US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Oct. 28 for "Measurement of bulk flow velocity and mixture sound speed using an array of dynamic pressure sensors" (Saudi Arabia, British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,181, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Measurement of bulk flow velocity and mixture sound speed using an array of dynamic pressure sensors" was invented by Vijay Ramakrishnan (Houston), Alejandro Vera (Houston), Muhammad Arsalan (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Sakethraman Mahalingam (Aberdeen, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a bulk velocity and a mixture speed of sound of a multi-phase fluid flowing in a pipe of a pipeline. The method includes the steps: obtaining a plurality of pressure signals from a plurality of pressure sensors, where each pre...