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- Patent Title: Systems and methods to visualize component health and preventive maintenance needs for subsea control subsystem components
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Application No.: US14588564Application Date: 2015-01-02
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Publication No.: US10018007B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Kalpana Panicker-Shah
- Applicant: Hydril USA Distribution, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: HYDRIL USA DISTRIBUTION LLC
- Current Assignee: HYDRIL USA DISTRIBUTION LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Hogan Lovells US LLP
- Main IPC: E21B34/16
- IPC: E21B34/16 ; E21B41/00 ; E21B44/00 ; E21B33/035

Abstract:
Systems and methods to visualize component health and preventive maintenance needs for subsea control subsystem components are provided. Embodiments can include energizing one or more solenoids, detecting a solenoid firing event, detecting activity in blowout preventer components downchain from the solenoids, and incrementing a cycle count for the one or more solenoids and each downchain blowout preventer component activated. Embodiments can include projecting a replacement date for the solenoid or any of the downchain blowout preventer components based on the cycle count and user-defined thresholds. In embodiments, a user is provided with an interactive graphical representation of a blowout preventer including selectable blowout preventer components thereby to visualize component health and preventive maintenance needs.
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