Detecting and preventing two-phase flow to gaseous fueled engines
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorJonathan Barrett Coulter
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Abstract
A system can include a flow measurement device positionable in a flow path for measuring a property of the fuel flowing through the flow path and a shutdown device positionable in the flow path for controlling the fuel flow through the flow path. The system can also include a computing device that is communicatively coupled to the flow measurement device for receiving the fuel flow property and from which the presence of two-phase flow or multiphase flow can be detected. The computing device is also communicatively coupled to the shutdown device for controlling fuel flow through the flow path in response to the detection of two-phase flow or multiphase flow.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a flow measurement device positionable in a flow path between a fuel source and an engine for measuring a property of a fuel flow through the flow path;
- a shutdown device positionable in the flow path for controlling the fuel flow thorough the flow path to the engine;
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- a computing device communicatively coupled to the shutdown device and the flow measurement device for receiving a measurement of the property and determining the presence of two-phase flow or multiphase flow in the flow path using the measurement.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, a measurement of a property of a fuel flow measured by a flow measurement device, the flow measurement device positionable in a flow path between a fuel source and an engine;
- determining, by the computing device, the presence of two-phase flow or multi-phase flow in the flow path;
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- controlling, by the computing device, the fuel flow through a shutdown device in response to determining two-phase flow or multi-phase flow is present in the flow path, the shutdown device positionable in the flow path between the flow measurement device and the engine.
A system comprising:
- a flow measurement device positionable in a flow path between a fuel source and an engine for measuring a property of a fuel flow through the flow path;
- a computing device communicatively coupled to the engine and the flow measurement device for receiving a measurement of the property and determining the presence of two-phase flow or multiphase flow in the flow path using the measurement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.