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US 2017/0329356 A1Published application
Non-invasive pressure measurement system
AssigneeCameron International Corporation
InventorsMichael Anthony McKeon, Conor Gray, Declan Elliott
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Abstract
A system includes a safety system having one or more valves configured to block a flow of fluid from a source to a destination, a non-invasive pressure measurement system having a plurality of non-invasive pressure sensors configured to monitor a pressure of the fluid without directly contacting the fluid, and a controller configured to receive feedback from the non-invasive pressure measurement system and to adjust a position of the one or more valves of the safety system based on the feedback.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a safety system comprising one or more valves configured to block a flow of fluid from a source to a destination;
- a non-invasive pressure measurement system comprising a plurality of non-invasive pressure sensors configured to monitor a pressure of the fluid without directly contacting the fluid;
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- a controller configured to receive feedback from the non-invasive pressure measurement system and to adjust a position of the one or more valves of the safety system based on the feedback.
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A system, comprising:
- a safety system disposed along a conduit configured to direct a fluid from a source to a destination, wherein the safety system comprises one or more valves configured to block a flow of the fluid to the destination when the one or more valves are in a closed position;
- a sensor adapter fluidly coupled to the conduit;
- a non-invasive pressure measurement system coupled to the sensor adapter, wherein the non-invasive pressure measurement system comprises a capacitance based pressure sensor, a strain gauge, an ultrasonic pressure sensor, a surface acoustic wave (SAW) pressure sensor, a magnetic pressure sensor, a fiber optic pressure sensor, or any combination thereof, wherein the non-invasive pressure measurement system is configured to monitor a pressure of the fluid without directly contacting the fluid;
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- a controller configured to receive feedback from the non-invasive pressure measurement system and to adjust a position of the one or more valves of the safety system based on the feedback.
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A method, comprising:
- receive feedback indicative of a pressure of a fluid proximate to a safety system from a plurality of non-invasive pressure sensors of a non-invasive pressure measurement system;
- compare feedback from each non-invasive pressure sensor of the plurality of non-invasive pressure sensors to a predetermined pressure threshold;
- count a number of non-invasive pressure sensors of the plurality of non-invasive pressure sensors that indicate that the fluid exceeds the predetermined pressure threshold;
- determine whether the number of non-invasive pressure sensors is at or above a predetermined number;
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- close a valve of the safety system when the number of non-invasive pressure sensors is at or above the predetermined number.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.