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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1984
Helmut W Hopfe, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Hershel Roberson, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Smith Meter, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A flow prover with seal monitor includes a housing with a cylinder and a piston-like displacer sealingly conveyed along the cylinder by the fluid flow to be measured. The displacer includes at least one rod that extends telescopically through the housing. A pair of conduits may be arranged concentrically within the rod, one in communication with a volume between a pair of seals whose integrity is to be monitored and the other in communication with the fluid in the housing. The conduits each communicate as well with a pressure sensor located outside of the housing. The sensor may be mounted on the rod to sense the absence of a pressure differential between the conduits, which indicates a seal failure. The sensor may provide an indication, which may be detected at the end of a proving cycle, that the seal integrity was maintained throughout the proving cycle.