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US 12,669,360 B2Granted
Integrated maintenance system for multiphase metering system
AssigneeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
InventorsYuanbo Lin, Shuai Tan
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Abstract
A method for maintaining a multiphase metering system (MPMS) may include obtaining a plurality of values associated with a plurality of measurements of a parameter made by a sensor device, wherein the parameter is associated with operation of the MPMS; identifying, based on the plurality of values, an issue with the MPMS; determining a process to resolve the issue with the MPMS; and implementing the process to resolve the issue with the MPMS using a mechanical apparatus and an implementation apparatus coupled to the MPMS.
Claims20
A method for maintaining a multiphase metering system (MPMS), the method comprising:
- obtaining, in real time, a plurality of values associated with a plurality of measurements of a parameter made by a sensor device, wherein the parameter is associated with operation of the MPMS;
- identifying, in real time and based on the plurality of values, an issue with functionality of the MPMS during the operation of the MPMS;
- determining, in real time, a process to resolve the issue with the functionality of the MPMS during the operation of the MPMS;
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- implementing, in real time, the process to resolve the issue with the functionality of the MPMS using a mechanical apparatus and an implementation apparatus, wherein implementing the process to resolve the issue with the functionality of the MPMS comprises facilitating movement of the mechanical apparatus by the implementation apparatus within a maintenance system manifold into the MPMS, wherein the maintenance system manifold is coupled to an external interface of the MPMS, and wherein the implementation apparatus is coupled to the maintenance system manifold.
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A system for managing a multiphase metering system (MPMS), the system comprising:
- a maintenance system manifold comprising a MPMS interface and a mechanical apparatus movably disposed therein;
- an implementation apparatus configured to provide movement to a rod;
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- a maintenance system controller configured to:
- obtain, in real time, a plurality of values associated with a plurality of measurements of a parameter made by a sensor device, wherein the parameter is associated with operation of the MPMS;
- identify, in real time and based on the plurality of values, an issue with functionality of the MPMS;
- determine, in real time, a method to resolve the issue with the functionality of the MPMS;
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- implement, in real time, the method to resolve the issue with the functionality of the MPMS using the mechanical apparatus and the implementation apparatus, wherein implementing the method to resolve the issue with the functionality of the MPMS comprises facilitating movement of the mechanical apparatus by the implementation apparatus within a maintenance system manifold into the MPMS, wherein the MPMS interface of the maintenance system manifold is coupled to an external interface of the MPMS, and wherein the implementation apparatus is coupled to the maintenance system manifold.
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An integrated multiphase metering and maintenance system, the system comprising:
- a multiphase metering system (MPMS) configured to measure single-phase or multiple-phase flow, wherein the MPMS comprises:
- a sensor device;
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- an external interface;
- a maintenance system coupled to the MPMS, wherein the maintenance system comprises:
- a maintenance system manifold comprising a MPMS interface;
- a mechanical apparatus movably disposed within the maintenance system manifold;
- an implementation apparatus configured to move a rod;
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- a maintenance system controller configured to:
- obtain, in real time, a plurality of values associated with a plurality of measurements of a parameter made by the sensor device of the MPMS, wherein the parameter is associated with operation of the MPMS;
- identify, in real time and based on the plurality of values, an issue with functionality of the MPMS;
- determine, in real time, a method to resolve the issue with the functionality of the MPMS;
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- implement, in real time, the method to resolve the issue with the functionality of the MPMS using the mechanical apparatus and the implementation apparatus, wherein implementing the method to resolve the issue with the functionality of the MPMS comprises facilitating movement of the mechanical apparatus by the implementation apparatus within a maintenance system manifold into the MPMS, wherein the maintenance system manifold is coupled to the external interface of the MPMS, and wherein the implementation apparatus is coupled to the maintenance system manifold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.