Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid level monitoring system and method incorporating pressure sensor system having inflatable/collapsible bag
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Application No.: US16962662Application Date: 2019-01-16
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Publication No.: US11408274B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: John F. Schaupp , William C. Allen
- Applicant: Q.E.D. ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MI Dexter
- Assignee: Q.E.D. ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee: Q.E.D. ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dexter
- Agency: Kinney & Lange, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2019/013829 WO 20190116
- International Announcement: WO2019/143707 WO 20190725
- Main IPC: E21B47/047
- IPC: E21B47/047 ; E21B47/06 ; G01F23/14

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a fluid level sensing system for sensing a fluid level in a well. The system has an upper housing in communication with a lower housing, with the lower housing having a first bore in communication with a fluid in the well, and a second bore isolated from the first bore and in communication with at least one of a vacuum gauge or an external vacuum source. The upper and lower housings house a first flexible bag and a second flexible bag, with the first bag housed within the second bag. A portion of the first bag communicates with the first bore and is responsive to a change in pressure within the first bore caused by a changing fluid level in the well. A portion of the second bag communicates with the second bore and exerts a reference pressure on the first bag. A sensing subsystem senses expanding and contracting movement of the bags and generates a signal indicative of a change in a level of the fluid in the well.
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