Poppet valve assembly
AssigneeGE Oil & Gas Compression Systems, LLC
InventorZahroof Mohamed
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Abstract
A novel valve assembly is provided. In one embodiment, the valve assembly includes a seat plate having a plurality of fluid conduits. The valve assembly may also include a plurality of poppet assemblies. In some embodiments, a poppet assembly of such a plurality includes at least one fluid port and a housing configured to be coupled to the seat plate to facilitate flow of a fluid through a respective fluid conduit via the at least one fluid port of the respective poppet assembly. Other devices, systems, and methods related to poppet assemblies are also disclosed.
Claims21
A system, comprising:
- a compressor having at least one compression chamber;
- a first seat plate coupled to the at least one compression chamber, wherein the first seat plate comprises:
- a plurality of first fluid conduits;
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- a plurality of first poppet assemblies, wherein each of the first poppet assemblies of the plurality of first poppet assemblies includes one or more first fluid ports and a first housing configured to be coupled to the first seat plate proximate a respective first fluid conduit of the plurality of first fluid conduits to facilitate flow of a first fluid through the first fluid conduit via the one or more first fluid ports of the respective first poppet assembly;
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- a second seat plate coupled to the at least one compression chamber, wherein the second seat plate comprises:
- a plurality of second fluid conduits;
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- a plurality of second poppet assemblies, wherein each of the second poppet assemblies of the plurality of second poppet assemblies includes one or more second fluid ports and a second housing configured to be coupled to the second seat plate proximate a respective second fluid conduit of the plurality of second fluid conduits to facilitate flow of a second fluid through the second fluid conduit via the one or more second fluid ports of the respective second poppet assembly.
A system comprising:
- a compressor seat plate having a plurality of poppet valve receptacles, wherein the plurality of poppet valve receptacles comprises at least three receptacles;
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- a poppet valve assembly coupled to one of the plurality of poppet valve receptacles, wherein the poppet valve assembly comprises:
- a poppet including a poppet head and a stem;
- a housing configured to receive the stem of the poppet and to permit axial, reciprocal motion of the stem;
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- a cover threadingly coupled to the housing such that the cover and the housing generally define an internal cavity that encloses a biasing member;
- wherein the poppet, the housing, and the cover are configured such that, when assembled, a portion of the stem extends through the housing into the internal cavity, while the poppet head remains outside the internal cavity.
A compressor comprising:
- a frame;
- a compression cylinder coupled to the frame, the compression cylinder configured to receive and discharge a fluid;
- a plurality of mechanical components disposed in the frame and configured to facilitate compression of the fluid within a compression chamber of the compression cylinder;
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- at least one valve assembly disposed in the compression cylinder in fluid communication with the compression chamber, the at least one valve assembly comprising a seat plate having a plurality of fluid conduits, and a plurality of poppet assemblies coupled to the seat plate and generally extending from a side of the seat plate wherein each of the plurality of poppet assemblies couples to and are removed from the seat plate as a unit by threading and unthreading a housing to the seat plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.