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US 10,948,472 B2Granted
Discrete emissions detection for a site
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsBruce Carl Lucas, Andrew Silas Clyburn
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Abstract
Undetected emissions may damage devices at a work site and pose a safety hazard to the surrounding environment. A method of control based on predictive emissions detection is disclosed. The method uses sensors coupled to work site equipment to identify devices and regions of a work site that may be affected by adverse conditions. Detection of such emissions may allow the system or operator to shut down or otherwise act on equipment before any harm is done to the device or personnel in the area.
Claims20
A method for detecting a concentration of an emission, comprising:
- mapping one or more devices at a location, wherein one or more sensors are positioned on the one or more devices, and wherein the location comprises one or more regions;
- receiving one or more concentration level measurements associated with at least two types of emissions from at least one of the one or more sensors, wherein the at least two types of emissions includes two or more of a gas, a fluid, a vapor, a noise, a light or a particulate matter;
- determining one or more concentration levels based, at least in part, on the one or more concentration level measurements;
- determining one or more impacted regions of the one or more regions based, at least in part, on a comparison of the one or more concentration levels to one or more threshold concentration levels;
- identifying one or more impacted devices associated with the one or more impacted regions, wherein the one or more impacted devices comprise at least one of the one or more devices;
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- altering an operation of at least one of the one or more impacted devices based, at least in part, on one or more impacts associated with the one or more impacted regions.
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An emission concentration detection system, comprising:
- one or more sensors associated with one or more devices at a location, wherein at least one of the one or more sensors detect a concentration of at least two types emissions for one or more regions of the location, wherein the region comprises at least one of the one or more devices, wherein the at least two types of emissions includes two or more of a gas, a fluid, a vapor, a noise, a light or a particulate matter;
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- an information handling system communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors, the information handling system comprising:
- a processor;
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- a non-transitory memory coupled to the processor, wherein the non-transitory memory comprises one or more instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- map the one or more devices at a location, wherein one or more sensors are positioned on the one or more devices;
- receive one or more concentration level measurements associated with the at least two types of emissions from the at least one of the one or more sensors;
- determine one or more concentration levels based, at least in part, on the one or more concentration level measurements;
- determine one or more impacted regions of the one or more regions based, at least in part, on a comparison of the one or more concentration levels to one or more threshold concentration levels;
- identify one or more impacted devices associated with the one or more impacted regions, wherein the one or more impacted devices comprise at least one of the one or more devices;
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- alter an operation of at least one of the one or more impacted devices based, at least in part, on one or more impacts associated with the one or more impacted regions.
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A non-transitory storage computer readable medium storing one or more instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to:
- map one or more devices at a location, wherein one or more sensors are positioned on the one or more devices, and wherein the location comprises one or more regions;
- receive one or more concentration level measurements associated with at least two types of emissions from at least one of the one or more sensors, wherein the at least two types of emissions may include two or more of a gas, a fluid, a vapor, a noise, a light or a particulate matter;
- determine one or more concentration levels based, at least in part, on the one or more concentration level measurements;
- determine one or more impacted regions of the one or more regions based, at least in part, on a comparison of the one or more concentration levels to one or more threshold concentration levels;
- identify one or more impacted devices associated with the one or more impacted regions, wherein the one or more impacted devices comprise at least one of the one or more devices;
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- alter an operation of at least one of the one or more impacted devices based, at least in part, on the one or more impacts associated with the one or more impacted regions.
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