Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rig management system for analyzing a pump valve of a hydraulic fracturing system
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Application No.: US16110684Application Date: 2018-08-23
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Publication No.: US10890061B2Publication Date: 2021-01-12
- Inventor: Zhijun Cai , Yanchai Zhang , Zhaoxu Dong
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Deerfield
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Deerfield
- Agency: Harrity & Harrity LLP
- Main IPC: E21B47/008
- IPC: E21B47/008 ; F16K37/00 ; E21B43/26 ; G01M13/003 ; E21B43/12

Abstract:
A rig management system is disclosed. The rig management system may gather, from a set of sensors, data that includes: vibration data related to vibration of a valve associated with a pump of a hydraulic fracturing rig during operation of the pump, and pump speed data related to a speed of the pump during operation of the pump. The rig management system may process the data to identify a trend related to the vibration data, wherein the vibration data has been normalized based on the pump speed data. The rig management system may determine a remaining useful life of the valve based on the trend and threshold data that identifies a set of thresholds related to the vibration of the valve. The rig management system may determine that the remaining useful life satisfies a threshold. The rig management system may schedule an operation to be performed on the valve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200063548A1 RIG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING A PUMP VALVE OF A HYDRAULIC FRACTURING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-02-27
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