAS-CUT MONITORING DEVICE". U.S. Provisional Application 67/734864 filed 09/21/2018.

    S-133,613 “SHAPED WAVEFORM INTERROGATION OF MULTIPHASE FLUIDS” U.S. Provisional Application 62/906360 filed
    09/26/2019.

    S-133,788 "SIMULTANEOUS REAL-TIME MEASUREMENTS OF COMPOSITION, FLOW, ATTENUATION, DENSITY AND PIPE-WALL
    THICKNESS" U.S. Application 16/495612 filed 03/20/2018.

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