Control systems for fracturing operations

A system for treating a subterranean formation, comprising:

• a low pressure manifold that comprises an inlet and a plurality of outlets;
• a high pressure manifold that comprises a plurality of inlets and an outlet;
• a valve coupled with one of (a) one of the plurality of outlets of the low pressure manifold and (b) one of the inlets of the high pressure manifold;
• and
• a control system coupled to the valve, wherein the control system comprises a processor that is configured to:
• determine whether the valve is in fluid communication with a flow path that comprises a specific outlet of the low pressure manifold and a specific inlet of the high pressure manifold;
• and
• control the valve based on the determination.

A system for treating a subterranean formation, comprising:

• a low pressure manifold comprising an inlet and an outlet;
• a high pressure manifold comprising an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with a wellbore;
• a valve coupled with the inlet of the high pressure manifold;
• a pump comprising an inlet in fluid communication with the low pressure manifold outlet and comprising an outlet in fluid communication with the high pressure manifold inlet;
• and
• a control system comprising a processor that is coupled to the pump and to the valve, wherein the processor is configured to:
• receive data representing the fluid communication between the pump outlet and the high pressure manifold inlet;
• receive data representing an operational state of the pump;
• and
• control the valve based on the fluid communication between the pump outlet and the high pressure manifold inlet data and the pump operational state data.

A control system for a manifold assembly for treating a subterranean formation, wherein the manifold assembly comprises a low pressure manifold and a high pressure manifold, comprising:

• an actuator coupled to a valve that is coupled to one of an outlet of the low pressure manifold and an inlet of the high pressure manifold;
• a sensor configured to obtain data that is representative of whether the valve is in fluid communication with a flow path extending between the low pressure manifold and the high pressure manifold;
• and
• a processor coupled to the actuator and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to:
• receive from the sensor the data representative of whether the valve is in fluid communication with the flow path;
• and
• control the actuator to effect control of the valve based on the sensor data.