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US 11,835,180 B2Granted
Gas system
AssigneeMarlin Gas Services, LLC
InventorsKenneth Lynn Baker, Paul Sydney Richards
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Abstract
A method includes receiving, by a computing device, electronic information about pressure. The method further includes determining, by the computing device, the pressure is at a particular threshold. The method further includes sending, by the computing device, a communication to close a particular valve and prevent gas flow from a first tank. The method further includes sending, by the computing device, another communication to open another valve and allow gas flow from a second tank.
Claims23
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first piping section (105);
- a first valve (v1);
- a second valve (v2);
- a third valve (v3);
- a first control valve (c1);
- a first non-return valve, wherein the first valve (v1), the second valve (v2), the first non-return valve, and the third valve (v3) are located on the first piping section (105), and the first non-return valve is located after the first control valve (c1) and before the third valve (v3);
- a first high-pressure tank (110);
- a second high-pressure tank (112);
- wherein, on the first piping section (105), the first control valve (c1) is located closer to the first high-pressure tank (110) than the first non-return valve;
- a fourth valve (v9);
- a second non-return valve, wherein the fourth valve (v9) and the second non-return valve are located on a second piping section (107);
- a third piping section (109), wherein the third piping section (109) is connected to the first piping section (105) and the second piping section (107);
- a fourth piping section (113), wherein the fourth piping section (113) is connected to an end of the first piping section (105) that is closest to the first valve (v1) and the fourth piping section (113) is also connected to an end of the second piping section (107) that is closest to the fourth valve (v9);
- a fifth piping section (111), wherein:
- the fifth piping section (111) includes a third non-return valve and a fifth valve (v6),
- the fifth piping section (111) connects to the third piping section (109) and the fourth piping section (113), wherein the fifth piping section (111) is configured to bypass natural gas from the first piping section (105) based on the pressure level of the natural gas being below a threshold level, and
- no portion of the fifth piping section (111) is connected to the first high-pressure tank (110) or the second high-pressure tank (1120;
- and
- a computing device (119).
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a system, natural gas from a first high-pressure tank (110),
- wherein the system includes a piping system, a computing device (119), and a graphical user display;
- sending, by the system, the natural gas through a first piping section (105) that is part of the piping system;
- wherein the first piping section (105) includes:
- a first valve (v1),
- a second valve (v2),
- a third valve (v3),
- a first control valve (c1),
- a first non-return valve, wherein the first valve (v1), the second valve (v2), the first non-return valve, and the third valve (v3) are located on the first piping section (105), and the first non-return valve is located after the first control valve (c1) and before the third valve (v3),
- a first pressure reader (102), and
- a second pressure reader (102);
- receiving, by the system, additional natural gas from a second, high-pressure tank (112);
- sending, by the system, the additional natural gas through a second piping section (107) that is part of the piping system;
- wherein the second piping section (107) includes:
- a fourth valve (v9), and
- a second non-return valve, and
- a second control valve (c2),
- wherein a third piping section (109) connects to the first piping section (105) and the second piping section (107), and a fourth piping section (113) connects to ends of the first piping section (105) and the second piping section (107);
- and
- displaying, by the system, via the graphical user display, components of the system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.