Switch Valve and Methods Thereof
AssigneeDeltaValve, LLC
InventorFiliberto R. Jimenez
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Abstract
A four-way switch valve sized to retrofit existing ball valves. The four-way switch valve has an inlet that allows resid to pass through a first orifice in the gate and divert the resid back toward a second and third orifice in the gate. The gate rotates between a first position where the gate seats on the communication port to allow the resid to pass to a first coking drum, a second position where the gate seats on a first and second communication port to allow resid to pass to both a first and second coking drum, a third position, where the gate seats on the communication port to allow the resid to pass to a second coking drum, and a bypass to allow resid to pass through the valve without entering any coking drum.
Claims20
A four-way switch valve comprising:
- a housing comprising a plurality of communication ports further comprising an inlet port and at least two outlet ports;
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- a substantially planar first plate disposed within the housing wherein the first plate further comprises a plurality of orifices wherein the first plate is configured to selectively rotate to selectively and at least partially open or close communication between at least two of the plurality of communication ports.
A four-way switch valve comprising:
- a housing comprising plurality of housing ports;
- a first plate disposed within the housing, the first plate comprising a plurality of orifices wherein the first plate is configured to rotated in a primary plane, a second plate disposed within the housing adjacent the first plate and fixed to the housing, the second plate comprising a plurality of communication ports aligned with the housing ports;
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- a rotor disposed within the housing and configured to place in fluid communication the plurality of orifices and wherein the rotor is in mechanical communication with the first plate and configured to selectively rotate the first plate around a primary axis to selectively orient the plurality of orifices in the first plate in relation to the plurality of communication ports in the second plate.
A method for selectively diverting resid through a four-way valve, the method comprising:
- providing a four-way switch vale comprising:
- a housing comprising an inlet port an outlet port;
- a rotor disposed within the housing configured to rotate inside the housing;
- a first plate coupled to the rotor the first plate further comprising an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice wherein the rotor is configured to selectively orient the outlet orifice in relation to the outlet port;
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- a second plate adjacent the first plate, the second plate comprising an inlet communication port and an outlet communication port;
- receiving process through the inlet orifice;
- diverting the process from the inlet orifice to the outlet orifice;
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- selectively rotating the first plate to align the outlet orifice with the outlet port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.