Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System using flow vibration detection and method
-
Application No.: US15809061Application Date: 2017-11-10
-
Publication No.: US10605024B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Ronnie Russell , Keven O'Connor , Ammar A. Munshi , Sean McMahon
- Applicant: Ronnie Russell , Keven O'Connor , Ammar A. Munshi , Sean McMahon
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
- Current Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: E21B28/00
- IPC: E21B28/00 ; G01F1/84 ; E21B47/00 ; G05D7/06 ; E21B47/12 ; E21B43/10 ; E21B23/06 ; E21B34/06 ; G01F1/20

Abstract:
A system includes a tubular having an interior surface, a longitudinal axis, a flowbore, and a main portion having a first inner diameter. A vibration inducing feature is disposed along the interior surface of the tubular and is immovable with respect to the tubular, and has a second inner diameter within the tubular that is different than the first inner diameter. The feature has a beveled first end surface and a beveled second end surface, the beveled first and second end surfaces longitudinally displaced from each other. The feature is configured to increase turbulence within the flowbore and configured to dissuade a capture of objects passing therethrough. A sensing system includes a sensor arranged to detect vibration within flow passing the vibration inducing feature, and is configured to output a command signal in response to sensed data reaching a threshold value or indicative of a predetermined pattern.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190145207A1 SYSTEM USING FLOW VIBRATION DETECTION AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
Information query