Abstract:
A system, apparatus, and method for improving performance of a pressurized system having a natural gas reciprocating compressor pump. The sound attenuation device has a pipe having an outlet connected to one or more tuned loops, where each loop includes a junction that divides a flow into two pipes. Another junction reconnects the two pipes to an outlet pipe, where the outlet pipe of the loops is coupled to the former junction of the loops. The loop has an inlet coupled to the outlet of a reciprocating compressor cylinder. Between the branches one of the branches is longer than another branch by an amount equal to a wavelength within a range of wavelengths of vibrations propagating in a fluid discharged from the reciprocating compressor pumping system.
Abstract:
A system, apparatus, and method for improving performance of a pressurized system having a natural gas reciprocating compressor pump. The sound attenuation device has a pipe having an outlet connected to one or more tuned loops, where each loop includes a junction that divides a flow into two pipes. Another junction reconnects the two pipes to an outlet pipe, where the outlet pipe of the loops is coupled to the former junction of the loops. The loop has an inlet coupled to the outlet of a reciprocating compressor cylinder. Between the branches one of the branches is longer than another branch by an amount equal to a wavelength within a range of wavelengths of vibrations propagating in a fluid discharged from the reciprocating compressor pumping system.
Abstract:
A system, apparatus, and method for attenuating pulsations in a pumping system. The apparatus includes two pipe loops in fluid communication with a pump. Each of the pipe loops includes two branches with the first branch being longer than the second branch by an amount equal to half of a primary wavelength within a range of wavelengths propagating in a fluid discharged from the pump.
Abstract:
The present invention generally provides an expert system having a data storage device and a processor. The data storage device stores a knowledgebase having a database structure that includes models having attributes, objectives having rules for evaluating the models, strategies having rules for modifying the attributes, and a sub-knowledgebase. The processor evaluates a selected model in accordance with a selected objective, the variable attribute of the model being set in accordance with a selected strategy to determine a characteristic value associated with the selected model and the variable attribute setting. The processor also stores information associated with improved results in the data storage device, so as to be accessible to a user.
Abstract:
A system, apparatus, and method for improving performance of a pressurized system having a natural gas reciprocating compressor pump. The sound attenuation device has a pipe having an outlet connected to one or more tuned loops, where each loop includes a junction that divides a flow into two pipes. Another junction reconnects the two pipes to an outlet pipe, where the outlet pipe of the loops is coupled to the former junction of the loops. The loop has an inlet coupled to the outlet of a reciprocating compressor cylinder. Between the branches one of the branches is longer than another branch by an amount equal to a wavelength within a range of wavelengths of vibrations propagating in a fluid discharged from the reciprocating compressor pumping system.
Abstract:
An apparatus, system, and method for optimization. The apparatus, system, and method include a mechanism for ending an optimization when all models within one design tolerance of an optimum model have been simulated.