US 12,013,271 B2
Evaluation of flow properties in physical media
Michael Engel, Rio de Janeiro (BR); Rodrigo Neumann Barros Ferreira, Rio de Janeiro (BR); and Mathias B. Steiner, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/938,471.
Prior Publication US 2022/0026253 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G01F 1/708 (2022.01); G01F 1/7086 (2022.01); G01F 1/74 (2006.01); G01P 5/20 (2006.01)
CPC G01F 1/7086 (2013.01) [G01F 1/74 (2013.01); G01P 5/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a light source configured to generate a plurality of optical signals;
tracers suspended in a fluid;
a plurality of photonic devices, each including a photonic element and flow channel; and
a measurement device configured to:
determine a first measurement based on the plurality of optical signals and the tracers in a flow channel of a first photonic device of the plurality of photonic devices,
determine a second measurement based on the plurality of optical signals and the tracers in a flow channel of a second photonic device of the plurality of photonic devices, and
determine a property associated with a flow of the fluid or the tracers based on the first measurement and the second measurement.