US 12,140,166 B2
Diverter test cell with replaceable insert
David Cutler Beasley, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US)
Filed by Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/465,185.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/074,743, filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0074438 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. F15D 1/02 (2006.01); F15D 1/00 (2006.01); G01F 25/10 (2022.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01)
CPC F15D 1/02 (2013.01) [F15D 1/001 (2013.01); G01F 25/10 (2022.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A diverter test cell comprising:
an enclosure comprising a body and a cover removably coupled to the body, wherein the body forms a cavity that is enclosed by the cover when the cover is coupled to the body, wherein the body comprises an inlet port and an outlet port in communication with the cavity, and wherein the inlet port and the outlet port are disposed on opposite sides of the body; and
an insert removably disposed within the cavity, wherein the insert has a channel that forms continuously from a first end to a second end of the insert, wherein the channel has a first height and a first width at the first end and a second height and a second width at the second end, wherein the first width is less than the second width, wherein the first end of the insert is adjacent to the inlet port of the enclosure, and wherein the second end of the insert is adjacent to the outlet port of the enclosure.