US 12,168,927 B2
Apparatus, system, and method for indicating a position of valve of wellsite equipment
Robert Duncan, Calgary (CA); Murad Mohammad, Calgary (CA); and Lindsey William Harper, Calgary (CA)
Assigned to Intelligent Wellhead Systems Inc., Calgary (CA)
Filed by Intelligent Wellhead Systems Inc., Calgary (CA)
Filed on May 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/669,222.
Application 18/669,222 is a continuation of application No. 17/519,247, filed on Nov. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,988,087.
Application 17/519,247 is a continuation of application No. 17/359,416, filed on Jun. 25, 2021, granted, now 11,920,465, issued on Mar. 5, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2024/0309754 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. F16K 37/00 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 47/002 (2012.01); E21B 47/09 (2012.01); G01S 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 47/09 (2013.01) [E21B 34/06 (2013.01); E21B 47/002 (2020.05); F16K 37/00 (2013.01); G01S 15/08 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for detecting and indicating an operational position of a valve, the system comprising:
a. a sensor that is configured to detect the operational position of the valve and the sensor further configured to indicate the operational position by generating an output signal,
b. a processor that is configured to receive the output signal and, based upon the output signal, to generate a processed signal output;
c. a valve control system that is configured to receive the processed signal output from the processor and determine, based upon the processed signal output, if the conditions to change the operational position of the valve are met, then the valve control system can command an actuator to actuate and change the operational position of the valve,
wherein the valve is positioned on a wellsite and the valve regulates a flow of fluids towards, through or away from a component of wellsite equipment that is positioned between a pump that pumps the flow of fluids and a wellhead on the wellsite.