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Patent No.:

US 12442725 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2023

Automated vacuum sampling system and methods related thereto

Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventors:

Ahmad Mohammad Al-Ahdal, Dhahran, SA;

Hadi A. Al-Shehri, Dhahran, SA;

Majed I. Al-Sulaiman, Dhahran, SA;

Abdultif A. Alzuraiq, Dhahran, SA;

Obaid Halban Al-Otaibi, Dhahran, SA;

Assignee:

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;

Attorney:

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Primary Examiner:

Robert R Raevis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/14 (2006.01); G01N 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/14 (2013.01); G01N 1/2247 (2013.01); G01N 2001/1418 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automated vacuum sampling system comprising: a compressor in fluid communication with an upstream process line; downstream of the compressor, an inlet control valve; downstream of the inlet control valve, a sampling cylinder that includes an inlet quick-fitting valve and an outlet quick-fitting valve at either end of the cylinder, wherein an inlet quick-fitting valve is in fluid communication with the inlet control valve and the outlet quick-fitting valve is in fluid communication with an outlet control valve; a downstream tubing line fluidly connects the outlet control valve to a downstream process line; and, a control system communicably coupled to and programmed to operate the compressor, the inlet control valve, and the outlet control valve. Wherein, once the sampling cylinder is in place, the control system first opens the inlet control valve, then opens the outlet control valve, then starts the compressor, then closes the outlet control valve, and then stops the compressor and closes the inlet control valve.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Al-Ahdal, Ahmad. (2025). Automated vacuum sampling system and methods related thereto (U.S. Patent No. 12442725). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12442725

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