Abstract: An electro acoustic device and related method increase production capacity of wells that contain oil, gas and/or water. The electro acoustic device produces vibrations stimulating occurrences of mass transfer processes within the well. The resultant acoustic flow generated in porous media, produced by superposition of longitudinal and shear waves, is developed over a characteristic frequency threshold value specific to water, normal oil and heavy oil, with an acoustic energy density capable of establishing higher fluidity zones in the porous media, promoting mobility and recovery of desired fluid and formation damage reduction in a wellbore.

Abstract: In the oil-producing industry, an apparatus can be used to increase the yield of oil wells developed by conventional methods during production of high viscosity oils. Use of the apparatus results in an increase in the permeability of a reservoir and a reduction in the viscosity of oil, added to an increase in environmental safety by avoiding use of chemical reagents and steam generators. The apparatus applies a high power ultrasonic field in the well bottom zone that reduces viscosity of oil, also heating the well bottom zone. The apparatus comprises a surface ultrasonic generator and at least one ultrasonic magnetostrictive radiator placed at the end of oil well tubing, using high frequency currents that warm the tubing and maintain the viscosity of oil during transport to the surface.

Abstract: An electro acoustic device and related method for increasing production capacity of wells that contain oil, gas and/or water is disclosed. The electro acoustic device produces vibrations stimulating occurrence of mass transfer processes within the well. The resultant acoustic flow generated in porous media, produced by superposition of longitudinal and shear waves, is developed over a characteristic frequency threshold value specific to water, normal oil and heavy oil, with an acoustic energy density capable of establishing higher fluidity zones in the porous media, promoting mobility and recovery of desired fluid and formation damage reduction in a wellbore. The down hole electro acoustic device is a submerged unit placed in the well producing zone, and consists of an electric generator, one or more electro acoustic transducers, and one or more waveguide systems (sonotrodes) that include tubular type radiators which provide transmission of elastic vibrations into the medium under treatment.

Abstract: The invention applies to the oil-producing industry and is intended for the intensification of processes increasing the yield of. oil wells developed by conventional methods during production of high viscosity oils. Both objects of said invention have as a technical result an increase in the permeability of a reservoir and a reduction in the viscosity of oil, added to an increase in environmental safety by avoiding use of chemical reagents and steam generators. First object of said invention applies a high power ultrasonic field in the well bottom 10 zone that reduces viscosity of oil, also heating said zone. Second object of said invention comprises a surface ultrasonic generator and at least one ultrasonic magnetostrictive radiator placed at end of oil well tubing, using high frequency currents that warm said tubing maintaining viscosity of oil during transport to the surface.

Abstract: The present invention describes non-invasive online system for discrete measurements of phase levels in a converter or pyrometallurgical furnace in smelting and conversion processes, applying mechanical waves generated by a transducer placed transversally to an air blowing tuyere. Multiple transducers are placed in the direction of the cross axis or longitudinal axis of the phases plane and facing the different limiting zones between the different phases present inside the converter or pyrometallurgical furnace. A mechanical waves sensor or detector that receives the signal (echo pulses) reflected by the different limiting zones so as to determine the amplitude of the reflected signal that has a characteristic and different level for each phase, correlate the amplitude and determine the limiting zone of the phases that face the transducers.

Abstract: A system for generating mechanical waves for use in smelting and conversion processes that occur in furnaces and converters for a higher production of refined metals, consisting in a electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves placed on the outer end of air blowing tuyeres, a coupling means between said system and the shell of the converter, at least one resonant chamber that envelopes the air blowing tuyere and at least one transducer placed inside said resonant chamber, for applying mechanical waves that contain a great number of components of different amplitudes that travel with the airflow into the converter or pyrometallurgical furnace.

Abstract: The present invention describes non-invasive online system for discrete measurements of phase levels in a converter or pyrometallurgical furnace in smelting and conversion processes, applying mechanical waves generated by a transducer placed in the direction of the axis orthogonal to the plane of the phases, for applying mechanical waves that travel in a longitudinal direction into the converter or pyrometallurgical furnace, and a detector or sensor mechanical waves receive a signal (echo pulses) reflected by the different interphases returning a fraction of the power to the transducer that generated it. The propagation time measurement of the signal, from the moment it is emitted by the transducer up to the moment in which the various echoes are received allows to determine the position of the different interphases relative to the transducer.

Abstract: A system for generating mechanical waves for use in smelting and conversion processes that occur in furnaces and converters for a higher production of refined metals, consisting in an electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves placed on the outer end of air blowing tuyeres and a coupling means between said system and the shell of the converter. The air blowing tuyeres are placed forming an angle less than or equal to 90° with the transducer and the airflow entrance to the interior of the converter, forming a figure with an &agr; angle shape; and the transducer is placed in the direction of the cross axis of the converter pointing towards the &agr; angle of the air blowing tuyere, for applying mechanical waves that travel in a longitudinal direction with the airflow into the converter.

Abstract: A system for generating mechanical waves for use in smelting and conversion processes that occur in furnaces and converters for a higher production of refined metals, consisting in an electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves placed on the outer end of air blowing tuyeres and a coupling means between said system and the shell of the converter. The air blowing tuyeres are placed forming an 180° angle in the direction of the airflow entrance, while the transducers are placed transversally to the air blowing tuyeres so as to apply mechanical waves that travel in a transversal direction with the air flow into the converter or pyrometallurgical furnace.

Abstract: A non-invasive online system for continuous measurements of phase levels in a converter or pyrometallurgical furnace in smelting and conversion processes, consisting in a electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves placed on the outer end of air blowing tuyeres, coupling means between said system and the shell of the converter, transducers placed in the direction of the axis orthogonal to the phases plane for applying mechanical waves that travel in a transversal direction into the converter, a mechanical waves sensor placed around the external wall of the shell of the converter that receives the reflected signal, a crystal local oscillator, means for the preamplification of the signal, an analogous/digital interface, a means for data acquisition, a means for processing the signals so as to determine the power of the reflected signal and the propagation time of the signal between the moment it is emitted by the transducer and the moment in which the reflec

Abstract: A system for generating mechanical waves for use in smelting and conversion processes that occur in furnaces and converters for a higher production of refined metals, consisting in an electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves placed on the outer end of air blowing tuyeres and a coupling means between said system and the shell of the converter. The air blowing tuyeres are placed forming an 180° angle in the direction of the airflow entrance, while the transducers are placed transversally to the air blowing tuyeres so as to apply mechanical waves that travel in a transversal direction with the air flow into the converter or pyrometallurgical furnace.

Abstract: A non-invasive online system for continuous measurements of phase levels in a converter or pyrometallurgical furnace in smelting and conversion processes, consisting in an electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves, coupling means between said system and the shell of the converter, a resonant chamber, a transducer coupled to said resonant chamber and placed in the direction of the axis orthogonal to the plane of the different phases present inside the converter, for applying mechanical waves that have a great number of components of different amplitudes that travel into the converter, a mechanical waves sensor placed around the external wall of the shell of the converter that receives the reflected signal, a crystal local oscillator, means for the preamplification of the signal, an analogous/digital interface, a means for data acquisition, a means for processing the signals so as to determine the power of the reflected signal and the propagation time of t

Abstract: A system for eliminating the formation of accretions inside the air blowing tuyeres of converters and pyrometallurgical furnaces in smelting and conversion processes consisting in an electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves placed on the outer end of air blowing tuyeres, coupling means between said system and the shell of the converter, air blowing means placed with the transducers to apply mechanical waves with the airflow into said converter or pyrometallurgical furnace, breaking and eliminating the accretions that form in said air blowing tuyere due to the field of mechanical waves that allows a higher reaction efficiency of the injected air, increasing the kinetics of chemical reactions.

Abstract: A system for generating mechanical waves for use in smelting and conversion processes that occur in furnaces and converters for a higher production of refined metals, consisting in an electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves placed on the outer end of air blowing tuyeres and a coupling means between said system and the shell of the converter. The air blowing tuyeres are placed forming an angle less than or equal to 90° with the transducer and the airflow entrance to the interior of the converter, forming a figure with an &agr; angle shape; and the transducer is placed in the direction of the cross axis of the converter pointing towards the &agr; angle of the air blowing tuyere, for applying mechanical waves that travel in a longitudinal direction with the airflow into the converter.

Abstract: A non-invasive online system for discrete measurements of phase levels in a converter or pyrometallurgical furnace in smelting and conversion processes, consisting in a electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves placed on the outer end of air blowing tuyeres, coupling means between said system and the shell of the converter, means for air blowing tuyeres placed forming a 180° angle in the direction of the entrance of the airflow, a transducer placed transversally to said air blowing tuyere, placed in the direction of the cross axis or longitudinal axis of the phases plane and facing at least one of the limiting zones between the different phases present inside the converter, so as to apply mechanical waves that travel in a transversal direction with the air flow into the converter, mechanical waves sensors placed around the external wall of the shell of the converter in charge of receiving the reflected signal, means for the preamplification of the si

Abstract: A non-invasive online system for continuous measurements of phase levels in a converter or pyrometallurgical furnace in smelting and conversion processes, consisting in a electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves placed on the outer end of air blowing tuyeres, coupling means between said system and the shell of the converter, transducers placed in the direction of the axis orthogonal to the phases plane for applying mechanical waves that travel in a transversal direction into the converter, a mechanical waves sensor placed around the external wall of the shell of the converter that receives the reflected signal, a crystal local oscillator, means for the preamplification of the signal, an analogous/digital interface, a means for data acquisition, a means for processing the signals so as to determine the power of the reflected signal and the propagation time of the signal between the moment it is emitted by the transducer and the moment in which the reflec

Abstract: A non-invasive online system for continuous measurements of phase levels in a converter or pyrometallurgical furnace in smelting and conversion processes, consisting in a electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves placed on the outer end of air blowing tuyeres, coupling means between said system and the shell of the converter, transducers placed in the direction of the axis orthogonal to the phases plane for applying mechanical waves that travel in a longitudinal direction into the converter, a mechanical waves sensor placed around the external wall of the shell of the converter that receives the reflected signal, a crystal local oscillator, means for the preamplification of the signal, an analogous/digital interface, a means for data acquisition, a means for processing the signals so as to determine the power of the reflected signal and the propagation time of the signal between the moment it is emitted by the transducer and the moment in which the refle

Abstract: A system for generating mechanical waves for use in smelting and conversion processes that occur in furnaces and converters for a higher production of refined metals, consisting in a electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves placed on the outer end of air blowing tuyeres, a coupling means between said system and the shell of the converter, at least one resonant chamber that envelopes the air blowing tuyere and at least one transducer placed inside said resonant chamber, for applying mechanical waves that contain a great number of components of different amplitudes that travel with the airflow into the converter or pyrometallurgical furnace.

Abstract: A non-invasive online system for discrete measurements of phase levels in a converter or pyrometallurgical furnace in smelting and conversion processes, consisting in a electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves placed on the outer end of air blowing tuyeres, coupling means between said system and the shell of the converter, means for air blowing tuyeres placed forming a 180° angle in the direction of the entrance of the airflow, a resonant chamber that envelopes the tuyeres means, a transducer coupled to said resonant chamber and placed in the direction of the cross axis or longitudinal axis of the phases plane and facing at the different limiting zones between the different phases present inside the converter, so as to apply mechanical waves that have a great number of components of different amplitudes that with the air flow, mechanical waves sensors placed around the external wall of the shell of the converter in charge of receiving the reflected

Abstract: A non-invasive online system for discrete measurements of phase levels in a converter or pyrometallurgical furnace in smelting and conversion processes, consisting in a electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in mechanical waves placed on the outer end of air blowing tuyeres, a coupling between said system and the shell of the converter, for air blowing tuyeres placed forming an angle less than or equal to 90° with the transducer and entrance of the airflow to the converter, while the transducer is placed in the direction of the cross axis or longitudinal axis of the phases plane for applying mechanical waves that travel in a longitudinal direction, a sensor for mechanical waves placed around the external wall of the shell of the converter that receives the reflected signal, then preamplification of the signal, an analogous/digital interface, for data acquisition, for processing the signals so as to determine the amplitude of the reflected signal which has a character