Signal responsive well test burner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9857078-B2
Application number	US-201314758325-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2013
Priority date	Feb 1, 2013
Publication date	Jan 2, 2018
Grant date	Jan 2, 2018

Abstract

A well test burner system includes a plurality of burner nozzles. At least one of the burner nozzles includes a well product inlet, an air inlet, an air/well product mixture outlet, and an automatic valve. The automatic valve is responsive to a remote signal to cease flow of well product to the air/well product outlet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A well test burner system, comprising:
a plurality of burner nozzles, at least one of the burner nozzles comprising:
a well product inlet;
an air inlet;
an air/well product mixture outlet; and
an automatic valve actuable to cease or allow flow of well product to the air/well product mixture outlet in response to a remote signal.

2. The well test burner system of claim 1 , where the automatic valve is actuable in response to a hydraulic or pneumatic signal.

3. The well test burner system of claim 2 , where the valve comprises:
a closure changeable between sealing a well product path to the air/well product outlet and allowing flow through the well product path to the air/well product outlet; and
a piston associated with the closure, the piston in communication with a fluid signal control passage.

4. The well test burner system of claim 3 , where the closure is moveable to seal with a stationary plug in the well product path to seal the well product path.

5. The well test burner system of claim 4 , where the closure is moveable to reduce a flow area through an air path to the air/well product mixture outlet.

6. The well test burner system of claim 5 , where the closure is configured to open the air path to the air/well product outlet prior to opening the well product path in response to the remote signal.

7. The well test burner system of claim 2 , where a well product path between the well product inlet and the air/well product outlet comprises convergent legs that promote turbulence in flow of the well product.

8. The well test burner system of claim 1 , where the automatic valve is actuable to cease flow of well product to the air/well product outlet in response to a fluid signal to a first control passage and actuable to allow flow to the air/well product outlet in response to a fluid signal to a second control passage.

9. The well test burner system of claim 8 , where the valve comprises:
a closure changeable between sealing a well product path to the air/well product outlet and allowing flow through the well product path to the air/well product outlet; and
a piston associated with the closure, the piston having a first side in communication with the first control passage and a second, opposing side in communication with the second control passage.

10. The well test burner system of claim 1 , where the valve of at least one of the burner nozzles is responsive to a first remote signal and the valve of at least one other of the burner nozzles is responsive to a second, different remote signal.

11. The well test burner system of claim 1 , further comprising a controller configured to individually signal each of a plurality of the burner nozzles.

12. The well test burner system of claim 1 , where the valve of at least one of the burner nozzles is actuated to cease flow of well product to its air/well product mixture outlet;
and where the valve of at least one other of the burner nozzles is actuated to allow flow of well product to its air/well product mixture outlet.

13. A well burner nozzle for a well test burner system, the burner nozzle comprising:
a valve comprising an air inlet, a well product inlet and an air/well product mixture outlet,
the valve automatically responsive to a remote signal to cease or allow flow of well product to the air/well product outlet.

14. The well burner nozzle of claim 13 , comprising:
a valve closure changeable between sealing a well product path to the air/well product outlet and allowing flow through the well product path to the air/well product mixture outlet; and
a piston associated with the valve closure, the piston in communication with a fluid signal control passage.

15. The well burner nozzle of claim 14 , where changing the closure to sealing the well product path to the air/well product outlet reduces a flow area through an air path to the air/well product mixture outlet.

16. The well burner nozzle of claim 15 , where changing the closure to allow flow through the well product path to the air/well product the closure opens the air path to the air/well product outlet prior to opening the well product path.

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Cody Trace Wayne
• Young Timothy Mac

Classifications

• F23L13/00 Primary

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