Patents by Inventor Are Mjaavatten

Are Mjaavatten has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110252893
    Abstract: A device for measuring rates in individual phases of a multiphase flow, such as in flow of hydrocarbon fluid through a pipe line, comprising a venturi having, seen in the flow direction thereof, a first inlet portion with deceasing cross-section, a second intermediate portion with mainly uniform cross-section, and a third outlet portion with increasing cross-section, and being situated within the pipe line. According to the present invention, the venturi is provided with a number of sensors, and the sensors are arranged in mutual distance at different cross-section areas along at least the first of the three portion of the venturi as thereby being able to determine a pressure profile along the venturi as a base for estimating rates for actual rates of the flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Kjetil Fjalestad, Torbjørn Fiveland, Robert Aasheim, Are Mjaavatten