Patent ID: 11920469
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  G | IPC E  G

Claim 16:
17. A system comprising:
at least one processing device, and
a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processing device, the memory storing instructions which, when executed, cause the at least one processing device to perform operations comprising:
receive, from a plurality of sensors coupled to a flexible tube, fluid information, the flexible tube fluidically coupled to and configured to flow fluid received from a pipe, the flexible tube comprising an end fixed to the pipe and a throat in a first position with respect to the fixed end, the throat residing between a first portion of the flexible tube converging along a flow direction of the fluid and a second portion of the flexible tube diverging along the flow direction of the fluid, the fluid information including a strain or pressure at the first portion of the flexible tube and a strain or pressure at the second portion of the flexible tube;
determine, based on the fluid information, a first fluid parameter of the fluid;
transmit, to a controller operationally coupled to the throat, second position information including a second position of the throat different than the first position to change a position of the throat from the first position to the second position;
receive, from the plurality of sensors, with the throat in the second position, second fluid information including a strain or pressure at the first portion of the flexible tube and a strain or pressure at the second portion of the flexible tube; and
determine, based on the second fluid information, a second fluid parameter of the fluid.