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US 2023/0121280 A1Published application
Autonomous flow control device with pilot amplified operations, method, and system
AssigneeBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
InventorOscar Becerra Moreno
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Abstract
An autonomous flow control device with pilot amplification includes a primary valve responsive to changes in fluid composition, and a pilot valve responsive to and more sensitive to changes in fluid composition than the primary valve and configured to aid change in position of the primary valve in the event of a change in fluid composition
Claims17
An autonomous flow control device with pilot amplification comprising:
- a primary valve responsive to changes in fluid composition;
- a pilot valve responsive to and more sensitive to changes in fluid composition than the primary valve and configured to aid change in position of the primary valve in the event of a change in fluid composition.
A wellbore tool comprising:
- a housing;
- a filter disposed at the housing to allow filtered fluid to pass within the housing;
- a primary valve in the housing and responsive to the fluid;
- a pilot valve in the housing, the pilot valve responsive to and more sensitive to changes in a composition of the fluid than the primary valve and configured to aid change in position of the primary valve in the event of a change in fluid composition,
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.