DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CORROSION DETECTION AND FORMATION EVALUATION USING INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL ELEMENTS
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1. A method utilizing an optical computing device to determine corrosion of a sample, the method comprising:
- deploying an optical computing device into an environment, the optical computing device comprising an optical element and a detector;
optically interacting electromagnetic radiation with a sample to produce sample-interacted light;
optically interacting the optical element with the sample-interacted light to generate optically-interacted light which corresponds to a characteristic of the sample;
generating a signal that corresponds to the optically-interacted light through utilization of the detector; and
determining a corrosion of the sample using the signal.
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Abstract
An optical computing device and method for (1) determining and/or monitoring corrosion data in a given environment and (2) evaluating a downhole formation, both being accomplished in real-time by deriving the data from the output of an optical element.
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39 Claims
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1. A method utilizing an optical computing device to determine corrosion of a sample, the method comprising:
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deploying an optical computing device into an environment, the optical computing device comprising an optical element and a detector; optically interacting electromagnetic radiation with a sample to produce sample-interacted light; optically interacting the optical element with the sample-interacted light to generate optically-interacted light which corresponds to a characteristic of the sample; generating a signal that corresponds to the optically-interacted light through utilization of the detector; and determining a corrosion of the sample using the signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An optical computing device to determine corrosion of a sample, comprising:
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electromagnetic radiation that optically interacts with a sample to produce sample-interacted light; a first optical element that optically interacts with the sample-interacted light to produce optically-interacted light which corresponds to a characteristic of the sample; and a detector positioned to measure the optically-interacted light and thereby generate a signal utilized to determine corrosion of the sample. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method utilizing an optical computing device to determine corrosion of a sample, the method comprising:
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deploying an optical computing device into an environment; and determining corrosion of the sample present within the environment using the optical computing device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method utilizing an optical computing device to evaluate a downhole formation, the method comprising:
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deploying an optical computing device into a downhole environment, the optical computing device comprising an optical element and a detector; optically interacting electromagnetic radiation with a formation sample to produce sample-interacted light; optically interacting the optical element with the sample-interacted light to generate optically-interacted light which corresponds to a characteristic of the formation sample; generating a signal that corresponds to the optically-interacted light through utilization of the detector; and evaluating the formation sample using the using the signal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An optical computing device to evaluate a downhole formation, comprising:
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electromagnetic radiation that optically interacts with a formation sample to produce sample-interacted light; a first optical element that optically interacts with the sample-interacted light to produce optically-interacted light which corresponds to a characteristic of the formation sample; and a detector positioned to measure the optically-interacted light and thereby generate a signal utilized to determine evaluate the formation sample. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method utilizing an optical computing device to evaluate a downhole formation, the method comprising:
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deploying an optical computing device into a downhole environment; and evaluating a formation sample present within the environment using the optical computing device. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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