Methods for monitoring wear in seat materials of valves
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring wear in seat materials of a valve, comprising:
- sensors to sense open/closed status of the valve within a desired range; and
a set of counters to count each time the desired range is adjusted to characterize the valve as having the open/closed status if the valve was not within the desired range, wherein the count of a counter is indicative of wear in seat materials of the valve.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are discussed that monitor wear in seat materials of a valve. One aspect of the present invention includes a system. The system includes sensors to sense the open/closed status of the valve within a desired range. The system also includes a set of counters to count each time the desired range is adjusted to characterize the valve as having the open/closed status if the valve was not within the desired range. The count of each counter is indicative of wear in seat materials of the valve. Another aspect of the present invention includes a method. The method includes determining an open/closed status of the valve within a desired range, and adjusting adaptively the desired range so as to characterize the valve as having the open/closed status if the valve was not within the desired range. Each iteration of adjusting is indicative of wear in seat materials of the valve.
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58 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring wear in seat materials of a valve, comprising:
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sensors to sense open/closed status of the valve within a desired range; and
a set of counters to count each time the desired range is adjusted to characterize the valve as having the open/closed status if the valve was not within the desired range, wherein the count of a counter is indicative of wear in seat materials of the valve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for monitoring wear in seat materials of a valve, comprising:
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a magnetic source radiating a field that indicates a position of the valve;
sensors to sense open/closed status of the valve within a desired range; and
a set of counters to count each time the desired range is adjusted within a desired limit to characterize the valve as having the open/closed status if the valve was not within the desired range, wherein the count of a counter is indicative of wear in seat materials of the valve. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for monitoring wear in seat materials of a valve, comprising:
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determining an open/closed status of the valve within a desired range; and
adjusting adaptively the desired range so as to characterize the valve as having the open/closed status if the valve was not within the desired range, wherein each iteration of adjusting is indicative of wear in seat materials of the valve. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for monitoring wear in seat materials of a valve, comprising:
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setting a range of positions indicative of an open/closed status of the valve;
determining the open/closed status of the valve within the range; and
adjusting adaptively the range within a desired limit so as to characterize the valve as having the open/closed status if the valve was not within the range, wherein each iteration of adjusting is indicative of wear in seat materials of the valve. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for monitoring wear in seat materials of a valve, comprising:
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setting a range of positions indicative of an open/closed status of the valve wherein setting includes setting a range that includes a first range of positions that indicates that the valve is opened and a second range of positions that indicates that the valve is closed;
determining the open/closed status of the valve within the range;
adjusting adaptively the range within a desired limit; and
notifying if the range exceeds the desired limit. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. of positions indicative of an open/closed status of the valve;
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determining the open/closed status of the valve within the desired range;
adjusting adaptively the range within a desired limit;
notifying if the range exceeds the desired limit; and
ceasing valve operations if the range is within an undesired limit. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for monitoring wear in seat materials of a valve, comprising:
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setting a range of positions indicative of an open/closed status of the valve;
determining the open/closed status of the valve within the range;
adjusting adaptively the range within a desired limit; and
controlling selectively the act for adjusting. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for monitoring wear in seat materials of a valve, comprising:
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setting a range of positions indicative of an open/closed status of the valve;
determining the open/closed status of the valve within the range;
adjusting adaptively the range within a desired limit; and
stamping the time to form a time stamp at each iteration of adjusting. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method for monitoring wear in seat materials of a valve, comprising:
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obtaining a position of the valve;
processing the position that includes adjusting within a range, wherein the processing includes verifying if the position is an open position, wherein verifying includes verifying if the open position is enabled so as to allow processing of the position; and
notifying an operator the wear in seat materials of the valve. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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