Sensorless manifold assembly with pressure-based reversing fluid circuit

US10260293B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Bodhayan Dev · Sturbridge, US
• Aaron Noakes · Norman, US
• Brian Paul Reeves · Edmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 18, 2017
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E21B43/129
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A downhole manifold assembly includes a manifold body defining a longitudinal axis and having a first end face, a second end face, and an outer surface extending therebetween. A fluid circuit is defined in the manifold body and includes a plurality of axially extending fluid passages and a plurality of radially extending fluid passages. The radially extending fluid passages extend to the outer surface of the manifold body. Each radially extending fluid passage defines a respective aperture in the outer surface. The manifold assembly also includes a control valve coupled to the manifold body. The control valve is positionable between a first position in which a flow of pressurized fluid is channeled through the fluid circuit in a first direction, and a second position in which the flow is reversed and the pressurized fluid is channeled through the fluid circuit in a second direction.