Flow control device including a cantilever restrictor
AssigneeBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
InventorsAmeen Malkawi, Shiv Shankar Sangaru, Raghava Raju Lakhamraju, Ahmed AlAdawy, Naeem-Ur Minhas, Hedy Suherdiana, Robbie Arsyadanie
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Abstract
A fluid control device includes a housing, a fluid channel defined within the housing, the fluid channel having an inlet, and a restriction assembly. The restriction assembly includes a cantilever device disposed within the fluid channel and defining a restricted fluid path, the cantilever device configured to deform to reduce an area of the restricted fluid path and restrict a flow rate of fluid flowing therethrough based on a property of the fluid.
Claims20
A fluid flow control device comprising:
- a housing;
- a fluid channel defined within the housing, the fluid channel having an inlet;
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- a restriction assembly including a cantilever device disposed within the fluid channel and defining a restricted fluid path, the cantilever device configured to deform to reduce an area of the restricted fluid path and restrict a flow rate of fluid flowing therethrough based on a property of the fluid.
A method of controlling fluid flow, comprising:
- receiving fluid at an inlet of a fluid channel in a housing of a flow control device, the fluid channel defined within the housing;
- controlling a flow rate of the fluid through the fluid channel by a restriction assembly, the restriction assembly including a cantilever device disposed within the fluid channel and defining a restricted fluid path, wherein the controlling includes deforming the cantilever device to reduce an area of the restricted fluid path and restrict the flow rate of the fluid based on a property of the fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.