Method of determining position of a valve

A method of determining the position of a valve includes, measuring pressure at a first location within a bore and measuring pressure at a second location within the bore wherein the first location and the second location are positioned on opposing longitudinal sides of the valve. The method further...

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Main Authors LOUIS F LAFLEUR, TYLER ROBERTS, JAMES J FREEMAN, JAVID MAJID
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 06.03.2013
Subjects
EARTH DRILLING
EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
MEASURING
MINING
OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
PHYSICS
TESTING
TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES
TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Summary:A method of determining the position of a valve includes, measuring pressure at a first location within a bore and measuring pressure at a second location within the bore wherein the first location and the second location are positioned on opposing longitudinal sides of the valve. The method further includes analyzing values from the measuring and attributing characteristics of the analyzing to specific valve positions.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB20120020038