# US 9,752,424 B2 · Fluid injection system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,752,424 B2 - Document ID: US9752424B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/182,540 - Filed: 2016-06-14 - Published: 2016-12-22 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2013-09-10 - Assignees: Cameron International Corporation - Applicants: Cameron International Corporation - Inventors: Kevin Minnock; Eddie McHugh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9752424B2 ## CPC - E21B 47/001: for underwater installation - B63G 8/001: {Underwater vessels adapted for special purposes, e.g. unmanned underwater vessels; Equipment specially adapted therefor, e.g. docking stations (self-propelled or direction controlled diving chambers with mechanical link to a base B63C11/42)} - E21B 33/076: specially adapted for underwater installations - E21B 34/04: in underwater well heads - E21B 43/013: Connecting a production flow line to an underwater well head - E21B 43/162: {Injecting fluid from longitudinally spaced locations in injection well} - E21B 47/06: Measuring temperature or pressure - E21C 50/00: Obtaining minerals from underwater, not otherwise provided for (suction dredgers or component parts thereof E02F3/88; equipment for conveying or separating excavated material E02F7/00; dippers G01N1/12) - G01F 15/005: {Valves (valves in general F16K)} - G01F 15/14: Casings, e.g. of special material - B63G 2008/005: {remotely controlled} - Y10T 137/7759: Responsive to change in rate of fluid flow - Y10T 137/7761: Electrically actuated valve - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS - B63G: OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS (means of attack or defence in general, e.g. turrets F41H) - E21C: MINING OR QUARRYING - G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A system including a fluid injection system configured to removably couple to a mineral extraction system, wherein the fluid injection system includes a fluid injection system controller, a flow meter system coupled to the fluid injection system controller, wherein the flow meter system is configured to measure a fluid flow of a fluid through the fluid injection system, an adjustable valve configured to control the fluid flow through the fluid injection system, and a non-return valve configured to block reverse flow of the fluid through the fluid injection system, wherein the fluid injection system controller, the flow meter system, the adjustable valve, and the non-return valve are coupled to a common housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system, comprising: a sub-sea retrievable module, comprising: a housing having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a flow path between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet; a flow meter system disposed in the housing along the flow path, wherein the flow meter system is configured to measure a fluid flow of a fluid along the flow path; and a pressure measurement system disposed in the housing along the flow path, wherein the pressure measurement system is configured to measure a fluid pressure along the flow path, and the system is configured to determine the fluid flow of the fluid along the flow path based on a measurement by the pressure measurement system. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet are disposed on a common side of the housing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet are configured to removably couple with first and second mating ports in an axial direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises an axial guide disposed on the common side of the housing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises a circumferential alignment guide disposed on the common side of the housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises an electrical connector disposed on the common side of the housing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises a tool coupling configured to couple with a tool that can install or remove the sub-sea retrievable module. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the tool coupling comprises a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) coupling, and the tool comprises a ROV. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the flow meter system comprises a non-invasive flow meter system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system of claim 9, wherein the non-invasive flow meter system comprises an ultrasonic flow meter system having first and second ultrasonic transducers. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises an adjustable valve disposed in the housing along the flow path, wherein the adjustable valve is configured to control the fluid flow along the flow path. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises a controller configured to adjust the adjustable valve based on a measurement by the flow meter system. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the controller is configured to adjust the adjustable valve based on the fluid pressure measured by the pressure measurement system. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises a controller configured to determine the fluid flow of the fluid along the flow path based on the measurement by the pressure measurement system. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises a valve sensor configured to measure a valve parameter of the adjustable valve, and the controller is configured to determine the fluid flow of the fluid along the flow path based on the measurement by the pressure measurement system and a measurement by the valve sensor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the valve sensor comprises a valve position sensor. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the pressure measurement system comprises a first pressure transducer disposed upstream of the adjustable valve and a second pressure transducer disposed downstream of the adjustable valve. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises a controller configured to adjust the adjustable valve based on a measurement by a valve sensor associated with the adjustable valve, an actuator sensor associated with a valve actuator coupled to the adjustable valve, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the valve sensor comprises a valve position sensor, the actuator sensor comprises a shaft rotation sensor, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises a valve actuator coupled to the adjustable valve, and the valve actuator comprises a motor coupled to an electrical connector. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system comprises one or more mineral extraction components coupled to the sub-sea retrievable module. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises a non-return valve disposed in the housing along the flow path. ### Claim 23 A system, comprising: a sub-sea retrievable module, comprising: a housing having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a flow path between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet; a non-invasive flow meter system disposed in the housing along the flow path, wherein the non-invasive flow meter system is configured to measure a fluid flow of a fluid along the flow path; and a pressure measurement system disposed in the housing along the flow path, wherein the pressure measurement system is configured to measure a fluid pressure along the flow path, and the system is configured to determine the fluid flow of the fluid along the flow path based on a measurement by the pressure measurement system. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The system of claim 23, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises an adjustable valve disposed along the flow path, and an electric actuator coupled to the adjustable valve. ### Claim 25 A system, comprising: a sub-sea retrievable module, comprising: a housing having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a flow path between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet; an adjustable valve disposed in the housing along the flow path, wherein the adjustable valve is configured to control a fluid flow of a fluid along the flow path; a pressure measurement system disposed in the housing along the flow path, wherein the pressure measurement system is configured to measure a fluid pressure along the flow path; and a sensor disposed in the housing along the flow path, wherein the sensor is configured to measure a parameter of the adjustable valve or a valve actuator, and the system is configured to determine the fluid flow of the fluid along the flow path based on the fluid pressure and the parameter. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The system of claim 25, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises a non-invasive flow meter system disposed in the housing along the flow path, wherein the non-invasive flow meter system is configured to measure the fluid flow of the fluid along the flow path. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The system of claim 25, wherein the sub-sea retrievable module comprises the valve actuator coupled to the adjustable valve, and the valve actuator comprises an electric actuator. ### Claim 28 A system, comprising: a sub-sea retrievable module, comprising: a housing having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a flow path between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet; and an adjustable valve disposed in the housing along the flow path, wherein the adjustable valve is configured to control a fluid flow of a fluid along the flow path; an electric valve actuator disposed in the housing along the flow path, wherein the electric valve actuator is coupled to the adjustable valve; and a first measurement system disposed in the housing along the flow path, wherein the first measurement system is configured to measure a first parameter along the flow path; and a second measurement system disposed in the housing along the flow path, wherein the second measurement system is configured to measure a second parameter along the flow path, the first and second parameters are different from one another, the system is configured to calculate a flow rate of the fluid along the flow path selectively based on the first parameter, and the system is configured to calculate the flow rate of the fluid along the flow path selectively based on the second parameter. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The system of claim 28, wherein the first measurement system comprises a non-invasive flow meter system, and the non-invasive flow meter system is configured to measure the fluid flow of the fluid along the flow path. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The system of claim 28, wherein the second measurement system comprises a pressure measurement system and the second parameter comprises a measurement by the pressure measurement system, the pressure measurement system is configured to measure a fluid pressure along the flow path, and the system is configured to calculate the flow rate of the fluid along the flow path based on the measurement by the pressure measurement system.