Harold L. Wade
Engineering at Brushy Riv Ct, Houston, TX
License number
Louisiana PE.0020511
Issued Date
Jan 1, 1900
Category
Civil Engineer
Type
Mechanical Engineer
Address
Address
17522 Brushy River Ct, Houston, TX 77095
Professional information
President At Wade Associates, Inc.
Position:
President at Wade Associates, inc.
Location:
Houston, Texas Area
Industry:
Industrial Automation
Work:
Wade Associates, inc.
since Jul 1983
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President
Wade Engineering, Inc.
Aug 1980 - Aug 1983
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President
Biles & Associates
Jun 1977 - Aug 1980
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Manager, Process Control
Foxboro
Dec 1968 - May 1977
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Research and Application Development Engineer
Honeywell, Industrial Division
Aug 1954 - Aug 1963
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Application Engineer, Industrial Instrumentation and Controls
Education:
Case Western Reserve University 1963 - 1968
MS, PhD, Systems Engineering
MS, PhD, Systems Engineering
Interests:
Process Control, Automation (Petroleum refining, Chemical, Pulp & Paper, Foods, Power Generation,
Process control training. (see website)
Process control loop simulation and training software.
Music (Big band era, classical), Theater Organ, Piano
Honor & Awards:
ISA Fellow 2007
ISA Eckman Award 2008
Control Magazine Automation Hall of Fame (2001)
Subsea Mud Pump And Control System
US Patent:
6904982, Jun 14, 2005
Filed:
Jan 13, 2003
Appl. No.:
10/341511
Inventors:
Robert A. Judge - Houston TX, US
Dat Manh Nguyen - Houston TX, US
Harold Wade - Houston TX, US
Ronald D. Brooks - Houston TX, US
Dat Manh Nguyen - Houston TX, US
Harold Wade - Houston TX, US
Ronald D. Brooks - Houston TX, US
Assignee:
Hydril Company - Houston TX
International Classification:
E21B015/02, F04B017/00
US Classification:
175213, 175217, 175 7, 166 844, 417392
Abstract:
A sub-sea mud pump system includes a plurality of pump units, and each pumping unit includes a plurality of pumping elements. Each pumping element includes a pressure vessel with a first and a second chamber, a separating member between the first and second chambers, a measurement device adapted to measure the volume of at least one of the first and second chambers, a hydraulic inlet control valve and a hydraulic outlet control valve coupled to the first chamber, a mud suction valve and a mud discharge valve coupled to the second chamber. The first chamber is hydraulically coupled to receive and discharge a hydraulic fluid, and the second chamber is hydraulically coupled to receive and discharge a drilling fluid. The separating member is adapted to move within its the pressure vessel in response to a pressure differential between the first and second chambers. The pump system also includes a hydraulic control unit adapted to control the plurality of pump units.