i Ball Instruments LLC n Innovative Solutions for
i. Ball Instruments LLC n Innovative Solutions for Remote Monitoring and Measurement 1
Who is i. Ball Instruments LLC? • Owner / Engineer: Carl Bright • 19 - Years of New Product Development For Oil and Gas • Hardware, Software, and Mechanical Engineer • R&D Lab & Machine Shop in Mc. Loud, OK • Repair, Maintenance, and supply Office in Edmond, Oklahoma • New Product Development and Marketing 2
Accomplishments for the Mud Logging Industry • Bloodhound Infrared Gas Detector and Chromatograph System • Bloodhound Hotwire Gas Detector and Chromatograph System • Interceptor Fast Fourier Infrared Gas Detection System • Low Voltage Safe DC Cavitator System • Patent Pending Software Allows for Self Correcting and Automatic Detection of Failed Sensors 3
History of Bloodhound Gas Detector & Chromatograph System • 1 st Prototype in December 2005 Old Pellistor Technology • Six (6) Months Field Testing • 1 st Infrared Version December 2006 • Four (4) Months Field Testing • Production Design Complete May 2007 • U. S. Patent Pending Issued December 2013 • Additional New Hotwire Like Device Deployed June 2014 4
Bloodhound Gas Detector and Chromatograph 5
CE Certified 6
Typical Easy Installation in Logging Trailer 7
Proprietary Infrared Hotwire Replacement Module (HRM) 8
Internal Universal Power Supply Any Bad Power Between 90 and 265 VAC • Any Bad Power Frequency 45 to 65 Hz • Easly Handles bad and dirty rig power • Internal Gel Cell Backup 2. 5 Hours • 9
Automated Data System Operation • Bloodhound Connects to Server at Power Up • Data Packets transmitted every 6 Seconds to Central Server System • Triple Redundancy of Data Storage USB Memory Stick Hard Drive of connected PC File Servers at i. Ball Instruments Facility • File Server Creates Viewable Web Page Browser only (No Special Software) 10
Data Packet Contents • • • Bloodhound Serial # Drill Depth Gas Units H 2 S PPM ROP Min/Ft ROP Rate Ft/Hr Error Number % Gasses LEL PPM • CG Data • • • Date & Time Internal Voltage Sample LPH Sample VAC mm. Hg Temperature (internal) i. Ball Date/Time Primary Voltage Secondary Voltage H 2 S Voltage More! 11
Data Packets Converted to Usable Charts and Data Files for Download at Website • i. Ball Instruments proprietary software converts data packets into images at File Server for customer viewing and downloading • Websites are viewable with secure user ID and Password 12
Bloodhound System Is Accessible World-Wide Via Internet In Real-Time 13
Data Logger - Local Communication Network Data Logger - Remote Windows Application (Gas_Chart. exe) Gas Chart Data Logger • Calculates Lag • Set PC Alarms • Edit Depth • Chromatograms • Data File Export Well Site PC Connection to Instrument At Well Site Internet Remote PC Web Remote Data Web Browser GPRS Cell Radio AT&T Data Service WITS Bloodhound Instrument i. Ball Instruments 64. 19. 102. xx: xxxx Server System Field Data Network Ethernet connection (e. g. Sat. Internet) Mobile Device Access 14
Server System for Over 500 Bloodhounds World. Wide • Hardened CO Site Up To Class 5 Tornado • 24/7 Wet Battery Backup For Up To 2 Days • Automatic Natural Gas Generator Backup • Three 10 Megabit Symmetrical Internet Connections 15
A Complete Gas Detection System • Dedicated File Servers for Every Bloodhound • Triple Redundancy of Data Collected • Integral Chromatograph • H 2 S, O 2 and CO 2 Detection • Real-time Access and Download via Internet • 24/7 Product Support 16
Real Time Data Viewer 17
24/7 Tech Support Center • 2009 Established 24/7 Support • World-Wide telephone & Internet Support And Service • Experienced loggers And Geologists Take Technical Support Calls • System Provides Automated Text Messaging • Bloodhound Status Through Telephone System • Rentals/Dispatch/Repairs • Remote Diagnostics Support And Service 18
Visible Configurable Raw Chromatograph 19
System Advantages • Uses Infrared Detectors With Very Good Longevity • Extremely Accurate And Fast Response • Minimum DRIFT And Auto-Zero Chromatograph • Unaffected by Temperature or Shock • 1% to 100% Gas Units without Saturation • Free Gas Detection Software • Free Website Interface System 20
Infrared Detectors • • • Not a new idea Earlier attempts unsuccessful i. Ball Instruments Developed New Methods Modulated light Source New tungsten Filament Infrared Source New Lithium Tantalate Pyroelectric detector 21
How Does It Work? • Sample gas diffused into Optical Chamber through filter • Lithium/Pyroelectric sensors provide output to patent pending software • Adjustable pulse rate 4 Hz at 50% Duty • Reduces background Interference to nearly Zero • Detector signals consist of ripples superimposed on DC offset 22
Genareal Infrared Measurement System 23
Multiple Detectors • Reference Detector Has Minimal Filtering • Hydrocarbon Active Detector Filter Transparent to strong absorption band of gases • CO 2 Active Detector Filter Only Passes absorption band Inerrant to CO 2 • Allows short optical path yet maintains good resolution • Output ripple is reduced as radiation is attenuated • Built In Temperature Sensor For Temperature Compensation 24
Operational Bloodhounds Found World Wide Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Indiana, New Mexico, Ohio, Kansas, Colorado, Kentucky, Turkey, Azerbajain, Morocco, Ukraine, South Africa, Belize, Chile, New Zealand… 25
Cavitator Gas Extraction System 26
Cavitator – Multiple Motor System Explosion Proof AC, DC, And Air Motor Design 27
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