Patent classifications
F16K47/04
Valve trim apparatus having multiple fluid flow control members
Valve trim apparatus having multiple fluid flow control members are disclosed herein. An example valve trim apparatus includes a primary valve seat and a first flow control member having a cavity and a first seating surface, where the first flow control member is movable relative to the primary valve seat. A second flow control member is disposed within the cavity and slidably coupled relative to the first flow control member. A secondary valve seat is coupled to the first flow control member and the second flow control member moves relative to the secondary valve seat to throttle a fluid flow across the secondary valve seat.
Valve trim apparatus having multiple fluid flow control members
Valve trim apparatus having multiple fluid flow control members are disclosed herein. An example valve trim apparatus includes a primary valve seat and a first flow control member having a cavity and a first seating surface, where the first flow control member is movable relative to the primary valve seat. A second flow control member is disposed within the cavity and slidably coupled relative to the first flow control member. A secondary valve seat is coupled to the first flow control member and the second flow control member moves relative to the secondary valve seat to throttle a fluid flow across the secondary valve seat.
High speed injector apparatus with dual throttle bodies
An apparatus for mixing a first fluid into a flow path of a second fluid, the apparatus comprising: a chamber enclosing the flow path, the chamber including a second fluid first inlet for receiving its respective fluid. The apparatus also includes a second inlet arranged downstream of the first inlet and receiving the first fluid, as well as an outlet arranged downstream of the second inlet for discharging a mixture of the first fluid and the second fluid. The second inlet flows into the flow path and is formed by a shared fluid injector mounted transverse to the axial direction that one fluid and the two fluid flows through its chamber. The flow path includes two respective throttle bodies, each of which is pivotally arranged inside the chamber and attached to opposed sides of the chamber for controlling the flow area of the flow path.
RETENTION MECHANISM FOR NOISE ATTENUATION DOME IN FLUID FLOW CONTROL DEVICE
A fluid flow control device includes a valve body defining an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid flow path extending therebetween, a rotatable valve member at least partially disposed in the valve body, an attenuator operably coupled to the valve body, and a retention member disposed within the valve body. The rotatable valve member is rotatable within the fluid flow path from a shut-off position to an open position for controlling the flow of fluid through the fluid flow path. The attenuator defines an attenuator body that includes a plurality of noise-reducing apertures. The retention member is positioned against a portion of the attenuator body to retain the attenuator within the valve body.
Constructing valve positioners for hazardous areas
A controller for a valve assembly that is configured to meet requirements for use in hazardous areas. These configurations may regulate flow of instrument air to a pneumatic actuator to operate a valve. The controller may comprise enclosures, including a first enclosure and a second enclosure, each having a peripheral wall forming an interior space, and circuitry comprising a barrier circuit disposed in the interior space of one of the enclosures that power limits digital signals that exits that enclosure. In one example, the peripheral wall of enclosures are configured to allow instrument air into the interior space of the first enclosure but to prevent instrument air from the interior space of the second enclosure.
Constructing valve positioners for hazardous areas
A controller for a valve assembly that is configured to meet requirements for use in hazardous areas. These configurations may regulate flow of instrument air to a pneumatic actuator to operate a valve. The controller may comprise enclosures, including a first enclosure and a second enclosure, each having a peripheral wall forming an interior space, and circuitry comprising a barrier circuit disposed in the interior space of one of the enclosures that power limits digital signals that exits that enclosure. In one example, the peripheral wall of enclosures are configured to allow instrument air into the interior space of the first enclosure but to prevent instrument air from the interior space of the second enclosure.
Compressor
A compressor includes a compression mechanism configured to suck and compress a refrigerant from a suction space to discharge the refrigerant to a discharge space by a driving force transmitted thereto. The compressor includes an oil storage chamber provided in the discharge space to collect oil separated from the refrigerant discharged from the compression mechanism, an oil recovery passage configured to guide the oil in the oil storage chamber to the suction space, and a decompression mechanism provided in the oil recovery passage to reduce a pressure of the oil passing through the oil recovery passage by an orifice hole having an inner diameter smaller than the oil recovery passage. The decompression mechanism is configured such that, when a pressure in the oil storage chamber is increased, the inner diameter of the orifice hole is reduced.
Compressor
A compressor includes a compression mechanism configured to suck and compress a refrigerant from a suction space to discharge the refrigerant to a discharge space by a driving force transmitted thereto. The compressor includes an oil storage chamber provided in the discharge space to collect oil separated from the refrigerant discharged from the compression mechanism, an oil recovery passage configured to guide the oil in the oil storage chamber to the suction space, and a decompression mechanism provided in the oil recovery passage to reduce a pressure of the oil passing through the oil recovery passage by an orifice hole having an inner diameter smaller than the oil recovery passage. The decompression mechanism is configured such that, when a pressure in the oil storage chamber is increased, the inner diameter of the orifice hole is reduced.
FLOW CONTROL ASSEMBLY FOR SUBSEA APPLICATIONS
A flow control assembly for subsea applications comprises a valve assembly and a damper assembly configured to control fluid flow between an external region and the valve assembly. The damper assembly comprises a damper housing, a damper flowpath extending between the inlet and the outlet of the damper housing, and a flow restrictor apparatus disposed in the damper flowpath to control a damper coefficient of the damper assembly.
Multistage stacked disc choke
A multistage stacked disk choke includes a housing having a high pressure inlet port and a low pressure outlet port, an assembly, a cage, a seat, and a plug. The assembly includes: a tubular inlet port, a galley intersecting the tubular inlet port, a tubular outlet port, and a bore inward from the tubular outlet port. The cage has an inlet port in communication with the tubular inlet port. The seat is configured to support the assembly. The plug moves inside the assembly bore and restricts flow through the tubular outlet port and/or the tubular inlet port. Operation fluid flows from the high pressure inlet port through the cage inlet port into the tubular inlet port and is redirected into the galley and into the tubular outlet port into the bore of the assembly to a bore in the seat, and out through the low pressure outlet port.