Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVELY CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/028457
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A flow control device and a method of controlling a flow, the flow control device including a flow path for a fluid therethrough and a material at least partially defining the flow path, the material operatively arranged with a surface energy less than that of the fluid for passively impeding an undesirable component of the fluid more than a desirable component of the fluid.
Inventors:
SADANA ANIL K (US)
REN JIAXIANG (US)
DUAN PING (US)
GERRARD DAVID P (US)
REN JIAXIANG (US)
DUAN PING (US)
GERRARD DAVID P (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/051143
Publication Date:
May 02, 2013
Filing Date:
August 16, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BAKER HUGHES INC (US)
SADANA ANIL K (US)
REN JIAXIANG (US)
DUAN PING (US)
GERRARD DAVID P (US)
SADANA ANIL K (US)
REN JIAXIANG (US)
DUAN PING (US)
GERRARD DAVID P (US)
International Classes:
E21B43/38; E21B43/34
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2001066910A1 | 2001-09-13 |
Foreign References:
| US20090101355A1 | 2009-04-23 | |||
| US4241787A | 1980-12-30 | |||
| US20080236843A1 | 2008-10-02 |
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