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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2016
Fmc Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Harold Brian Skeels, Kingwood, TX (US);
FMC Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is flow reversal system () that comprises a single direction flow device () adapted for receiving a fluid and first (), second (), third () and fourth () binary valves. The system is adapted to be configured in a first position wherein the first () and fourth () binary valves are open and the second () and third () binary valves are closed and the fluid flows through the single direction flow device () in a first direction (), be configured from the first position to a neutral position by actuating the second () and third () binary valves from a closed position to an open position wherein, in the neutral position, the first (), second (), third () and fourth () binary valves are open and the fluid flows through the single direction flow device () in the first direction () and be configured from the neutral position to a second position by actuating the first () and fourth () binary valves from an open position to a closed position wherein the first () and fourth () binary valves are closed and the second () and third () binary valves are opened and the fluid flows through the single direction flow device () in the first direction ().