Patents by Inventor Martin Antonio Morles Bermudez

Martin Antonio Morles Bermudez has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for controlling hydrodynamic slugging in a fluid processing system
    Patent number: 9982846
    Abstract: A method and a control system are provided for reducing the size and/or the frequency of hydrodynamic slugging in a fluid processing system. The fluid processing system includes a pipeline for conveying produced fluids and a vessel for receiving the produced fluids from the pipeline. A control valve is provided in the pipeline upstream of the vessel. A pressure sensor is provided upstream of the control valve. Pressure information from the pressure sensor is sent to a master control loop in a cascade control scheme in which the master control loop controls a slave control loop which in turn controls the control valve. The master control loop determines a set point of the slave control loop coupled to the control valve to achieve a pressure setpoint. The slave control loop, also referred to as a pseudo-flow controller, determines whether the control valve opening needs be modulated to achieve the setpoint of the slave control loop. A method is also provided for retrofitting an existing fluid processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Lisa A. Brenskelle, Martin Antonio Morles Bermudez
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING HYDRODYNAMIC SLUGGING IN A FLUID PROCESSING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160312959
    Abstract: A method and a control system are provided for reducing the size and/or the frequency of hydrodynamic slugging in a fluid processing system. The fluid processing system includes a pipeline for conveying produced fluids and a vessel for receiving the produced fluids from the pipeline. A control valve is provided in the pipeline upstream of the vessel. A pressure sensor is provided upstream of the control valve. Pressure information from the pressure sensor is sent to a master control loop in a cascade control scheme in which the master control loop controls a slave control loop which in turn controls the control valve. The master control loop determines a set point of the slave control loop coupled to the control valve to achieve a pressure setpoint. The slave control loop, also referred to as a pseudo-flow controller, determines whether the control valve opening needs be modulated to achieve the setpoint of the slave control loop. A method is also provided for retrofitting an existing fluid processing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Lisa Ann Brenskelle, Martin Antonio Morles Bermudez