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Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998

Filed:

Mar. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Charles B Allison, Houston, TX (US);

Christopher C Ginn, Houston, TX (US);

I Michael Ginn, Houston, TX (US);

Amos Pacht, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
417 442 ; 417 443 ;
Abstract

A control system 10 for monitoring operation of a high pressure plunger pump 12 includes a microprocessor-based controller 40 and a plurality of sensors. Inlet pressure transducers 48 output electrical signals to the controller at intervals of less than 1 millisecond, indicative of the instantaneous inlet pressure to the pump. The controller 40 shuts down pump operation if a number of instantaneous pressure signals within a selected time period exceeds a predetermined value, or if the average inlet pressure signal exceeds a preselected value. The control system 10 is substantially tamperproof, and stored data indicative of tampering, pump startup, pump shutdown, and pump alarm conditions are recorded in a memory for subsequent retrieval and analysis. The serial interface 82 allows communication between the system operating computer 68 and a setup/processing computer 84, which may optionally be remote from the control system by use of a modem.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Allison, Charles. (1998). Programmable pump monitoring and shutdown system (U.S. Patent No. 5772403). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5772403

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