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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Ertugrul Berkcan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Roman Leon Artiuch, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); G01D 4/00 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); G01F 15/075 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); E21B 41/0085 (2013.01); G01D 4/002 (2013.01); G01F 15/075 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/60 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/88 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/886 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a self-powered utility delivery system that includes a regulator that decreases a pressure of the utility flowing through the self-powered utility delivery system while producing electrical energy as a result of pressure regulation. Additionally, the self-powered utility delivery system includes an electronic utility meter that monitors a quantity (e.g., volume) of utility that flows through the self-powered utility delivery system and toward a consumer.