Patents by Inventor Erik UNDHEIM

Erik UNDHEIM 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: 20230073383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pipe section for flow measurements including measuring antennas configured to measure predetermined characteristics of fluid inside the pipe section. The pipe section includes an input end and an output end having a predetermined dimension, the pipe section comprising a section having a first cross section in a first direction extending beyond the input and output dimension by a predetermined amount and a cross section in the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction having a dimension B being less than the dimension A in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ebbe Gustaf NYFORS, Erik UNDHEIM
  • Publication number: 20220026376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for measuring the water volume fraction (WVF) of a mixed fluid flow in a pipe, especially wet and dry gas hydrocarbon fluid flows, the system comprising a measuring unit for measuring the dielectric permittivity of said fluid mixture, a computing unit for calculating and storing both the WVF, based on the absolute level of the dielectric permittivity, and the statistical variation of the dielectric permittivity of said fluid mixture over a predetermined period of time. The system also including an analysis unit for detecting drift in the measured WVF by comparing and analyzing the development of the WVF versus the statistical variation of the permittivity over said time period, and based on detected drift to determine whether an apparent change in the WVF is reflected in a corresponding change in the statistical variation of the permittivity, and, based on said comparison, determining if the drift is caused by a real change in the WVF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventor: Erik UNDHEIM