Apparatus and method for determining a fluid property downhole using a bulk reading refractometer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9733182
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13856815

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In one aspect, an apparatus for determining a property of a fluid is disclosed that in one embodiment may include a transparent member having an axis and a first end substantially perpendicular to the axis and a second end having an outer surface at a first angle to the axis, a light source directing light at the first end, a detector placed spaced from the second end, the space between the second end and the detector containing a fluid, wherein the detector detects light exiting from the outer surface at a second angle to the axis and passing through the fluid, and a controller for determining the second angle from the light detected by the detector. A processor determines the bulk fluid refractive index from the light detected by the detector and a property of the fluid therefrom.

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  • BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
DiFoggio, Rocco Houston, US 202 3703
Jung, Sebastian Lower Saxony, DE 26 68
Kruspe, Thomas Niedersachsen, DE 114 1789

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