Patents by Inventor Tor Wideröe

Tor Wideröe 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).

  • Patent number: 6655221
    Abstract: The method and the measuring system in accordance with the invention utilizes a measurement of electrical fields to determine the electrical characteristics of phases in a multi-phase mixture constituting a fluid flow through a conduit. This is used as part of the determination of the phase fractions. Further, one uses time-varying signals from at least one pair of detectors for the electrical characteristics of the fluid, combined with the use of a cross-correlation for determining one or several velocities in the flowing fluid. Additionally, one or several pressure drops are measured across, or adjacent to, a narrow passage. By combining measurements of the electrical characteristics, with measurements of pressure drop, the fractions of all phases in the flow are determined. Combined with measurements of the velocities, the volume flow rates are calculated for the phases and by further combining this with the mass densities of the phases, the mass flow rates of the phases are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Flowsys AS
    Inventors: Audun Aspelund, Tor Wideröe