Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for odorizing natural gas
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Application No.: US15486831Application Date: 2017-04-13
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Publication No.: US10344237B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Kyle Welker , Wade Williams , Paul Minier
- Applicant: Welker, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: Welker, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Welker, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Agency: Husch Blackwell LLP
- Main IPC: C10L3/00
- IPC: C10L3/00 ; F17D3/12 ; G05D7/06 ; G05D11/13

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a system and method for odorizing natural gas flowing through a distribution pipeline. The system includes a bypass line adjacent to a distribution pipeline, wherein bypass gas flows through the bypass line and an odorant tank connected to the bypass line, and into the distribution pipeline; a high-flow control valve and a low-flow control valve in the bypass line, wherein bypass gas flows through the odorant tank into the distribution pipeline when the high-flow control valve or the low-flow control valve is open; and a programmable logic controller connected to the high-flow and low flow control valve; wherein the programmable logic controller opens the high-flow or low-flow control valve for a predetermined dwell time proportional to an amount of bypass gas needed to odorize gas in the distribution pipeline each time that a preselected quantity of gas flows through the distribution pipeline.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180298297A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ODORIZING NATURAL GAS Public/Granted day:2018-10-18
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