Patent classifications
F04D13/086
Downhole blower system with a passive magnetic radial bearing assembly
A blower can be positioned in a wellbore. The blower rotatably drives or is driven by a fluid produced through the well bore. An electric machine can be positioned downhole of the blower, the electric machine configured to rotatably drive or be driven by the blower. A bearing shaft couples the blower and the electric machine. The bearing shaft transfers rotation between the blower and the electric machine. A passive magnetic radial bearing assembly magnetically supports the bearing shaft.
Balancing axial thrust in submersible well pumps
A first fluid rotor that has a first fluid intake end and a first fluid discharge end. A second fluid rotor that has a second fluid intake end and a second fluid discharge end. The second fluid rotor is rotatably coupled to the first fluid rotor to rotate in unison with the first fluid rotor along a shared rotational axis. The first fluid intake end and the second fluid intake end are facing opposite directions. A first fluid stator surrounds the first fluid rotor. The first fluid rotor and the first fluid stator form a first fluid stage. The second fluid stator is aligned along the rotational axis. The second fluid stator and the second fluid rotor form a second fluid stage. A flow crossover sub is positioned between the first fluid stage and the second fluid stage.
SUBMERSIBLE ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH A SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING A CONSTANT POSITIVE PRESSURE
Various implementations include electric centrifugal pump assemblies for producing oil from wells. A submersible electric motor includes a housing, a shaft inside said housing that transmits rotational power from the electric motor section to the pump section, a mechanical seal surrounding the shaft to keep a dielectric fluid inside the electric motor, and a unit for compensating the volume of the dielectric fluid. Said unit maintains a constant positive pressure and includes a spring mounted inside a metal bellows. The spring is arranged in a tensioned state inside a cavity containing dielectric fluid. The spring is rigidly fastened facing the electric motor and to the bottom of the bellows such as to be capable of axial movement. The volume compensation unit is provided with a sensor for sensing the position of the spring/bellows. The cavity is filled with a barrier fluid preventing scale build up.
Submersible Pump
A submersible pump (100) is a submersible pump (100) in which a one-sided waterway (6) extending along a rotation shaft (1) is provided on one side of a submersible pump main body (100a), and includes an impeller (4); and a pump casing (5) in which the impeller (4) is arranged, in which the pump casing (5) includes a tongue portion (53) that is arranged between a pump chamber (5a) in which the impeller (4) is arranged and an inlet opening (6a) of the one-sided waterway (6) when viewed from an axial direction of the rotation shaft (1), and a connection waterway (54) that is provided between the tongue portion (53) and an inner surface (55) of the pump casing (5), and is directly connected to the inlet opening (6a) from an upstream side when viewed from the axial direction of the rotation shaft (1).
Subsea pressure booster
Subsea turbomachine for boosting the pressure of petroleum fluid flow from subsea petroleum productions wells or systems, comprising an electric motor and a compressor or pump driven by the electric motor, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, distinctive that the turbomachine comprises a pressure housing common for the electric motor or stator, and compressor, pump or rotor; a magnetic gear inside the common pressure housing for operative connection between the motor or stator and compressor, pump or rotor; and a partition inside the common pressure housing, arranged so as to separate a motor or stator compartment from a compressor, pump or rotor compartment.
Operating Liquid Tank With Pump Assembly Of Multi-Part Construction
An operating liquid tank for a motor vehicle, comprising a tank wall enclosing a tank volume that can be filled with an operating liquid, a filling arrangement designed for introducing operating liquid into the tank volume, and a removal arrangement designed for the removal of operating liquid from the tank volume, wherein the removal arrangement comprises a pump assembly with a pump and a pump drive, the pump assembly comprises at least two assembly components that are formed separately from one another and are or can be coupled magnetically to one another, and of which a first assembly component as drive component comprises at least one part of the pump drive and a second assembly component as conveying component comprises a conveying part of the pump that can be driven by the pump drive relative to a conveying component housing for movement, wherein the tank wall extends between the drive component and the conveying component and physically separates the conveying component located on the inner face of the tank wall from the drive component located on the outer face of the tank wall.
SUBMERSIBLE PUMPING SYSTEM HAVING THRUST PAD FLOW BYPASS
A technique facilitates operation of a pump, such as a submersible pump in an electric submersible pumping system. The pump has a sequential diffuser and impeller which are operationally engaged via a thrust device. In some embodiments, the diffuser and impeller also are operationally engaged via a front seal. A bypass channel is used to route a flow of fluid from a tip region of the impeller to an inlet region of the impeller without passing through the thrust device during operation of the pump.
SUBSEA CLOSED LOOP COOLING SYSTEM
The present invention relates to a closed loop subsea cooling system with a subsea cooler. A coolant pump assembly is located in a dedicated, sealed, gas filled, coolant pump housing in coolant fluid connection with the at least one subsea cooler. A heat sink in a dedicated sealed, gas filled, electronics housing is in coolant fluid connection with the subsea cooler. An accumulator is in coolant fluid connection with the subsea cooler, whereby the electric coolant pump is adapted to pump coolant through the at least one subsea cooler, the at least one heat sink and back to the at least one electric coolant pump assembly, forming a closed loop subsea cooling circuit.
LUBRICATING DOWNHOLE-TYPE ROTATING MACHINES
A downhole-type device includes an electric machine. The electric machine includes an electrical rotor configured to couple with a device to drive or be driven by the electric machine. An electrical stator surrounds the electric rotor. The electric stator includes a seal configured to isolate stator windings from an outside, downhole environment. An inner surface of the seal and an outer surface of the electric rotor define an annulus exposed to the outside environment. A bearing couples the electric rotor to the electric stator. A lubrication system is fluidically coupled to the downhole-type device. The lubrication system includes a topside pressure pump and a downhole-type distribution manifold configured to be used within a wellbore. The distribution manifold is fluidically connected to the topside pressure pump and the bearing to receive a flow of lubricant from the topside pressure pump.
ELECTRICAL SUBMERSIBLE PUMP LUBRICANT AND COOLANT
Systems and methods for producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean well include an electrical submersible pump assembly with a motor, where the motor has a stator located within a motor housing. The stator has a stator body with an interior cavity. A rotor assembly is located within the interior cavity of the stator. The rotor assembly includes a rotor shaft, a rotor member, and an intermediate rotor bearing assembly. A liner is located along an interior surface of the interior cavity, the liner being a thin walled member that is secured to the motor housing and seals the stator body from a wellbore fluid. A rotor cavity is located within an inner bore of the liner. A membrane is located within the liner, the membrane formed of a material operable to bind a component of the wellbore fluid. A hydrophobic fluid is circulating within the rotor cavity.