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Self-regulating turbine flow

  • US 10,619,435 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2018
  • Issued: 04/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A downhole assembly comprising:

  • a base pipe defining an interior for receiving a fluid from an exterior of the base pipe;

    a power generator configured generate power with the fluid and direct the fluid to the interior of the base pipe; and

    a flow control device configured to receive a flow of the fluid from the exterior of the base pipe, the flow control device comprising;

    a nozzle;

    a valve; and

    a piston having a first head and a second head, the piston being moveable between multiple positions to simultaneously move the first head within the nozzle to adjust an amount of the flow directed to the power generator and to move the second head within the valve to adjust an amount of the flow directed to the interior of the base pipe without passing through the power generator.

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