ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,861, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL-UFRGS (Porto Alegre, Brazil).
"Virtual decoupling method for managing multiphase streams in subsea oil production modules" was invented by Fabio Cesar Diehl (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Jorge Otavio Trierweiler (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and Marcelo Farenzena (Porto Alegre, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a virtual decoupling method for managing multiphase streams in subsea oil production modules, which comprises: obtaining, by means of flow rate transducers, ...