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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2024
Devon Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Trevor Aldinger, Gillette, WY (US);
Devon Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Abstract
A dump valve system controls the level of a liquid inside a vessel that includes a liquid discharge. The dump valve system includes an automatic dump valve connected downstream from the liquid discharge and configured to adjust the flow rate of the liquid through the liquid discharge, a float inside the vessel, a float arm connected to the float, and an inclinometer attached to the float arm and configured to output an angular disposition signal representative of the angular disposition of the float arm. The dump valve system can also include a flow meter configured to measure the flow rate of liquids discharged from the automatic dump valve and output a flow rate signal representative of the measured flow rate. A control module is configured to adjust the operation of the automatic dump valve in response to the flow rate signal and the angular disposition signal.