Patent ID: 9366347
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: F16K,F16L,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a plurality of process elements respectively disposed in a plurality of parallel processing paths between first and second multiport severe service ball valves, the multiport severe service ball valves each comprising: a flow path between the main bores and a respective one of the parallel processing paths through the respective auxiliary bores and flow control elements; a system inlet to the main bore of the first multiport valve; a system outlet from the main bore of the second multiport valve; and wherein each of the flow control elements in each of the multiport severe service ball valves is independently operable to establish fluid communication between the system inlet and the system outlet along one or more of the plurality of parallel processing paths, or to isolate one or more of the plurality of parallel processing paths; and a control system to operate the multiport severe service ball valves to selectively open and isolate the parallel processing paths with respect to the main bores.