Monitoring System for Reciprocating Pumps
    23.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230250817A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-10

    申请号:US18104722

    申请日:2023-02-01

    Abstract: A monitoring system for reciprocating pump having a plunger connected to a crankshaft by a crosshead and connecting rod assembly. The monitoring system includes a plurality of wireless temperature sensors which each have a temperature probe connected to a sensor head, a plurality of antennas which each have an antenna head configured to communicate wirelessly with a corresponding one of the sensor heads, and a signal processing unit connected to the plurality of antennas. Each temperature probe is positioned in contact with a corresponding crank pin bearing, wrist pin bearing or crosshead bearing. Each sensor head is mounted to the crosshead, and each antenna head is mounted to the pump at a location in which communication is enabled between the antenna head and its corresponding sensor head when the crosshead reaches a first position during each reciprocation of the crosshead. In operation, each antenna head transmits a radar pulse which is reflected by its corresponding sensor head, the reflected pulse is received by the antenna head and communicated to the signal processing unit, and the signal processing unit determines the temperature of the sensor head from the reflected pulse, which temperature is indicative of the temperature of its corresponding monitored bearing.

    POPPET VALVE ASSEMBLY
    24.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190195214A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-27

    申请号:US16301316

    申请日:2017-06-28

    Inventor: Glenn D. HATCH

    Abstract: A poppet valve assembly including a valve seat defining at least one inlet port configured to receive a working fluid, a valve guard coupled to or integral with the valve seat and defining at least one outlet port configured to discharge the working fluid therefrom, and a valve member disposed in a guide pocket defined in the valve guard. The valve member may include a primary impact surface configured to contact a planar surface of the valve guard facing the valve seat. The valve member may also include a secondary impact surface configured to contact a bottom portion of the valve guard within the guide pocket after a structural failure of the primary impact surface prevents substantially all of the primary contact surface from contacting the planar surface.

    PRESSURE PUMP VALVE MONITORING SYSTEM
    30.
    发明申请
    PRESSURE PUMP VALVE MONITORING SYSTEM 审中-公开
    压力泵监控系统

    公开(公告)号:WO2017039695A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-09

    申请号:PCT/US2015/048610

    申请日:2015-09-04

    Abstract: A monitoring system may include a position sensor, a strain gauge, and a computing device for determining the condition of a valve in a chamber of a pump using strain measurements. The strain gauge may determine strain in the chamber. The position sensor may determine the position of a crankshaft coupled to a plunger in the chamber. The computing device may receive signals generated by the strain gauge and the position sensor related to the strain in the chamber and the position of the crankshaft, respectively, and may process the signals to determine delays in the actuation of the valves.

    Abstract translation: 监测系统可以包括位置传感器,应变计和用于使用应变测量来确定泵的腔室中的阀的状态的计算装置。 应变计可以确定腔室中的应变。 位置传感器可以确定联接到腔室中的柱塞的曲轴的位置。 计算装置可以分别接收由应变计产生的信号和与腔室中的应变相关的位置传感器和曲轴的位置,并且可以处理信号以确定阀的致动延迟。

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