Modular Sample System Mounting Bracket for In-Situ Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current sampling systems for pressurized process fluids, particularly 'wet' natural gas, lack flexibility and accessibility, requiring shutdown and depressurization for maintenance and component replacement, and there is no standard for obtaining representative samples with entrained hydrocarbons.
Innovation Solution
A modular sample conditioning system with a common substrate and interchangeable components, allowing for customizable configurations and 100% access without hinges or disassembly, enabling maintenance and replacement without shutting down the process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional bolted enclosures are used for sampling systems, then structural stability is achieved, but maintenance and component replacement require shutdown and depressurization of the process
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure is divided into multiple separable sections (first enclosure section and second enclosure section) that can be independently removed and reattached. This segmentation allows maintenance personnel to access internal components by simply unfastening and separating the enclosure sections without requiring complete system shutdown or depressurization, while maintaining structural stability when assembled.
Solution Approach 2:
The enclosure transitions from a static, permanently fixed structure to a dynamic, easily reconfigurable structure. The fastening mechanism allows the enclosure to be quickly assembled and disassembled, enabling the system to adapt between operational state (enclosed for stability) and maintenance state (open for accessibility) without permanent structural changes.
2Productivity
If sampling systems are designed for in-situ installation, then continuous process operation is maintained, but component access and visibility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure design incorporates external access ports and transparent or open-sided sections that provide access to internal components from multiple directions. This dimensional approach allows maintenance personnel to reach components from the exterior without fully disassembling the enclosure, maintaining in-situ installation benefits while improving operational accessibility.
3Measurement precision
If custom-configured sampling systems are built for specific applications, then sampling precision is optimized, but system flexibility and adaptability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure and mounting bracket assembly serves multiple functions: it provides structural support, environmental protection, component mounting, and easy maintenance access. The standardized interface design allows the same enclosure structure to accommodate different sampling components and configurations, enabling a single universal design to serve multiple specific applications while maintaining sampling precision through proper component selection and arrangement.
Data Source
AI summary
A modular sample conditioning system formed for in-situ sampling installation, referenced herein as “source mounted”. The present invention relates to a docking platform or substrate configured to receive multiple, diverse sampling components in various flow configurations, coupled with a unique housing/enclosure formed to engage the docking platform so as to further strengthen and stabilize the mount, the enclosure also formed to engage one or more of the mounted sampling components, so as to provide access outside of the enclosure for visibility and/or manual access of same, providing an easily installed and maintained, user-accessible, on-site modular sampling conditioning/monitoring system.