RAY TRANSCEIVING SYSTEM OF UNDERWATER FLOWMETER AND DEDUCTION METERING METHOD
20230146177 · 2023-05-11
Assignee
- Haimo Subsea Technology (Shanghai) co., Ltd. (Shanghai, CN)
- HAIMO TECHNOLOGY (Group) Co.,Ltd. (Lanzhou, CN)
Inventors
Cpc classification
G01N23/12
PHYSICS
G01F1/74
PHYSICS
International classification
G01F1/704
PHYSICS
Abstract
A ray transceiving system of an underwater flowmeter includes a flowmeter body. A fluid metering channel, a transmitting window, and a probing window are arranged on the flowmeter body. The transmitting window and the probing window are respectively in communication with the fluid metering channel, and each of the transmitting window and the probing window is provided with a titanium alloy isolation seat and a beryllium pad. Titanium alloy is used to seal the fluid metering channel, the titanium alloy and the beryllium pad are combined to bear pressure, and the beryllium pad is used to reduce absorption of gamma rays. A deduction metering method of the underwater flowmeter partially deducts the gamma count rate distortion caused by the Compton scattering effect, and calculates the content of each phase in a three-phase mixed flow to improve the metering accuracy of the three-phase content of oil, gas, and water.
Claims
1. A ray transceiving system of an underwater flowmeter, comprising a flowmeter body, wherein a fluid metering channel extends through the flowmeter body, a transmitting window and a probing window on positioned both sides of the fluid metering channel are arranged on the flowmeter body, an inner end of the transmitting window and an inner end of the probing window are arranged opposite to each other and are respectively in communication with the fluid metering channel, a ray transmitting module is arranged in the transmitting window, a ray probing module is arranged in the probing window, the ray transmitting module transmits rays to pass through the fluid metering channel, and the ray probing module probes and receives the rays passing through the fluid metering channel; the ray transmitting module comprises a radioactive source assembly, a collimator, and a first isolation seat arranged in sequence, wherein the first isolation seat is located at the inner end of the transmitting window, the first isolation seat separates and seals the fluid metering channel and the transmitting window, and an inner end face of the first isolation seat is flush with and adapted to an inner wall of the fluid metering channel; and the ray probing module comprises a probe component, a pressing ring, and a second isolation seat arranged in sequence, wherein the second isolation seat is located at the inner end of the probing window, the second isolation seat separates and seals the fluid metering channel and the probing window, and an inner end face of the second isolation seat is flush with and adapted to the inner wall of the fluid metering channel; wherein a first beryllium pad is arranged between the collimator and the first isolation seat, and the first isolation seat is made of titanium alloy; and a second beryllium pad is arranged between the pressing ring and the second isolation seat, and the second isolation seat is made of titanium alloy.
2. The ray transceiving system of the underwater flowmeter according to claim 1, wherein a surface of the first isolation seat facing the collimator is provided with a first embedded counterbore, the collimator is provided with a first top piece matched with the first embedded counterbore, the first top piece is provided with a beryllium sheet insertion opening, the beryllium sheet insertion opening faces a bottom of the first embedded counterbore, the first beryllium pad is embedded in and matched with the beryllium sheet insertion opening, the first top piece is embedded in the first embedded counterbore, a protruding end of the first top piece abuts against the bottom of the first embedded counterbore, the first beryllium pad abuts against the bottom of the first embedded counterbore, a collimating hole penetrates through the collimator, the collimating hole comprises a first end with a large hole diameter and a second end with a small hole diameter, the second end of the collimating hole faces the radioactive source assembly, and the first end of the collimating hole is in communication with the beryllium sheet insertion opening and faces the first beryllium pad.
3. The ray transceiving system of the underwater flowmeter according to claim 1, wherein a surface of the second isolation seat facing the pressing ring is provided with a second embedded counterbore, the second beryllium pad is embedded in and matched with the second embedded counterbore, and the pressing ring abuts both the second beryllium pad and the second isolation seat.
4. The ray transceiving system of the underwater flowmeter according to claim 3, wherein the second embedded counterbore comprises a circular bore segment and a circular frustum bore segment, wherein the circular bore segment is adjacent to the fluid metering channel, the circular frustum bore segment faces the pressing ring, the second beryllium pad is embedded in the circular bore segment, an end face of the pressing ring facing the second embedded counterbore is provided with a ring of pressing flange, the pressing flange is arranged adjacent to an inner ring of the pressing ring, an inner ring of the pressing flange is flush with the inner ring of the pressing ring, the pressing flange is embedded in the circular frustum bore segment, an outer ring of the pressing flange is adapted to and matched with a bore wall of the circular frustum bore segment, an embedded end face of the pressing flange abuts the second beryllium pad, and the pressing ring and the outer ring of the pressing flange abut the second isolation seat.
5. The ray transceiving system of the underwater flowmeter according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the second beryllium pad is greater than a thickness of the first beryllium pad.
6. A deduction metering method of an underwater flowmeter, comprising the following steps: step I, arranging the ray transceiving system of the underwater flowmeter according to claim 1, penetrating the fluid metering channel using two groups of energy levels of the radioactive source assembly, and respectively obtaining gamma count rates N corresponding to a first energy level of the two groups of energy levels and a second energy level of the two groups of energy levels by the probe component; step II, measuring a first empty tube count rate
7. The deduction metering method of the underwater flowmeter according to claim 6, wherein in step III, the first empty tube deduction value
8. The ray transceiving system of the underwater flowmeter according to claim 2, wherein a surface of the second isolation seat facing the pressing ring is provided with a second embedded counterbore, the second beryllium pad is embedded in and matched with the second embedded counterbore, and the pressing ring abuts both the second beryllium pad and the second isolation seat.
9. The ray transceiving system of the underwater flowmeter according to claim 2, wherein a thickness of the second beryllium pad is greater than a thickness of the first beryllium pad.
10. The deduction metering method of the underwater flowmeter according to claim 6, wherein a surface of the first isolation seat facing the collimator is provided with a first embedded counterbore, the collimator is provided with a first top piece matched with the first embedded counterbore, the first top piece is provided with a beryllium sheet insertion opening, the beryllium sheet insertion opening faces a bottom of the first embedded counterbore, the first beryllium pad is embedded in and matched with the beryllium sheet insertion opening, the first top piece is embedded in the first embedded counterbore, a protruding end of the first top piece abuts against the bottom of the first embedded counterbore, the first beryllium pad abuts against the bottom of the first embedded counterbore, a collimating hole penetrates through the collimator, the collimating hole comprises a first end with a large hole diameter and a second end with a small hole diameter, the second end of the collimating hole faces the radioactive source assembly, and the first end of the collimating hole is in communication with the beryllium sheet insertion opening and faces the first beryllium pad.
11. The deduction metering method of the underwater flowmeter according to claim 6, wherein a surface of the second isolation seat facing the pressing ring is provided with a second embedded counterbore, the second beryllium pad is embedded in and matched with the second embedded counterbore, and the pressing ring abuts both the second beryllium pad and the second isolation seat.
12. The deduction metering method of the underwater flowmeter according to claim 11, wherein the second embedded counterbore comprises a circular bore segment and a circular frustum bore segment, wherein the circular bore segment is adjacent to the fluid metering channel, the circular frustum bore segment faces the pressing ring, the second beryllium pad is embedded in the circular bore segment, an end face of the pressing ring facing the second embedded counterbore is provided with a ring of pressing flange, the pressing flange is arranged adjacent to an inner ring of the pressing ring, an inner ring of the pressing flange is flush with the inner ring of the pressing ring, the pressing flange is embedded in the circular frustum bore segment, an outer ring of the pressing flange is adapted to and matched with a bore wall of the circular frustum bore segment, an embedded end face of the pressing flange abuts the second beryllium pad, and the pressing ring and the outer ring of the pressing flange abut the second isolation seat.
13. The deduction metering method of the underwater flowmeter according to claim 6, wherein a thickness of the second beryllium pad is greater than a thickness of the first beryllium pad.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0031]
[0032]
[0033]
corresponding to 31 keV and deducting
corresponding to 81 keV on an empty tube gamma absorption spectrum of a Ba-133 radioactive source.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
[0034] The following further describes the present disclosure with reference to embodiments and the accompanying drawings.
Embodiment 1
[0035] As shown in
[0036] The ray transmitting module includes a radioactive source assembly 21, a collimator 22, and a first isolation seat 24 arranged in sequence. The first isolation seat 24 is located at the inner end of the transmitting window. The first isolation seat 24 separates and seals the fluid metering channel and the transmitting window. An inner end face of the first isolation seat 24 is flush with and adapted to an inner wall of the fluid metering channel.
[0037] The ray probing module includes a probe component 31, a pressing ring 32, and a second isolation seat 34 arranged in sequence. The second isolation seat 34 is located at the inner end of the probing window. The second isolation seat 34 separates and seals the fluid metering channel and the probing window. An inner end face of the second isolation seat 34 is flush with and adapted to the inner wall of the fluid metering channel.
[0038] A first beryllium pad 23 is arranged between the collimator 22 and the first isolation seat 24, and the first isolation seat 24 is made of titanium alloy.
[0039] A second beryllium pad 33 is arranged between the pressing ring 32 and the second isolation seat 34, and the second isolation seat 34 is made of titanium alloy.
[0040] A surface of the first isolation seat 24 facing the collimator 22 is provided with a first embedded counterbore. The collimator 22 is provided with a first top piece 221 matched with the first embedded counterbore. The first top piece 221 is provided with a beryllium sheet insertion opening. The beryllium sheet insertion opening faces a bottom of the first embedded counterbore. The first beryllium pad 23 is embedded in and matched with the beryllium sheet insertion opening. The first top piece 221 is embedded in the first embedded counterbore. A protruding end of the first top piece 221 abuts against the bottom of the first embedded counterbore. The first beryllium pad 23 abuts against the bottom of the first embedded counterbore. A collimating hole 22a penetrates through the collimator 22. A hole center line of the collimating hole 22a is perpendicular to and intersects with the hole center line of the fluid metering channel. The collimating hole 22a includes two sections, one of which has a smaller hole diameter than the other. The small hole end of the collimating hole 22a faces the radioactive source assembly 21. The large hole end of the collimating hole 22a is in communication with the beryllium sheet insertion opening and faces the first beryllium pad 23.
[0041] A surface of the second isolation seat 34 facing the pressing ring 32 is provided with a second embedded counterbore. The second beryllium pad 33 is embedded in and matched with the second embedded counterbore. The pressing ring 32 abuts both the second beryllium pad 33 and the second isolation seat 34. The second embedded counterbore includes a circular bore segment and a circular frustum bore segment. The circular bore segment is adjacent to the fluid metering channel. The circular frustum bore segment faces the pressing ring 32. The second beryllium pad 33 is embedded in the circular bore segment. An end face of the pressing ring 32 facing the second embedded counterbore is provided with a ring of pressing flange 321. The pressing flange 321 is arranged adjacent to an inner ring of the pressing ring 32. An inner ring of the pressing flange 321 is flush with the inner ring of the pressing ring 32. The pressing flange 321 is embedded in the circular frustum bore segment. An outer ring of the pressing flange 321 is adapted to and matched with a bore wall of the circular frustum bore segment. The pressing ring 32 and the pressing flange 321 are integrally formed. An arc-shaped transition is formed between an outer wall and two end faces of the outer ring of the pressing flange 321. An arc-shaped transition is formed between a large opening section and an end face are of the circular frustum bore segment to avoid stress concentration during pressure bearing and damage to the pressing ring 32 and the second isolation seat 34. An embedded end face of the pressing flange 321 abuts the second beryllium pad 33. The pressing ring 32 and the outer ring of the pressing flange 321 abut the second isolation seat 34. A thickness of the second beryllium pad 33 is greater than a thickness of the first beryllium pad 23.
Embodiment 2
[0042] A deduction metering method of an underwater flowmeter includes the following steps.
[0043] Step I, the ray transceiving system of an underwater flowmeter according to Embodiment 1 is arranged. The fluid metering channel is penetrated using any two groups of energy levels of the radioactive source assembly 21. Gamma count rates N corresponding to a first energy level and a second energy level are respectively obtained by the probe component 31.
[0044] The radioactive source assembly 21 can use a Ba-133 radioactive source assembly. The Ba-133 radioactive source mainly has three energy levels that can be used for flow measurement, namely 31 keV, 81 keV, and 356 keV respectively. As a specific embodiment, the multi-phase flow is measured by using two energy levels of 31 keV and 81 keV of Ba-133.
[0045] Step II, a first empty tube count rate
and a second empty tube count rate
of the two groups of energy levels are measured by the probe component 31 under a condition of emptying the fluid metering channel.
[0046] In a metering state, a three-phase mixed flow of oil, gas and water passes through the fluid metering channel, and a first measured count rate
and a second measured count rate
of the two groups of energy levels are measured by the probe component 31 respectively.
[0047] Step III, a first empty tube deduction value
and a second empty tube deduction value
are delineated on an empty tube gamma absorption spectrum. A first measured deduction value
and a second measured deduction value
are delineated on a measured gamma absorption spectrum.
[0048] Specifically, the first empty tube deduction value
the second empty tube deduction value
the first measured deduction value
and the second measured deduction value
are calculated by the following method.
[0049] Deduction ranges are delineated corresponding to the first energy level and the second energy level on the empty tube gamma absorption spectrum and the measured gamma absorption spectrum respectively. The deduction range includes two deduction lines perpendicular to an abscissa axis of the gamma absorption spectra. The two deduction lines are on both sides of peak values of the corresponding energy levels. Intersection points of the two deduction lines and the abscissa axis of the corresponding gamma absorption spectra are
respectively. Intersection points of the two deduction lines and spectral lines of the corresponding gamma absorption spectra are
respectively.
[0050] The first empty tube deduction value
is a trapezoidal or rectangular area enclosed by four points
delineated corresponding to the first energy level on the empty tube gamma absorption spectrum.
[0051] The second empty tube deduction value
is a trapezoidal or rectangular area enclosed by four points
delineated corresponding to the second energy level on the empty tube gamma absorption spectrum.
[0052] The first measured deduction value
is a trapezoidal or rectangular area enclosed by four points
delineated corresponding to the first energy level on the measured gamma absorption spectrum.
[0053] The second measured deduction value
is a trapezoidal or rectangular area enclosed by four points
delineated corresponding to the second energy level on the measured gamma absorption spectrum.
[0054] The first empty tube count rate
the second empty tube count rate
the first measured count rate
and the second measured count rate
are deducted and corrected respectively to obtain a first empty tube deduction count rate
a second empty tube deduction count rate
a first measured deduction count rate
and a second measured deduction count rate
in sequence.
[0055]
corresponding to the first energy level (31 keV) and deducting
corresponding to the second energy level (81 keV) on the empty tube gamma absorption spectrum of the Ba-133 radioactive source. The two deduction lines are artificially set. After the deduction lines are artificially set,
are all constants, and the setting position of the deduction line has a small influence on the metering result to a certain extent, but within an acceptable level. The first energy level (31 keV) on the empty tube gamma absorption spectrum is taken as an example.
measured by the probe component 31 actually includes two parts:
and
is a gamma count rate probed by the probe component 31 of the first energy level (31 keV) gamma rays emitted by Ba-133 itself after passing through the empty tube.
is probed by the probe component 31 after higher energy level rays (such as part of the 81 keV energy level rays) transmitted by Ba-133, which is reduced to 31 keV after Compton scattering, pass through the empty tube, and this part is superimposed on the empty tube gamma absorption spectrum as the first energy level (31 keV) rays transmitted by Ba-133 itself, resulting in distortion of the 31 keV gamma empty tube absorption count rate probed by the probe component 31.
[0056] Similarly:
is deducted corresponding to the second energy level (81 keV) on the empty tube gamma absorption spectrum,
is deducted corresponding to the first energy level (31 keV) on the measured gamma absorption spectrum, and a process of deducting
corresponding to the second energy level (81 keV) on the measured gamma absorption spectrum is consistent with the above situation.
[0057] Step IV, a gas phase content α.sub.gas , an oil phase content α.sub.oil, and a water phase content α.sub.water in the multi-phase mixed flow are calculated according to the following formulas:
[0058] where: [0059] d is a distance that a gamma ray passes through the fluid metering channel, namely, a diameter of the fluid metering channel. is an absorption coefficient of a gas phase relative to a gamma ray of the first gas energy level, which is a constant. is an absorption coefficient of an oil phase relative to the gamma ray of the first energy level, which is a constant. is an absorption coefficient of a water phase relative to the gamma ray of the first energy level, which is a constant. is an absorption coefficient of the gas phase relative to a gamma ray of the second energy level, which is a constant. is an absorption coefficient of the oil phase relative to the gamma ray of the second energy level, which is a constant. is an absorption coefficient of the water phase relative to the gamma ray of the second energy level, which is a constant.
Embodiment 3
[0066] The metering method of Embodiment 2 is used to deduct and meter the test multi-phase mixed flow to obtain a deducted water content
and the traditional metering method is used to obtain a distorted water content
which is compared with a real water content
of the test multi-phase mixed flow. A deducted water content metering error W.sub.1 and a distorted water content metering error W.sub.2 are calculated. The only difference between the traditional metering method and Embodiment 2 is: the traditional metering method does not include step III, and the following formulas are used to calculate the distorted water content
a distorted oil content
and a distorted gas content
[0067] The water content metering error W.sub.1 and the distorted water content metering error W.sub.2 are calculated according to the formulas:
and
[0068] Data such as the real water content of the 5 groups of test multi-phase mixed flows randomly selected for comparison in the test process is shown in Table 1:
TABLE-US-00001 Data table of real water content of test multi-phase mixed flow Liquid volume Gas volume
[0069] The calculated deducted water content
distorted water content
deducted water content metering error Wi, and distorted water content metering error W.sub.2 of the 5 groups of test multi-phase mixed flows corresponding to Table 1 are shown in Table 2:
TABLE-US-00002 Water content and water content metering error of test multi-phase mixed flow
[0070] It can be seen from Table 2 that using the deduction algorithm of Embodiment 2, the deducted water content
obtained by metering is relatively adjacent to the real water content
and the corresponding metering error (deducted water content metering error) is less than that of the traditional algorithm without deduction (distorted water content metering error).
[0071] The beneficial effects of the present disclosure are shown in the following two aspects: on one hand, it is reflected in the structure. The titanium alloy and the metal beryllium are combined, and are installed and cooperate in a new structural form. The titanium alloy which is relatively easy to process and form is used to seal the fluid metering channel, the titanium alloy and the beryllium pad are combined to bear pressure, and the beryllium pad is used to reduce absorption of gamma rays, so as to solve the problems of inconvenient processing, short service life, and low reliability caused by material (ceramic) problems. On the other hand, it is reflected in the metering method. By deducting the count rate of the scattering low-energy levels detected on the gamma absorption spectrum, it can be metered with the result closer to the real count rate, so as to avoid the great impact of the Compton scattering effect on the results of gamma ray measurement of multi-phase flow and improve the metering accuracy.
[0072] Finally, it should be noted that the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure. Under the enlightenment of the present disclosure, those of ordinary skill in the art can make a variety of similar representations without departing from the purpose of the present disclosure and the claims, and such transformations all fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.