Alarm system

• US 9,898,916 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2016
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nabors Drillling Technologies USA, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nabors Drillling Technologies USA, Inc.
• Inventors: Valleru, Sri
• Primary Examiner(s): ODOM, CURTIS B
• Application Number:
  US15/075,812
• Publication Number:
  US 20170270768A1
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/06 using electric transmission , e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources

Abstract

A system including a working environment and a control center separated from the working environment and configured to monitor systems in the working environment, the control center having an odor alarm system configured to deliver at least a first odor to the control center and alert an operator to an alert condition. In an embodiment, the odor alarm system is configured to deliver a second odor associated with a second alarm condition, wherein the first alarm condition is different than the second alarm condition. In an embodiment, the odor alarm system is configured to be used in conjunction with the one or more visual or audio alarm systems.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a working environment; and

a control center separated from the working environment and configured to monitor systems in the working environment, the control center comprising an odor alarm system configured to alert an operator at the control center by releasing at least a first odor into the control center in response to an occurrence of an alert condition at the working environment,

wherein the alert condition comprises a critical condition or a dangerous condition.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the control center is a remotely located from the working environment.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the control center comprises a virtual display of actions in the working environment.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the working environment includes a system for conducting subterranean operations.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the control center is an enclosed cabin on a drill rig.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the control center is a virtual monitoring center configured to monitor the actions of the working environment via wireless communication.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the control center is configured to monitor the actions of the working environment via wired communication.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein the working environment includes a drilling rig.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the systems of the working environment include at least a mud pump, a top drive, at least one pressurized system, a detection system, power units, and a combination thereof.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the working environment is an industrial working site.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the working environment is a substantially automated industrial worksite.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the first odor is associated with a first alert condition.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the odor alarm system comprises a second odor associated with a second alert condition, wherein the first alert condition is different than the second alert condition.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the first odor is different than the second odor.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the odor alarm system is configured to release one of a select volume of the first odor, a select concentration of the first odor, or a rate of the first odor based upon at least one of an urgency criterion associated with the alert condition, a duration criterion associated with the alert condition, and a repetition criterion associated with the alert condition.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the odor alarm system comprises at least one odor-containing capsule configured to contain the first odor, a delivery mechanism configured to release the first odor into the control center, a controller coupled to the odor alarm system and a monitoring system, wherein the controller is configured to transmit an odor delivery signal to the odor alarm system upon receiving an alert condition from the monitoring system.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the control center further comprises one or more visual or audio alarm systems configured to alert the controller to an alert condition.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the odor alarm system is configured to be used in conjunction with the one or more visual or audio alarm systems.

19. The system of claim 1, further comprising neutralization system configured to neutralize the first odor from the control center.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the neutralization system is configured to at least partially eliminate the first odor from the control center after the alert condition is eliminated.