A correlation method for measuring total and fractional flow rates of
multiphase immiscible media comprises identifying two control sections
along the multiphase flow, and scanning each control section so as to
measure fluctuations in the dielectric flow characteristics in each
section, the scanning signals for each section comprising rotating
high-frequency electric and magnetic fields with one common carrier
frequency. The received scanning signals are independently processed so
as to identify the peak amplitude-frequency and gain-phase
characteristics of the signals, and the results of all measurements are
used for calculating the correlation functions. The scanning signals
generated by the rotating high-frequency electric field are amplified by
means of a normalizing scale factor, and all four scanning signals are
additionally processed by a microprocessor. Total and factional flow
rates are determined by comparing the measured characteristics with
reference characteristics stored in a database. The method disclosed is
useful in the oil-producing and oil-processing industries, particularly
for evaluation of oil well production rates.