An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a plurality of valves. Each valve of the plurality of valves is associated with a respective production zone of a well. Each valve includes a valve body having a passage and an inflow fluid input through which a formation fluid from the respective production zone associated with the valve is to enter the passage of the valve body. Each valve further includes a sensor located within the valve body to detect a density of the formation fluid. The apparatus further includes a processor programmed to determine a fraction of a subject fluid in the formation fluid based on the density of the formation fluid and a density of the subject fluid.

In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a production tubing for carrying fluids from a producing zone to a surface, and a three-way valve coupled to the production tubing, the three-way valve including an inlet from the production tubing, an outlet to the production tubing, and an inlet from the borehole surrounding the three-way valve. The apparatus further includes a resonant tube densitometer disposed in the outlet to the production tubing, the resonant tube densitometer configured to measure the density of the fluids. A flow meter is disposed in the outlet to the production tubing, the flow meter configured to measure volumetric flow of the fluids.

A vibratory measuring device for determining a mass flow rate or a density of a medium includes: a vibratory measuring tube which is curved when in a rest position; a support body; a first bearing body; a second bearing body; two exciter units and two sensor units; and a circuit. The bearing bodies are connected to the support body such that flexural vibration modes of the measuring tube have vibration nodes on the bearing bodies, wherein the exciter units are configured to excite flexural vibrations of the measuring tube, wherein the sensor units are each configured to detect flexural vibrations of the measuring tube both in and perpendicular to the plane and to output vibration-dependent sensor signals, wherein the circuit is configured to output excitation signals to the excitation units for the selective excitation of flexural vibration modes and to receive the sensor signals of the sensor units.

A planar vibratory member (300, 400) is provided, being operable for use in a vibrating densitometer (500). The planar vibratory member (300, 400) comprises a body (302) and a vibratable portion (304) emanating from the body (302), wherein the vibratable portion (304) comprises a plurality of vibratable projections, and wherein the plurality of vibratable projections are cantilevered. The vibratable portion is operable to be vibrated by a driver (504).

A viscometer (700) is provided, for determining a viscosity of a gas therein. The viscometer (700) comprises a driver (704) and a planar vibratory member (500, 600) vibratable by the driver (704), that comprises a body (502) and a vibratable portion (504) emanating from the body (502), wherein the vibratable portion (504) comprises a plurality of vibratable cantilevered projections. At least one pickoff sensor (706) is configured to detect vibrations of the vibratory member (500, 600). Meter electronics (900) comprise an interface (901) configured to send an excitation signal to the driver (704) and to receive a vibrational response from the at least one pickoff sensor (706), measure a Q and resonant frequency of the planar vibratory member (500, 600), and to determine a viscosity (923) of the gas therein using the measured Q and the measured resonant frequency.

A method for determining and/or monitoring a process variable of a medium using a vibronic sensor includes: exciting a mechanically vibratable unit to vibrate in a first vibration mode via a drive/receiving unit using a first excitation signal; receiving and converting the vibrations of the first vibration mode into a first reception signal; generating the first excitation signal based on the first reception signal; determining the process variable from the first reception signal; exciting the vibratable unit to vibrate in a second vibration mode via the drive/receiving unit via a second excitation signal; receiving and converting the vibrations the second vibration mode into a second reception signal, where the second excitation signal is generated based on the second reception signal; and compensating for an influence of a temperature of the medium on the first reception signal using the second reception signal.

A system (600) and method (500) for a standards traceable verification of a vibratory meter (5) is provided. The system (600) includes a storage (610) having a baseline meter verification value of the vibratory meter and a processing system (620) in communication with the storage (610). The processing system (620) being configured to obtain the baseline meter verification value from the storage (610) and determine a relationship between the baseline meter verification value and a calibration value of the vibratory meter, said calibration value being traceable to a measurement standard. The method (500) provides a traceable verification of a vibratory meter by comparing (540) a physical property of the vibratory meter, which is determined from a first calibration value, to a reference value determined from a second calibration value, said calibration values being traceable to a measurement standard.

A meter electronics (20) for detecting and identifying a change in a vibratory meter (5) is provided. The meter electronics (20) includes a processing system (202) including a storage system (204) configured to store a central tendency value of a meter verification parameter and dispersion value of the meter verification parameter. The processing system (202) is configured to obtain the central tendency value and the dispersion value from the storage system (204) and determine a probability based on the central tendency value and the dispersion value to detect if the central tendency value is different than a baseline value.

The disclosure relates to a measuring transducer of a measuring device for registering a mass flow or a density of a medium flowing through a measuring tube of the measuring transducer. An exciter excites the measuring tube to execute oscillations. At least two sensors are adapted to register deflections of oscillations of the measuring tube. At least one exciter and the sensors each have a coil apparatus with, in each case, at least one coil, as well as, in each case, a magnet apparatus, wherein the magnet apparatuses are movable relative to their coil apparatuses. The magnet apparatus of a sensor or exciter has, in each case, at least one magnet, wherein the measuring transducer has a support body, which is adapted to hold the at least one measuring tube. The coil apparatuses of the sensors or the coil apparatus of the exciter are secured separately on the support body.

A method includes registering a first mass flow rate portion measurement value ṁ.sub.1 of a first flow portion through measuring tubes of a first oscillator and a second mass flow rate portion measurement value ṁ.sub.2 of a second flow portion through measuring tubes of the second oscillator. A sum of the two mass flow rate portion measurement values gives a mass flow rate total measurement value. The method also includes registering first and second density portion measurement values ρ.sub.1, ρ.sub.2 of the medium in the flow portions and calculating the effective density measurement value ρ.sub.eff as a function of the density portion measurement values ρ.sub.1, ρ.sub.2 with weightings dependent on the mass flow rate portion measurement values ṁ.sub.1, ṁ.sub.2. The different weighting functions are applied for ascertaining the weightings as a function of the mass flow rate portion measurement values.