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Patent No.:

US 9303658 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2012
Applicants:

William C. Maier, Almond, NY (US);

Pascal Lardy, Houston, TX (US);

Jose L. Gilarranz, Katy, TX (US);

Inventors:

William C. Maier, Almond, NY (US);

Pascal Lardy, Houston, TX (US);

Jose L. Gilarranz, Katy, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dresser-Rand Company, Olean, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 3/12 (2006.01); F04D 31/00 (2006.01); B01D 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 31/00 (2013.01); B01D 17/02 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0324 (2015.04); Y10T 137/2574 (2015.04);
Abstract

A turbomachine system and method, with the system including a slug detector coupled to a main line to detect a slug flow in a multiphase fluid in the main line. The system also includes a compressor fluidly coupled to the main line and disposed downstream of the slug detector, and a bypass line fluidly coupled to the main line upstream of the compressor and downstream of the compressor. The system further includes at least an upstream control valve fluidly coupled to the main line upstream of the compressor and communicably coupled to the slug detector. The upstream control valve is configured to actuate between a normal position, in which the upstream control valve directs fluid to the compressor, and a bypass position, in which the upstream control valve directs fluid to the bypass line, according to when the slug detector detects a slug flow.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Maier, William. (2016). Compact turbomachine system with improved slug flow handling (U.S. Patent No. 9303658). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9303658

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