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US 12,760,848 B2Granted
Integrated maintenance system for multiphase metering system
AssigneesChevron U.S.A. Inc., Cactus Measurement, LLC
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 fluid management 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, wherein the issue is associated with an obstruction within 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 and using an implementation module, the process to resolve the issue with the functionality of the MPMS using a fluid management apparatus to facilitate movement of a fluid from the fluid management apparatus through a maintenance system manifold to the MPMS to clear the obstruction within the MPMS, wherein the maintenance system manifold is coupled to an external interface of the MPMS, and wherein the fluid management 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;
- a fluid management apparatus configured to provide a fluid;
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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, wherein the issue is associated with an obstruction within 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 fluid management apparatus to facilitate movement of the fluid from the fluid management apparatus through the maintenance system manifold to the MPMS to clear the obstruction within the MPMS, wherein the MPMS interface of the maintenance system manifold is coupled to an external interface of the MPMS, and wherein the fluid management 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;
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- a maintenance system coupled to the MPMS, wherein the maintenance system comprises:
- a maintenance system manifold comprising a MPMS interface coupled to the external interface of the MPMS;
- a fluid management apparatus configured to provide a fluid, wherein the fluid management apparatus is coupled to the maintenance system manifold;
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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, wherein the issue is associated with an obstruction within 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;
- and
- implement, in real time and using an implementation module, the method to resolve the issue with the functionality of the MPMS using the fluid management apparatus to facilitate movement of the fluid from the fluid management apparatus through the maintenance system manifold to the MPMS to clear the obstruction within the MPMS.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.