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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2025
Tpe Midstream Llc, Tulsa, OK (US);
Douglas A. Sahm, Lutz, FL (US);
TPE MIDSTREAM LLC, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to evacuate fluid from a pipe is disclosed herein. The apparatus includes processor circuitry to monitor a pressure in a pipe based on measurement data from a pressure gauge coupled to the pipe, when the pressure satisfies a first pressure threshold, halt operation of a fluid evacuation system operatively coupled to the pipe, the first pressure threshold selected based on a set of values, the first pressure threshold being a determined pressure to which the pipe is to be evacuated in order to obtain at least a predetermined concentration of a second fluid in the pipe when the pipe is subsequently refilled with the second fluid to a second pressure satisfying a second pressure threshold, cause a gas supply to supply the second fluid to the pipe, and when the pressure satisfies the second pressure threshold, halt supply of the second fluid from the gas supply.