US 12,169,047 B2
Emissions management modules and associated systems and methods
Benjamin Castagnos, Youngsville, LA (US); Tyler Davis, Cypress, TX (US); Benjamin Galassini, Thornton, CO (US); John H. Johnson, Fulshear, TX (US); Evan Elie Judice, Katy, TX (US); Michael Wasson, Katy, TX (US); and Walter E. Williams, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Archrock Services, L.P., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Archrock Services, L.P., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/976,000.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/273,703, filed on Oct. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0134352 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. F17D 5/02 (2006.01); F17D 1/07 (2006.01); F17D 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC F17D 5/02 (2013.01) [F17D 1/07 (2013.01); F17D 5/005 (2013.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A natural gas system, comprising:
a process suction conduit;
a compressor package connected downstream of the process suction conduit and configured to receive a flow of natural gas from the process suction conduit and to increase a pressure of the flow of natural gas whereby the flow of natural gas is discharged from the compressor package as a pressurized flow of natural gas;
a process discharge conduit connected downstream of the compressor package and configured to receive the flow of natural gas discharged from the compressor package;
an emissions management module coupled to the compressor package and configured to capture emissions from the compressor package, wherein the emissions management module comprises a vapor recovery unit (VRU) configured to circulate the captured emissions from the VRU along an emissions discharge conduit coupled to the VRU to at least one of the process suction conduit, a fuel gas system of the natural gas system, and a hydrocarbon processing component that is separate from the compressor package;
a blowdown emissions conduit extending from a blowdown system of the compressor package to the VRU of the emissions management module, wherein a first valve is positioned along the blowdown emissions conduit configured to selectively isolate the VRU from the blowdown system; and
a bypass conduit extending from the blowdown emissions conduit to the emissions discharge conduit, and wherein a second valve is positioned along the bypass conduit to selectively isolate the connection formed between the blowdown emissions conduit and the emissions discharge conduit formed by the bypass conduit.