Patent ID: 9645130
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G01N,G01R

Claim:
1. A system for determining water volume fraction, water-in-liquid ratio and/or water conductivity of a multiphase mixture, comprising: a blind-tee comprising an inlet, a horizontal conduit, an end section, an outlet and a vertical conduit, wherein: at least one electromagnetic sensor coupled with the bottom section and/or the end section of the horizontal conduit where a liquid rich region forms below the imaginary horizontal plane running through the middle of the conduit and configured to measure rapidly at least one value of an amplitude-attenuation, a phase-shift, a conductivity and a permittivity of the multiphase mixture, a processor in communication with the at least one electromagnetic sensor and configured to process at least one of a water volume fraction, a water-in-liquid ratio and a water conductivity of the multiphase mixture from the at least one value of measured amplitude-attenuation, measured phase-shift, measured conductivity and measured permittivity of the multiphase mixture.