US 12,422,291 B2
Multiphase fluid volume measurement
Maher Hamed Alerwi, Dhahran (SA); Ghazi Salman Qahtani, Khobar (SA); Arij Ibrahim Ruwaii, Qatif (SA); and Abdulaziz A. Alruwaithi, Riyadh (SA)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/134,269.
Prior Publication US 2024/0344866 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. G01F 1/74 (2006.01); G01F 1/84 (2006.01)
CPC G01F 1/74 (2013.01) [G01F 1/8431 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first body having a first density;
a tubular having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to the first body, and the second end is an open end;
a first electric contact disposed at the second end of the tubular;
a second body having a second density greater than the first density of the first body;
a beam coupled to the second body by a rotatable joint, wherein the second body is configured to rotate about the rotatable joint, and the beam passes through the second end of the tubular and is at least partially disposed within the tubular;
a first plurality of electric contacts disposed along a longitudinal length of the beam, wherein any one of the first plurality of electric contacts is in contact with the first electric contact at any given time; and
a controller disposed within the second body and communicatively coupled to the first electric contact and the first plurality of electric contacts, wherein the controller is configured to identify which of the first plurality of electric contacts is in contact with the first electric contact, and the controller is configured to determine a distance between the first body and the second body at least based on the identified one of the first plurality of electric contacts that is in contact with the first electric contact.