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System and method for optimizing an operation of a sensor used with wellbore equipment

  • US 9,816,370 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2012
  • Issued: 11/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for optimizing a data rate of a sensor used with well operation equipment for an oil or gas well, the method comprising:

  • upon receipt of each transmission that comprises at least one parameter value from a sensor module by a processor executing a set of program instructions on a storage device;

    receiving the at least one parameter value from the sensor module, said at least one parameter value being transmitted by the sensor module at a first data rate, wherein the at least one parameter value corresponds to a physical parameter measured by the sensor module;

    receiving a predetermined parameter threshold associated with a second data rate;

    comparing said at least one parameter value transmitted from said sensor module to said predetermined parameter threshold;

    determining a rate of change of the at least one parameter value using a stored historical value;

    receiving a predetermined rate of change threshold associated with the physical parameter;

    comparing the rate of change of the at least one parameter value with the predetermined rate of change threshold;

    determining whether said at least one parameter value transmitted from said sensor module is within said predetermined parameter threshold;

    determining whether said rate of change is within said predetermined rate of change threshold;

    immediately upon determining that said at least one parameter value transmitted from said sensor module is within said predetermined parameter threshold or that said rate of change is within said predetermined rate of change threshold;

    generating a command signal for transmission, said command signal comprising said second data rate; and

    ,transmitting said generated command signal to said sensor module to command said sensor module to transmit subsequent parameter value signals at said second data rate; and

    receiving a second parameter value of the subsequent parameter value signals;

    determining that the second parameter value represents a static condition for the physical parameter measured by the sensor module;

    generating, in response to the determination that the second parameter value represents the static condition, a second command signal for transmission, said second command signal comprising a third data rate, wherein the third data rate is lower than the second data rate; and

    transmitting said generated second command signal to said sensor module to command said sensor module to transmit subsequent parameter value signals at said third data rate.

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