US 10,890,061 B2 · Rig management system for analyzing a pump valve of a hydraulic fracturing system

Abstract

A rig management system is disclosed. The rig management system may gather, from a set of sensors, data that includes: vibration data related to vibration of a valve associated with a pump of a hydraulic fracturing rig during operation of the pump, and pump speed data related to a speed of the pump during operation of the pump. The rig management system may process the data to identify a trend related to the vibration data, wherein the vibration data has been normalized based on the pump speed data. The rig management system may determine a remaining useful life of the valve based on the trend and threshold data that identifies a set of thresholds related to the vibration of the valve. The rig management system may determine that the remaining useful life satisfies a threshold. The rig management system may schedule an operation to be performed on the valve.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

gathering, by a device and from a set of sensors, data that includes:
vibration data related to vibration of a valve associated with a pump of a hydraulic fracturing rig during operation of the pump, and
pump speed data related to a speed of the pump during operation of the pump;
processing, by the device, the data to identify a trend related to the vibration data,
wherein the vibration data has been normalized based on the pump speed data;
determining, by the device, a remaining useful life of the valve based on the trend and threshold data that identifies a set of thresholds related to the vibration of the valve;
determining, by the device, that the remaining useful life satisfies a threshold after determining the remaining useful life;
and
scheduling, by the device, an operation to be performed on the valve after determining that the remaining useful life of the valve satisfies the threshold.

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A rig management system, comprising:

one or more memories;
and
one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
gather, from a set of sensors, data that includes:
vibration data related to vibration of a valve associated with a pump of a hydraulic fracturing rig during operation of the pump, and
pump speed data related to a speed of the pump during operation of the pump;
normalize the vibration data based on the pump speed data after gathering the data from the set of sensors;
determine a remaining useful life of the valve after normalizing the vibration data,
wherein the remaining useful life of the valve is based on threshold data that identifies a set of thresholds related to the vibration of the valve;
determine that the remaining useful life satisfies a threshold after determining the remaining useful life;
and
schedule an operation of the valve after determining that the remaining useful life of the valve satisfies the threshold.

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A hydraulic fracturing rig that includes a pump, an inlet pipe connected to the pump, an outlet pipe connected to the pump, and a set of valves associated with the inlet pipe, and the outlet pipe, the hydraulic fracturing rig comprising:

a rig management system configured to:
gather, from a set of sensors, data that includes:
vibration data related to vibration of a valve, of the set of valves, during operation of the hydraulic fracturing rig, or
pump speed data related to a speed of the pump during operation of the hydraulic fracturing rig;
perform a statistical analysis on the data after gathering the data,
wherein the statistical analysis is related to normalizing the data or determining a remaining useful life of the valve;
determine the remaining useful life of the valve after performing the statistical analysis on the data;
determine that the remaining useful life satisfies a threshold after determining the remaining useful life;
schedule an operation of the valve after determining that the remaining useful life of the valve satisfies the threshold;
and
detect the operation of the valve utilizing updated vibration data or updated pump speed data after scheduling the operation,
wherein the updated vibration data or the updated pump speed data is gathered from the set of sensors.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Rig management system for analyzing a pump valve of a hydraulic fracturing system

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