ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,285, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Halker Smart Solutions LLC (Centennial, Colo.).
"Multiphase vortex flowmeter system" was invented by Matthew Thomas Halker (Parker, Colo.), Paul S. Brennan (Grand Junction, Colo.), William Robert Myers (Englewood, Colo.), Joseph Michael Rzewnicki (Denver), Mina Lee Weldon (Denver) and Kenneth Alan Barnett (Castle Rock, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiphase vortex flowmeter system determines the gas-to-liquid ratio (GLR) and flow rates from a well producing multiphase gas, oil and water by detecting the frequency and amplitude of vortices shed in a vortex flowmeter. In particular, ...