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Free Concert in the Park Saturday Night
The 2016 Orleans Summer Concert in the Park series continues. The free concerts continue through mid-August and are sponsored by Orange County REMC in partnership with the Orleans Chamber of Commerce and Town of Orleans.
Looking Ahead:
July 23-River Cities Concert Band (traditional concert band playing marches, jazz, Broadway tunes and more)
Aug. 9-Sweetwater
Aug. 13-Darla McFadden (Gospel Night sponsored in part by the Orleans United Methodist Church Bicentennial Committee)
All concerts are held in the southwest corner of historic Congress Square (near basketball court) and begin at 7 p.m. For more information please contact the Chamber office 812 865 9930; email@example.com . In the event of rain or stormy weather concerts may be slightly delayed or moved indoors to nearby Unity Hall, directly behind the Orleans Christian Church.
Attendees should bring lawn chairs, blankets etc. as seating in the park is limited
The Paoli Chamber of Commerce announces their: 2016 Paoli Fall Festival Talent show, Friday, September 9th on the Paoli square. The event runs from 7:30 to 9:30pm with judging afterwards. Auditions will be held at the Paoli Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, July 30th from 2-5pm. No entry fee. First place receives $200, Second place $100 and 3d receives $50. For more information firstname.lastname@example.com
If you are related to Earl Boyd Jr. of Shoals and would like to attend the family reunion on July 31st. Its a pitch in at the Loogootee city park. Starting at 1pm for more information please call Angel @ (812)653-8750
August 1st thru 15th
Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person's ability to carry out daily activities. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia among older people. It involves the parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language. Memorial's Caring Hands Senior Services sponsors an Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Caregiver Support Group on the first Wednesday of each month. The next meeting is on Wednesday, August 3 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in Board Conference Room A, which is located on the lower level of Memorial Hospital near the Tower Café at 800 West 9th Street in Jasper. This support group allows caregivers to come together to share knowledge and experiences in caring for loved ones who are affected by these illnesses. For more information about the Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia or contact Mike Obrien, Caring Hands Activity Coordinator, at 812-996-6008 or Pre-registration is not necessary.
VUJC offers Hotshot Contest at Strassenfest
Vincennes University Jasper Campus will host the 15th annual "Coca Cola Hot
Shot Basketball Shooting Contest," Friday, August 5th as part of the 2016
Jasper Strassenfest. The event will take place at the VUJC Ruxer Center Gym. The contest is free and there will be divisions for boys and girls grades 2 through 12, and for adults. Check-in and registration begins at 8:00 a.m. with the contest beginning at 9:00 a.m. Participants must bring their own basketball. Trophies will be
awarded to first place finishers in five different age divisions. Call 812.481.5909 for further details
Bigger cash prizes will be available for the annual Strassenfest Autolauf,
set for Saturday August 6th. Sponsored by the Jasper Rotary, the event starts at the Schroeder Sports Complex, 405 2nd, Avenue in Jasper. Check-in begins at 9:30AM with the first car out at 12 noon. The Autolauf is a road rally that is open to all types of cars and motor vehicles. The event is not a race but a rally where accuracy, timing, and the best poker hand wins the event. Participants will be given a set of clues and will travel throughout the area and receive a playing card at each of the designated check points. Entry fee is $20 per vehicle. Cash awards of $100 each will be provided for Best Poker Hand, Best Time and Best Decorated Vehicle. For further details contact Jim McFaul, 812-630-5581
August 16th thru 30th
Lake Shore Cleanup Event at Patoka Lake Saturday, August 27th
Fun in the sun at Patoka leaves a lot more behind than just summer memories. It results in trash and debris buildup along the lakeshore. We need your help to restore the lake to its pristine condition for wildlife safety and people to enjoy. Help remove trash and debris from the shores of Patoka Lake on Saturday, August 27th from 8am – 1p.m. Sign-in begins at 8a.m. at Hoosier Hills Marina with trash pickup to follow. All participating volunteers will be rewarded with a FREE fish fry at Hoosier Hills Marina starting at Noon. Special prize drawings will take place from 11:30 – 1p.m. All supplies will be provided, just bring your family, friends, students and club members! Patoka is YOUR lake, so come join us in keeping it clean! For more information, please call Dana at the Patoka Lake Nature Center at.685-2447.


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A Merton councillor has been propelled onto the front bench of UKIP as a spokesperson for the community.
Coun Suzanne Evans, who was elected as a Conservative councillor but defected to UKIP, will be the party's communities spokesperson in a bid to prepare for upcoming elections.
Coun Evans, who represents the Hillside ward in Wimbledon, said: "This is a really exciting opportunity I am really pleased to accept.
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Described as Russia's (belated) answer to Tolkien, Lukianenko has created a lively and absorbing narrative evolving around the forces of the Light and the Dark, who, embraced in an eternal battle for the minds and spirits of the human population, share the responsibility to monitor each other's activities to uphold an equilibrium agreed upon a thousand years ago in the "Great Contract". Thus both forces have set up units tasked to control each other, making sure the respective other side observes granted quota of influencing humans: at night, the wizards and shapeshifters of the Light (the Night Watch) will police the streets, while at day it is the vampires and witches of the Dark (the Day Watch) who monitor the Light's activities.
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The first summer squash of the season that I chose was yellow crookneck – this the best I could find readily available in Toronto last summer. The skin and flesh are tender even when fairly large, and even better it retains a subtle squash-y flavour when large as well; it's not some bland generic zucchini. I don't think it quite matches the sweet, nutty flavour of the Italian summer squash I grew in PEI, but it's tasty raw and cooked. I grilled it for one meal, and ate it raw as squash "noodles" for another. The challenge for the summer will be to see if I can find any summer squash locally that beats last year's best.
Melon Vs. Melon
OK, so the winter squash, my first (curcubit) love, is long gone for the year, and it will be months until it returns*.
But, we soldier on, and there are summer squashes, melons, and other interesting squash relations to try.
Today I made winter melon soup, basically a simple, light scallion and ginger broth with shiitakes and cilantro, good for summer and also suitable for this subtle-flavoured melon. So, winter melon, aka ash gourd: once it was cooked in the soup, it just tasted like the broth but had a texture similar to raw cantaloupe. It was enjoyable but not earth-shattering. I wouldn't mind eating it again, but probably won't go out of my way. I did taste a chunk of it raw, and liked it a lot more – I could taste the fresh, delicate flavour sort of like an unsweetened honeydew melon but crunchy like a watermelon. I would use it in a fruit salad, or make a salsa of it with tomatoes and cilantro, or add it to a vegetable salad.
*On the plus side, one of my favourite squash farmers has planted (for the first time) and agreed to pre-sell me as many tiger stripe butternut squash as I want, come the Fall
The Final Squash
The last local winter squash ran out a little while ago but I ate my final squash today; it was the miso-fermented squash I put away in early March.
The inspiration for the recipe came from the book Preserving the Japanese Way – an amazing book (available at the Toronto Public Library) full of unusual fermentation recipes. I just left it a lot longer than the book called for. The sliced squash basically just sat in two types of miso, a little salt, and homemade Japanese 7-spice for 4 months, which soften, flavoured, and soured the squash over time in the fridge. It's not pretty, but it's tasty.
Sweet Chickpea Miso
I just finished a batch of sweet (i.e. only fermented 2-3 months instead of years, so more salty-sweet) miso.
Popcorn Koji/Miso
So, usually koji is made using soybeans, rice or barley, and then the koji, inoculated with spores also called koji, is mixed with (more) soybeans, chickpeas or some other legume to make miso, or used to make something else like amazake or some types of vegetable ferments.
But the Momofuku cookbook gives a brief mention to popcorn miso, made of unpopped kernels, and tasting of popcorn. It also mentions pistachio miso. So there are a lot of possibilities when you're making your own koji, and I am determined to try some of them, despite my relatively poor history of being able to make miso. I have made sweet (i.e. 3 month) miso before, and just began a barley koji sweet miso a week or two ago. That's manageable. But I really want to try 1-3+ year salty misos, and so far I have always managed to freeze or bake these while moving or living off-grid or whatever. But hope springs eternal, so I am trying again, using spores intended for red rice sendai (6-12 month) miso. At least by making my own koji, just buying spores instead of the inoculated rice, I end up with a lot more koji for a lot less cost.
So anyway, above are pictures of the koji in process. To make the koji you need to steam the popcorn (pre-soaked for 24 hours) until soft. I used bamboo steamers lined with cheesecloth, and had to do the steaming in two batches. Then when it had cooled down a little, I sprinkled the spores mixed with flour onto the koji, wrapped it all up in towels to insulate it, and stuck a thermometre in so I could monitor the temperature. So far both the barley and the popcorn koji have been good at keeping within the right temperature range without me having to do much. After 24 hours, I moved it to a pan and made furrows in the pan. After a day of inoculating, it gives off more heat, so while it still needs to be incubated a bit, it also would be easy to overdo it, hence spreading it out more and adding furrows. You can see in the second picture in the tray how much more white mold there was in the morning, compared to the night before, so it's growing well.
Lately I have been branching out in how I use miso too. Travis introduced me to miso in savoury oatmeal, which I love for breakfast (sometimes with seaweed). I have also started adding sweet shiro miso to the one-ingredient frozen banana "ice cream" (that I always seem to bring up) for a salty-caramel-y flavour.
Fermented Tofu – Step-by-Step
I have made this fermented tofu a couple of times now, and I am so into it. It starts out as extra firm tofu and ends as a soft, spicy, cheesy spread after a month or so. It's inexpensive, easy, and I like it better than the store-bought fermented tofu I tried (though I like that too).
To make this, all I did was press the tofu between plates lined with cloths to get rid of excess liquid (I put a weight on top of the plates, and left it for an hour).
Next, I cut up the tofu and put it in pans, then covered them with plastic and poked a few holes in the plastic with a fork for a bit of air circulation. I left them to go moldy for a few days on top of the fridge. They need to get yellow mold, smell a little, and get slimy before they are ready for the wine. The book I got this process from, Asian Tofu by Andrea Nguyen, says that some grey fuzzy mold is OK too, and just means it's time to move on to the next step.
The next step is dipping them in non-iodized salt mixed with hot peppers, packing them in a jar, and covering with Shaoxing cooking wine ($3-4 at Kei Wei on Spadina) mixed with water. Then it all just sits in the fridge for a month.
I wanted to share this because it's delicious and I don't know anyone else who has been making this.
My miso fermented tofu and sunshine squash are still coming along nicely – the tofu tastes great but is not that soft yet, and the sunshine squash is also still softening. My next project (in process) is making popcorn koji so that I can make a miso made of popcorn (plus a legume) in place of the rice normally in miso. The popcorn is in its second day of incubating, and is nicely covered in white koji mold. So check back soon for pictures of that.
Fermented Tofu and Sunshine Squash
Admittedly some of these pictures aren't pretty, but I am really happy with the results so far, flavour-wise. Up here I have fermented tofu in rice wine, Sunshine squash fermenting in miso and Japanese 7-spice, and tofu fermenting in miso, mirin and cooking wine. The latter two are still in progress, while the rice wine tofu is done. It's my first time fermenting tofu and I couldn't be happier with the result: it's tangy, soft and spreadable, cheesy and a little spicy. I like the store-bought fermented tofu, but this is way tastier in my humble opinion. The process was interesting – I had to let extra-firm tofu go moldy over a few days, then leave it in rice wine in the fridge for a month, basically. The recipe is from the book Asian Tofu by Andrea Nguyen. I'll update about the other two when they are done. I'm also making barley koji right now to use for miso and some other ferments, and it seems to be working. My apartment has a pleasant koji smell right now.


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EU Divided on Serbia's Membership Bid
The European Union is divided on the issue of Serbia becoming a Member States, despite Belgrade's progress in negotiations with Kosovo.
Next week, the EU will debate the possibility of aunching talks with Serbia about its accession, the Bulgarian Darik radio reported Saturday, citing AFP.
A draft declaration mentions June 2013 as a possible date, but there is no official agreement on it, an unnamed EU diplomat is quoted saying.
One of his colleagues, also speaking off-the-record, had said that it was unlikely to schedule an exact date as early as next week, when first EU foreign ministers, and later country leaders, are expected to discuss the issue.
The diplomats have further informed that France was inclined to support Serbia's EU bid, but Germany believes it would be premature to start negotiations.
The Prime Ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Ivica Dacic and Hashim Thaci reached an agreement Tuesday evening about the cross border checkpoints between the two countries with two of them opening on December 10, and two more on December 31.
One of the EU conditions for launching talks on Serbia's membership is noticeable progress in achieving normal relations between Belgrade and Pristina.
Serbia does not recognize Kosovo's independence, declared in 2008, and continues to see it as one of its provinces.
In March 2012, Serbia was granted official status of EU candidate-member.
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About a month ago we bought a cherry tomato plant from the store that already had tons of green tomatoes on it. We planted it in our garden in Miracle Grow flower/vegetable soil and eagerly waited for the first tomatoes to ripen. Two weeks ago we picked the first ripe tomatoes to find that not only did they have an awful chemical-y smell, but they tasted just as bad, bland and chemical-y. Is it possible that the nursery the plant came from was using fertilizers/pesticides on the plant after it started to fruit that caused this awful smell and taste? Even a month later without using any pesticides or fertilizers the ripening tomatoes are still smelling and tasting bad. The one I picked this morning doesn't seem to smell quite as bad as the first ones we picked, but I'm not going to try tasting it! I'm afraid we might have to just pull out the plant and toss it!
Store bought cherry tomato plant - fruit has bad smell/taste
I would take some of the tomatoes back to the store I bought the plant at, explain to the management and ask if they had had any other complaints.
Did the tomato plant have a label? If so, does it say what the name of this particular variety is?
The taste of tomatoes is subjective. There are some tomatoes that I find have an awful taste, that others think are wonderful.
And then there are people, like my husband, who will eat anything you put in front of them! LOL
The tomatoes seem to be tasting better now, although I can't say I'm impressed with this variety. Unfortunately the plant didn't come with a label, so I don't know what kind they are. The tomatoes didn't just taste bad, they tasted horrific!! I've had good tomatoes and bad tomatoes, but I never had a tomato I had to spit out! To be sure I won't be buying from that vendor again if the supplier is, as I suspect, using excessive amounts of pesticides!!
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Ronald 'Steve' Steven Venable 1958 - 2011 Olathe
Memorial funeral services for Ronald Steven "Steve" Venable, 53, Olathe, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church in Baldwin City.
Mr. Venable died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, at Olathe Medical Center.
He was born July 31, 1958, in Garden City, the son of Merle and Janet Venable.
He attended the Jane Brooks School (for the Deaf) in Chickasha, Okla., the Kansas School for the Deaf in Olathe, and graduated from Baldwin High School with the class of 1977.
He was an outstanding nose guard on his father's 1975 and 1976 football teams, and was regional champion in wrestling in 1975. He attended Johnson County Community College, but later graduated from Texas State Technical Institute in Waco in 1981 with a degree in machine technology.
Mr. Venable worked various jobs, including for Holiday Inn and King Radio, before he went to Texas and began working at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio as an air mechanic.
He had been a member of the Olathe Deaf Club.
Survivors include his parents; two brothers, Shane Venable, and Scott Venable and wife Jill, all of Baldwin City; a sister Susan Venable and her significant other, Mato Veber, of Chicago; nephews Cory and Max Venable; nieces Carissa Gripka, Meghan Venable and Jade Venable; a great-niece, Ava Kay Gripka; two aunts, Jalayn Helm of Ovilla, Texas, and Joyce Anderson of Hooker, Okla.; and many cousins. Also surviving is a special friend of the family and of Steve's, David Routh, who provided unconditional kindness and caregiving.
He was preceded in death by both his maternal and paternal grandparents; two paternal aunts, Robbie Venable and Coetta Mae Turner; and a cousin, Kevin Hatcher, in April.
The family will meet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at Lamb-Roberts Funeral Home in Baldwin City.
The family suggests memorials to the Merle Venable Scholarship Fund through Baldwin Education Foundation, and may be sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 64, Baldwin City, KS 66006.
Online condolences may be sent at www.lamb-roberts.com.
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|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Jun 14, 1988
|Filing date
|Aug 6, 1986
|Priority date
|Sep 4, 1984
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Alexander Wolf
|Original Assignee
|Keystone Development Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (7), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (20), Classifications (9), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This is a divisional application of prior application Ser. No. 646,860, filed Sept. 4, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,646,871, issued Mar. 3, 1987.
This invention pertains to the art of acoustic well sounding, and more specifically to a device for producing the required acoustic signal in and for an acoustic well sounding system.
An acoustic well sounder is an instrument for measuring the depth to the top of any liquid in the tubing of a well, or, more often in the annular space between tubing and casing of a well. It is used generally in connection with wells producing oil or gas, or both, but is not restricted to such use.
To further pin point the subject of the invention and for a detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof, reference will be made to the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic vertical section through a well with acoustic well sounding apparature connected thereto; and
FIG. 2 is an axial section through a gas-gun for acoustical well sounding incorporating the invention and to be employed, e.g. as shown in FIG. 1.
Except for the schematic portions thereof, FIG. 2 is drawn to scale, one dimension being indicated therein from which absolute size of the structure can be determined. The conventions of the United States Patent Office for drawings in patent cases have been employed, from which it will be seen that the entire structure is made of metal, e.g. steel, except for the O-ring seals, which are made of natural or synthetic rubber or other elastomer suitable to the environment.
The installation of a well sounder is shown schematically in FIG. 1, wherein there is shown the outer casing 11 of a well, closed at the top by casing-head 13. A string of tubing 15, which serves as conduit for the produced fluid, is installed inside the casing, forming an annular space between the two pipes. The tubing penetrates the casing-head, being sealed thereto, and connects to a master valve 16 leading to a cross and thence to two wing valve controlled flow outlets and a pressure gage. The tubing termination will not be discussed any further in this disclosure, although it may be used in measuring depth to fluid in the tubing, because this application of the invention does not differ materially from the similar measurement in the casing annulus as hereinafter described.
Referring still to FIG. 1, it is assumed that the annular space between casing and tubing is filled with gas down to some level 17, at which it is sealed by the top of the liquid standing in the casing. The casing head 13 is provided with an outlet 19, normally closed by wing valve 21. There may be other outlets such as 22, but these are closed, e.g. by wing valve 23, when the measurement is made.
The acoustic well sounder is connected to discharge into the casing annulus via a casing-head valve, e.g. valve 21, as shown schematically at the left in FIG. 1. It comprises three components, which need not physically be separate, viz.: (a) microphone 24, in a pressure-tight enclosure, for receiving transmitted and reflected acoustic pulses and converting them to electric signals, (b) means 25 for producing the required acoustic signal to be injected, and (c) a strip-chart recorder 27 of suitable design, connected by electrical conductors 29 to the output terminals of the microphone. The interior chamber of the signal generator is initially charged with high pressure gas from a source 30.
Alternatively, as shown schematically at the right in FIG. 1, the signal generator 25 may be connected to receive high pressure gas from the casing annulus, e.g. via wing valve 23, to be discharged into a receiving tank 31.
In either case, the acoustic pulses arriving at the casing-head are converted into electrical signals by electroacoustic transducer or microphone 24, and transmitted by electrical wire 29 to strip-chart recorder 27, where they are amplified and conditioned by one or more amplifiers and recorded on a moving strip of paper.
The present invention is directed to the means of producing the acoustic signal. Such a signal is preferably a short unidirectional pressure pulse of either polarity. Thus a compressional pulse is produced by the sudden injection into the casing of a measured quantity of gas as per the arrangement at the left of FIG. 1; a rarefaction pulse is produced by the sudden withdrawal from the casing of a measured quantity of gas as per the arrangement at the right of FIG. 1. It will be understood that both arrangements would not be used simultaneously. The practical choice between the two methods depends on the gas pressure in the casing. In wells producing oil or gas, or both, the casing pressure may range from partical vacuum to several thousand pounds per square inch (psi). The signal of either polarity is propagated down the casing annulus with the velocity of sound. It is reflected back to the casing head, first by collars 32, which join the individual lengths of tubing, and finally by the top of any liquid standing in the annulus. Penetration of the pulse into the liquid is too small to have practical effects.
The device which produces the initial sound signal must deliver sufficient energy to the gas in the casing to override background noise, or, conversely, withdraw sufficient energy from the gas in the casing. It must also deliver it in a form which optimizes the recognition of reflections from the tubing collars. This is because, in general, the velocity of sound in the casing gas is not known with sufficient accuracy to permit the calculation of depth to liquid from transit time along. On the other hand, the lengths of the pipe points of which the tubing is composed are usually recorded. If the strip chart permits the recognition of a sufficient number of reflections from tubing collars, the depth to liquid is established by reference to the number of collar reflections between the casing head and the top of the liquid. Furthermore, since the velocity of sound usually varies between top and bottom the precision of the measurement is enhanced by recording collar reflections as far as possible down the well.
Theory and practical experience demonstrate that collar reflections are optimized by a pulse with a sharp front (short time-rise). This is because the collar is usually not more than about 6" long. The top of the collar forms a restriction in the annulus between casing and tubing. The restriction returns a reflection in phase with the arriving signal. On the other hand the bottom of the collar, just about 6" lower, constitutes an enlargement of the annulus. It returns a reflection opposite in phase to the signal. At a representative sound velocity of about 1000 ft/sec these two reflections differ in time by about 0.001 second. If the time-rise of the pulse is more than 0.001 second the two reflections interfere. The magnitude of the combined reflection decreases as the time-rise increases above about 0.001 second. These, of course, are aproximations.
Rise-time of 0.001 second, or shorter, can be expected in the firing of a blank cartridge, since the combustion time is brief. See applicant's prior U.S. Pat. No. 2,560,911, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. Such a short rise time cannot be approached when compressed gas is released with a valve operated manually, as has been done in the past. Thus the collar reflections obtained with gas discharge in the past were usually inferior, i.e. fewer in number and clarity, as compared with those secured with blank cartridges. Nevertheless, gas discharge has been used where the use of explosives is precluded owing to safety regulations, or problems with the procurement of cartridges. See the model D-6G2 gas operted well sounder described in the leaflet published by Keystone Development Corporation, reprinted from the 33rd (1978-79) edition of the Composite Catalog of Oilfield Equipment and Services, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Somewhat similar problems have been encountered in the art of seismic exploration of water covered areas. Due to various difficulties encountered and legal restriction imposed, explosive seismic sources have in many cases been replaced by gas guns. Gas guns have undergone considerable technological development, in particular the employment of snap action gas release valves, wherein slight opening of the valve produces great increase in the force tending to open the valve. See for example the disclosures of U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,249,177, 3,588,801 and 3,951,231.
The object of the present invention is to provide a gas-discharge valve for acoustic well sounding which opens sufficiently fast to equal or surpass blank cartridges in regard to the clarity and number of reflections from tubing collars in a well. Since the well sounder is a preferably portable device, capable of testing a number of wells in a single day, the gas gun should be reasonable in size and preferably be self-contained, i.e., not requiring a multiplicity of connections, or any power supply other than the compressed gas used to generate the initial signal.
According to the invention there is provided a pressure chamber having an inlet flow port and having an outlet flow port, the outlet flow port being controlled by a poppet valve. The flow ports are adapted for either one to be connected to a wing valve on the casing head of a well. The poppet valve is closed by movement in the direction of fluid flow out of the chamber so that internal pressure tends to hold the valve closed.
Fluid actuated means is connected to the stem of the poppet valve closure for moving the valve inwardly to open position. As soon as the valve opens slightly, the pressure inside the chamber is equalized with that downstream of the valve, eliminating the force on the valve closure that was tending to hold it closed, whereby the fluid actuating means rapidly opens the valve.
If the outlet flow port of the chamber (closed by the poppet valve) is connected to the well, the inlet flow port will have been closed and the chamber filled, e.g. through a fill or vent port, with gas at higher pressure than the well, so that opening of the poppet valve will cause a compressional pressure pulse to be delivered to the well. On the other hand, if the inlet flow port of the chamber is connected to the well, the outlet flow port (closed by the poppet valve) will be connect4ed to a receiver at atmosphere pressure, and the chamber will be full of gas at well pressure (above atmosphere) so that opening of the poppet valve will deliver a rarefaction pressure pulse to the well.
The fluid actuated means comprises a fluid motor including e.g. a piston moving in a cylinder, which is closed at both ends, a piston rod connected to the piston and extending through a passage in an end wall of the cylinder, with means sealing between the piston rod and wall.
The cylinder end wall, through which extends the piston rod, forms one wall of the gas chamber, and the piston rod forms the output arm of the fluid motor and is connected to the stem of the poppet valve within the gas chamber.
The fluid motor cylinder, at the side of the piston where pressure tends to close the valve (the "valve close" side) is preferably connected by an equalizer flow path to the outet flow port of the chamber, i.e., downstream of the poppet valve.
The fluid motor cylinder, at the side of the piston where pressure tends to open the poppet valve, (the "valve open" side), is connected by a flow path to one flow way of an operator controlled (e.g. manual) three way valve. One of the other two flowways is connected to the atmosphere. The remaining flow way is connected to the interior of the gas chamber via a flow path which includes in series therewith a check valve which allow flow from the chamber to cylinder but not in the reverse direction.
A spring, e.g. a helical compression spring bearing at one end against a flange on the valve stem and at the other end against the common wall of the cylinder end chamber and concentric with the piston rod, biases the poppet valve to closed position.
The area of the poppet valve closure subject to pressure at the chamber's outlet flow port downstream thereof is smaller than the area of the piston subject to the same pressure so that such pressure tends to hold the valve closed when the poppet valve is closed.
Pressure inside the chamber, when the poppet valve is closed and gas has been admitted to the chamber, tends to hold the valve closed, but when chamber pressure is admitted to the fluid motor at the "valve open" side of the piston it overcomes the force biasing the poppet valve closed, the piston area being larger than that of the poppet valve seat; and as soon as the poppet valve opens slightly the pressure differential on opposite sides of the poppet valve closure tending to hold it closed disappears and the poppet valve opens rapidly.
In other words, when the piston and poppet valve are subject to the same pressure difference, i.e. chamber pressure on one side and pressure downstream of the poppet valve on the other side, the poppet valve opens, because the piston area is larger than the area of the poppet valve closure subject to the pressure differential. This is true whether the chamber is pressured from a compressed gas source or with well pressure, and whether the pressure downstream of the poppet valve is well pressure or atmospheric.
The check valve prevents drop of the pressure on the "open valve" side of the piston when chamber pressure drops as the gas flows out of the chamber to the well. When it is desired to reset the well sounder, it is only necessary to return the three-way valve to its vent position so that the helical spring and the fluid motor will reclose the poppet valve.
Other features of novelty, objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof.
While there are many forms which the gas gun may take, the principle of the invention is best shown by its preferred configuration shown in FIG. 2. The gas-gun may technically be described as employing a specialized, power-operated, normally closed, poppet valve.
Referring to FIG. 2, the gas gun comprises a chamber 33 formed by a roughly cylindrical tubular housing 35, closed on one end by poppet valve 37, and closed on the opposite end by power head 39, the valve and power head each being secured to the housing by a conventioned threaded union, as shown at 41 and 43. There is also an inlet 45, of the same size as outlet 46 of the poppet valve. Side inlet 45 is closed by cap 47 in normal operation, i.e. the case where external gas is injected into the well to create a compressional pulse. The side inlet is employed when a rarefaction pulse is to be generated. External threads 49 and 51 on outlet 46 and inlet 45 adapt them for connection, one or the other as desired, to a well, or in the case of inlet 45, to threaded collar 53 for retaining cap 47. External threads 49 and 51 are identical.
When all compartments of the gun are at the same pressure outlet port 46 is closed by poppet valve closure 48, which is held against the valve seat 55 by helical compression spring 57; bearing at one end against flange 59 on poppet valve stem 63 and at the outer end against end wall 61 of the power head of fluid motor 39. The spring is coaxial with valve stem 63 and with piston rod 65 screw connected to the stem at 67. The selaing surface 69 of the poppet valve closure disc is spherical. It rests in a depression or seating surface 71 provided by the valve seat 55. The depression has the shape of a truncated circular right cone.
To allow for axial misalignment, poppet closure disc 48 of the valve is flexibly connected to valve stem 63. Cf. U.S. Pat. No. 3,917,220. This is effected by providing valve closure or disc 48 with a conical central socket 73 which receives a conical pin 75 on the end of the valve stem, the pin having a smaller apex angle than the socket to allow the disc to rock relative to the pin in any direction about the rod axis. The closure disc is provided with a collar 77 which extends into the chamber. Valve stem 63 is provided with a flange 79 received in collar 77 and retained therein by a washer 81 fitted around hub 83 on the valve stem, snap ring 85 received in an annular groove 86 inside the collar overlying the washer and holding it in place. There is clearance between flange 79 and washer 81 and between flange 79 and valve disc 48 so that the disc is free to rock, but not so much clearance as to pemit pin 75 to come entirely out of socket 73.
Power head 39 provides a fluid actuated motor for opening and closing the poppet valve. The motor includes a generally cylindrical block 87 having a cylindrical opening 89 within which is slidably sealingly disposed cylindrical piston 91. Piston 91 has a socket, 83 which fits over the end of piston rod 65. Piston 91 is secured to rod 65 by socket headed cap screw 95 threadly engaged with the rod at 97. The outer end of cylindrical opening 89 in block 87 is closed by screw cap 99, threadly connected to the cylinder block at 101.
Cylindrical piston rod 65 passes through cylndrical opening 103 in end wall 61 of the fluid motor cylinder block being sealed thereto by O-ring 105, and connects to the poppet valve stem 63 as aforesaid. The length of the poppet valve closure valve stem and piston rod assembly provides a small gap 107 below the piston, i.e. between the piston and end wall 61, when the valve is closed. An important feature of the preferred embodiment of the invention is that the diameter (d) of the piston rod is smaller than the seat diameter (D) of poppet valve closure disc 48, and the latter is smaller than the diameter (H) of piston 91, the seat diameter (D) being the diameter of the circle of engagement of the conical valve seat and the spherical closure disc.
The gas gun is provided with a check-valve 109, and with three small manually-operated valves 111, 113, 115, which are shown schematically in FIG. 2. Valve 111 serves only as a vent for any pressure vessel connected to outlet 46. Valve 113 serves to admit gas from a supply cylinder 30 (see FIG. 1) to the discharge chamber 33 or as a vent for the discharge chamber. Valve 115 is a three-way valve, which switches gap 107, at the "open valve" side of the piston either to atmosphere, or through check-valve 109 to discharge chamber 33. In the latter position gas from the discharge chamber can flow into gap 107, but not in the reverse direction.
The two pressure gages 121, 123 shown schematically in FIG. 2, are connected respectively to the discharge chamber and the outlet 46 to show the pressure therein. These pressure gauges are convenient, but they are not essential.
FIG. 2 also shows schematically a tube 125 connecting outlet 46 to chamber 127 at the "close valve" side of piston 91. The function of this tube is to prevent the opening of the gas-gun by pressure at its outlet port 46. As stated before, the diameter of the piston is greater than the seat diameter of the poppet valve disc, so that with equal pressures on the downstream side of the valve closure disc and on the upper or "close valve" side of the piston, the net effect of these pressures is a force tending to close the valve. The operation of the device is thus extended to pressure at the outlet port which may be many times what can practically be constrained by compression spring 57.
Referring now to the left hand side of FIG. 1, as well as to FIG. 2, where only moderate pressure, e.g. less than 200 psi, exists in the casing of the well, acoustic well sounding is performed by injecting a short blast of higher-pressure gas into the casing. This is done by connecting outlet 46 of the gas gun to well casing wing valve 21 through a short conduit 129, in a branch of which is exposed microphone 24. Three way valve 115 (FIG. 2) is set to connect gap 107 to the atmosphere. Valve 111 is closed. Discharge chamber 33 is then filled with compressed gas from external cylinder 30 to a pressure several hundred pounds per sq. inch (psi) higher than the pressure in the casing. Valve 113 through which the gas was admitted is closed, and wing valve 21 (FIG. 1) is opened. The system is ready to go once electrical recorder 27 is started. It will be noted that in the condition described the poppet valve is held in the closed position partly by compression spring 57, but mainly by the gas pressure in chamber 33 against the upstream surface of poppet valve closure disc 48. Also, if, as is preferred, equalizer tube 125 is employed, well gas pressure on the "close valve" or "upper" side of the fluid motor piston 91 holds the poppet valve closed.
To discharge the gun the operator rotates three way valve 115 so as to connect gap 107 under the piston to check valve 109. Gas from the discharge chamber enters gap 107, exerting a force (to the left in FIG. 2) on the piston. Since the diameter of the piston is larger than the seat diameter of the poppet valve closure disc, equilibrium between the two forces is reached at a pressure in gap 107 somewhat lower than the pressure in the discharge chamber. The relatively minor force of compression spring 57, and also the force due to equalizer line 125, if employed, are here neglected. The equilibrium is highly unstable. Any further increase in pressure in gap 107 starts lifting the poppet closure disc off its seat. Gas rushes around the poppet closure disc destroying the pressure differential on the closure disc while the gas in gap 107 is confined by the action of check-valve 109. The poppet valve opens suddenly. In a prototype of the device, with piston diameter of 1.625" and valve seat diameter of 1.25" the moving part of the system slides 0.375" in less than 0.01 second when tested at a pressure of 600 pounds per sq. inch. It is believed that a valve opening time of less than 0.02 seconds will produce satisfactory results.
Those skilled in the art will immediately realize that the speed of the valve action depends on pressure in discharge chamber 33, on the mass of the moving components, and on relative dimensions of the various parts. The dimensions of the device may be changed to suit any special requirements, so long as the basic principles are recognized.
After the gun is discharged it remains open until the operator turns three way valve 115 to vent gap 107 under the actuating piston. The system is then ready to accept another charge of compressed gas for a repetition of the test, if desired.
A further feature of the gas-gun is the side port 45 in FIG. 2. Whereas the discharge chamber 33 is made large enough for usual applications, there may be cases where this volume is insufficient. In such cases the side port provides means for effectively enlarging the discharge chamber by attaching an auxiliary closed chamber (shown in dotted lines at 130 in FIG. 1) to the side port.
Where the pressure in the well-casing is sufficiently high, perhaps 200 psi, or more, the desired acoustic signal can be produced by discharging a measured quantity of casing gas into a closed chamber, which is initially at atmospheric pressure. The acoustic signal is the same as in the operation previously described, but is of inverse polarity, i.e., it is a unidirectional rarefaction rather than a compression.
As shown at the right of FIG. 1, the well casing annulus is now connected via outlet 22 and wing valve 23 to side inlet 45 of the gas gun, with microphone unit 24 interposed. An empty auxiliary chamber 131 (which may be the same as auxiliary chamber 130) is connected to the axial outlet 46. Once casing head wing valve 21 is opened, the gas-gun is ready. As described above, rotating valve 115 to allow influx of gas into gap 107 under the actuating piston, discharges casing gas into auxiliary chamber 131. The size of this chamber determines the quantity discharged. The gun remains open so that no disturbance is created while the sequence of reflections arrives at the microphone. Venting space 107 under the piston recloses the valve and subsequent venting of the auxiliary chamber with valve 111 restores the initial condition, so that the test can be repeated, if desired. Here again the bypass 125 is important, since it permits the valve to close against the pressure of casing gas on piston-rod 65. Without the bypass it would be necessary to close casing head wing valve 22, vent the entire system, and then re-open valve 22.
It should be understood that all of the operations described as performed with the well-sounder connected to the casing of a well, may as well be performed by connecting the instrument to an outlet of the central tubing, if measurement of depth to the top of the liquid in the tubing is desired. Also, whereas FIG. 1 shows the microphone connected between the gas-gun and valve 21 on the casing, the microphone in a separate chamber can as well be connected to a different outlet of the casing, such as at another wing valve, e.g., valve 23.
Those skilled in the art will recognize immediately that various changes can be made in the construction shown in FIG. 2 without departing from the spirit and aim of the invention. Thus spring 57 can as well be placed to the left of (above) piston 91, or the initial closing of the valve can be effected manually by a screw, or cam, or lever bearing on the top of the piston instead of by means of a spring. With the above manual closing of the valve, check valve 109 can be omitted, provided the passage from valve 115 to the discharge chamber 33 is sufficiently restricted. Side outlet 45 can be omitted if the gas gun is never to be used for the withdrawal of gas from a well, and also if the discharge chamber 33 is sufficiently large so that an auxiliary chamber is not ever needed. Again, with sufficient precision in the mechanical execution of the gas gun, a pressure tight closure of the poppet valve may be secured without the illustrated flexible stem connection. Even the bypass connection 125 can be omitted where the user is not concerned with the fact that casing valve 21 of FIG. 1 may then have to be closed and then re-opened whenever a test is to be repeated.
Summarizing, according to the invention there is provided a gas gun for use in acoustic well sounding, comprising a first chamber (discharge chamber) the outlet of which is closed by a poppet valve with the poppet closure disc attached to a sealed piston rod penetrating through the head of a cylinder and terminated in a sealed piston, the length of the piston rod being such that a gap always remains between the piston and the cylinder head, and means for connecting this gap either to the discharge chamber or to the atmosphere. The actuating piston must be larger in diameter than the seat diameter of the poppet, and the latter must be larger in diameter than the piston rod. The piston rod diameter must be smaller than the seat diameter of the poppet in order that when the chamber is filled with gas under pressure the valve will stay closed. The seat diameter of the poppet valve closure must be smaller than the piston diameter so that when the gas in the chamber is admitted to the clearance space under the piston, the valve will open.
For further details of the operation of the invention one can refer to the accompanying brochure "Instructions for SONOLOG D-6C2 WELL-ATTACHMENT" prepared by Keystone Development Corporation, the first version of which brochure was assembled probably about Feb. 6, 1984, when the first unit was shipped.
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|Certificate of correction
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NFL 39m ago
Max Kellerman calls out 'hypocritical' NFL on 'First Take' debut
Max Kellerman made his debut on ESPN's "First Take" on Monday, and just like his predecessor Skip Bayless, he didn't (…)
MLB 41m ago
Mets' Michael Conforto makes spectacular catch on first play of his first pro start in center field
The 23-year-old outfielder owned a poor defensive reputation as a minor league left fielder.
Rio Olympics 42m ago
3 other times the Olympic Village wasn't quite ready for athletes
This isn't the first time there have been problems.
Boxing 49m ago
The woman in this brilliant 1947 women's self defense video could definitely beat you up
Don't mess with Mary Parker.
Soccer 52m ago
Cristiano Ronaldo and Conor McGregor had an ab-off
We get it, guys. You're very fit.