Dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool and measuring method thereof
09587440 ยท 2017-03-07
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Abstract
The invention relates to a dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool and a measuring method thereof. The dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool comprises a rotary housing, a stabilized platform assembly, a hollow servo-motor assembly, a drilling fluid passage, an inner eccentric ring, an outer eccentric ring, a drilling bit shaft and a universal joint. The dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool also comprises a stabilized platform communication and power supply system which includes an instrument storehouse fixed at the upper end of the rotary housing, a main circuit board, an auxiliary circuit board mounted on the stabilized platform upper-end cover, an electromagnetic coupler primary-side, an electromagnetic coupler secondary winding and an electromagnetic coupler primary-side mounting plate fixed at the lower end of a coupler. The main circuit board is mounted on the electromagnetic coupler primary-side mounting plate, the electromagnetic coupler secondary winding is connected with the auxiliary circuit board, and the auxiliary circuit board is connected with the attitude sensor mounted on the side wall of the upper end of the stabilized platform body. By the dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool, hollow drilling fluid passage, power supply and signal transmission of the stabilized platform sensor, attitude angle parameter measurement and toolface angle real-time control of the rotary steerable drilling tool are realized.
Claims
1. A dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool, comprising a rotary housing (19), a stabilized platform assembly (37), a hollow servo-motor assembly (16), a drilling fluid passage (18), an inner eccentric ring (31), an outer eccentric ring (7), a drilling bit shaft (5) and a universal joint (38); wherein the stabilized platform assembly (37) comprises a stabilized platform body (10) mounted in the rotary housing (19) and a stabilized platform upper-end cover (12) connected with the stabilized platform body; wherein a stabilized platform upper-bearing (11) is fixed between the stabilized platform body (10) and the stabilized platform upper-end cover (12); wherein an upper end of the stabilized platform upper-end cover (12) is connected with a gear box of the hollow servo-motor assembly (16) through a coupler (15), and a lower end of the stabilized platform body (10) is connected with the outer eccentric ring (7); wherein said dynamic point-the bit rotary steerable drilling tool further comprises a stabilized platform communication and power supply system; wherein said stabilized platform communication and power supply system incorporates an instrument storehouse (20) fixed at an upper end of the rotary housing (19), a main circuit board (24), an auxiliary circuit board (27) mounted on the stabilized platform upper-end cover (12), an electromagnetic coupler primary-side (26), an electromagnetic coupler secondary winding(13) and an electromagnetic coupler primary-side mounting plate (14) fixed at a lower end of the coupler (15); wherein the main circuit board (24) is mounted on the electromagnetic coupler primary-side mounting plate (14); wherein the electromagnetic coupler secondary winding (13) is connected with the auxiliary circuit board (27), and the auxiliary circuit board (27) is connected with an attitude sensor (30) mounted on a side wall of an upper end of the stabilized platform body (10); wherein the electromagnetic coupler primary-side (26) is mounted relative to the electromagnetic coupler secondary winding(13) with an air layer reserved therebetween; wherein the electromagnetic coupler primary-side (26) is static relative to the rotary housing (19), and the electromagnetic coupler secondary winding(13) is static relative to the stabilized platform body (10).
2. The dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool of claim 1, wherein said rotary housing (19) is a hollow annulus with necks used for mounting the universal joint at the lower end; wherein the inner surface of the rotary housing (19) is provided with a rotary housing wire slot (34) between the necks from a top end to a lower end wherein the rotary housing wire slot (34) is used for guiding wires and as a limit slot during assembly and mounting of an antenna; wherein the side wall of the upper end of the stabilized platform body (10) is thicker than a side wall of middle and lower ends and is provided with an elongated mounting groove (29), and the attitude sensor (30) is mounted in the elongated mounting groove (29).
3. The dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool of claim 1, wherein said drilling fluid passage (18) is comprised of an instrument storehouse (20), a pressure tubing fixing plate (21) connected with an inner cylindrical surface of the lower end of the instrument storehouse (20), a pressure tubing (22), a hose (9) and a drilling bit shaft (5); wherein an upper end of the pressure tubing (22) is fixed on the pressure tubing fixing plate, a lower end of the pressure tubing (22) is fixed on the stabilized platform upper-end cover (12) via a pressure tubing bearing (28), and space is reserved between the pressure tubing (22) and the stabilized platform body (10) as well as the stabilized platform upper-end cover (12) and the hollow servo-motor assembly (16); wherein an upper end of the hose (9) is in threaded connection with the lower end of the pressure tubing (22), and a lower end of the hose (9) is in threaded connection with an upper end of the drilling bit shaft (5).
4. The dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool of claim 1, wherein said hollow servo-motor assembly (16) is connected with a hollow magnetic grid speed encoder (39) used for measuring revolving speed of a motor shaft relative to a motor housing and a hollow gear box (41) used for reducing revolving speed of a motor and amplifying output torque; wherein the motor shaft of the hollow servo-motor body (40) is connected with the hollow magnetic grid speed encoder (39) and an input end of the hollow gear box (41), and an output end of the hollow gear box (41) is connected with the coupler (15).
5. The dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool of claim 1, wherein said main circuit board (24) is circular and mounted on the electromagnetic coupler primary-side mounting plate (14) via a bearing fixing plate (25); wherein a main circuit board microcontroller is arranged on the main circuit board (24) together with a power inverter, a voltage regulator, a radio transceiver and a CAN bus driver all connected with the main circuit board microcontroller wherein the voltage regulator is connected with the main circuit board microcontroller, the radio transceiver and the CAN bus driver; wherein the voltage regulator and the power inverter are connected with a power source management module in the instrument storehouse (20) respectively; wherein an antenna of the radio transceiver is configured to stretch over the antenna of the radio transceiver on the auxiliary circuit board (27) via the rotary housing wire slot (34) arranged in the rotary housing (19), and the CAN bus driver is connected with the CAN bus driver arranged in the instrument storehouse (20) via a CAN bus; wherein the power inverter is configured to incorporate an H-bridge circuit and a compensation capacitor; wherein the main circuit board microcontroller is configured to control switch frequency of the H-bridge circuit, and to inverse direct current supplied by the power management module in the instrument storehouse (20) into alternating current and to transmit power to the auxiliary circuit board (27) via the electromagnetic coupler.
6. The dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool of claim 1, wherein said auxiliary circuit board (27) is provided with an auxiliary circuit board microcontroller, a power rectifier, a radio transceiver and an AD converter; wherein the power rectifier, the radio transceiver and the AD converter are connected with the auxiliary circuit board microcontroller respectively; wherein the power rectifier is connected with the power inverter on the main circuit board (24) via the electromagnetic coupler; wherein the radio transceiver is communicated with the radio transceiver on the main circuit board (24) wirelessly, and the power rectifier and the AD converter are connected with the attitude sensor (30) arranged on the side wall of the upper end of the stabilized platform body (10).
7. The dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool of claim 1, wherein said instrument storehouse (20) is an annular cavity; wherein a backup battery, a voltage regulator, a main controller and an MEMS rate gyroscope are mounted in the cavity of the instrument storehouse (20) as well as a motor driving plate, an AD converter, a CAN bus driver and a power management module all connected with the main controller respectively; wherein the voltage regulator is connected with the power management module; wherein the MEMS rate gyroscope is connected with the AD converter; wherein the motor driving plate is connected with the hollow servo-motor assembly (16); wherein the CAN bus driver and the power management module are connected with the main circuit board (24), and the power management module is connected with the backup battery and a mud motor.
8. The dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool of claim 1, wherein said inner eccentric ring (31) is disposed in the outer eccentric ring (7) and is connected with an upper end of the drilling bit shaft (5) via an inner eccentric ring bearing (32); wherein a near lower end of the drilling bit shaft (5) is connected with the universal joint (38), and a lower end of the drilling bit shaft (5) is connected with a drilling bit (1); wherein central axes of outer eccentric ring (7) hollow body and inner eccentric ring (31) hollow body form certain angles with eccentric rings respectively; wherein the outer eccentric ring (7) is a hollow cylinder with an eccentric hole, and the end of the outer eccentric ring connected with the stabilized platform body (10) is provided with a bearing mounting groove; wherein the drilling bit shaft (5) is a hollow cone, and the diameter of the lower end of the drilling bit shaft is larger than that of the upper end; wherein an outer cylindrical surface of the inner eccentric ring (31) is provided with six convex arced necks with screw holes; wherein an inner cylindrical surface of the outer eccentric ring (7) is provided with six concave arced necks same in diameter, and the convex arced necks are matched with the concave arced necks; wherein a bottom end of each concave arced neck is provided with a screw with a thread, and a bottom surface of the inner eccentric hole of the outer eccentric ring (7) is provided with eight screw holes used for connecting the stabilized platform body (10); and wherein the inner eccentric ring (31) and the outer eccentric ring (7) are fastened through screws.
9. The dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool of claim 1, further comprising an inner feedback control loop, an outer feedback control loop and a feedforward control loop; wherein the inner feedback control loop is an absolute speed control ring of the stabilized platform assembly (37); wherein the absolute speed controller adjusts motor speed to control absolute speed of the stabilized platform assembly (37); wherein the outer feedback control loop is a toolface angle control loop; wherein the toolface angle controller adjusts absolute speed set value to change toolface angle of the rotary steerable drilling tool; wherein the feedforward controller outputs compensation values of the motor speed by calculating measured values of a MEMS rate gyroscope in the instrument storehouse (20); and wherein the compensation values are used for eliminating absolute speed fluctuation of the stabilized platform assembly (37) caused by changes of revolving speed of the rotary housing (19).
10. A measure-control method adopting the dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool of claim 1, wherein said method comprises setting absolute speed set value n.sub.4 of the absolute speed controller according to difference between a toolface angle set value and a toolface angle of the dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool of the attitude sensor (30) by a toolface angle controller; setting motor speed n.sub.6 according to difference between the absolute speed set value n.sub.4 and an absolute speed n of the stabilized platform assembly (37) by the absolute speed controller; outputting a motor speed compensation value n.sub.5 according to revolving speed n.sub.2 of the rotary housing by the feedforward controller, and obtaining a motor driver set value n.sub.7 by compensation value n.sub.5 plus the motor speed n.sub.6.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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(12) wherein 1 for drilling bit, 2 for corrugated pipe seal, 3 for universal-joint lower support plate, 4 for universal joint upper support plate, 5 for drilling bit shaft, 6 for bearing fixing barrel, 7 for outer eccentric ring, 8 for stabilized platform lower bearing, 9 for hose, 10 for stabilized platform body, 11 for stabilized platform upper bearing, 12 for stabilized platform upper-end cover, 13 for electromagnetic coupler secondary winding, 14 for electromagnetic coupler primary-side mounting plate, 15 for coupler, 16 for hollow servo-motor assembly, 17 for sealing ring, 18 for drilling fluid passage, 19 for rotary housing, 20 for instrument storehouse, 21 for pressure tubing fixing plate, 22 for pressure tubing, 23 for motor fixing plate, 24 for main circuit board, 25 for bearing fixing plate, 26 for electromagnetic coupler primary-side, 27 for auxiliary circuit board, 28 for pressure tubing bearing, 29 for mounting groove, 30 for attitude sensor, 31 for inner eccentric ring, 32 for inner eccentric ring bearing, 33 for steel ball, 34 for rotary housing wire slot, 35 for drilling bit circulating opening, 36 for steel bending pipe, 37 for stabilized platform assembly, 38 for universal joint, 39 for hollow magnetic grid speed encoder, 40 for hollow servo-motor body, 41 for hollow gear box, point A for intersection point of horizontal and vertical lines passing the circular center of the outer eccentric ring, and point B for intersection point of horizontal and vertical lines passing the circular center of the inner eccentric ring.
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(23) In this embodiment, working frequency of the electromagnetic coupler is around resonance frequency, generally below 100 KHz. Compensation capacitors on the main circuit board 24 and the auxiliary circuit board 27 can improve power stability. The radio transceiver designed on the main circuit board 24 is 433 MHz at carrier frequency and 500 Kbps at the maximum communication rate, and another radio transceiver same as the aforementioned radio transceiver of the main circuit board 24 is designed on the auxiliary circuit board 27 and can bidirectionally communicate with the other one. The microcontroller of the main circuit board can re-encode stabilized platform data acquired by the radio transceiver and transmit data to the main controller in the instrument storehouse 20 via the CAN bus. Meanwhile, the main controller issues control commands to the microcontroller of the main circuit board via the CAN bus. The maximum communication rate of the CAN bus is 1 Mbps. The microcontroller of the auxiliary circuit board samples measuring signals of the MEMS rate gyroscope, the accelerometer and the fluxgate or the north gyro sensor in the attitude sensor 30 by means of 16-bit AD converter. Measuring values are filtered and processed to calculate inclination, azimuth and toolface angle and re-encoded to be transmitted to the main circuit board 24 via the radio transceiver.
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(33) In this embodiment, the rotary steerable drilling tool also comprises a drill collar arranged above the rotary housing 19 so as to improve weight on bit, a mud motor arranged above the rotary housing 19 to change rotary torque of the rotary housing 19, and a mud generator arranged above the rotary housing 19 to supply power for the rotary steerable drilling tool.
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(35) In the measuring method, the absolute speed adjustment theory of the stabilized platform assembly includes setting output revolving speed n.sub.1 of the hollow servo-motor assembly 16, absolute speed n.sub.2 of the rotary housing, revolving speed n.sub.3 caused by other turbulences and the absolute speed n=n.sub.1+n.sub.2+n.sub.3 of the stabilized platform assembly, absolute speed n is measured by the MEMS rate gyroscope in the attitude sensor 30. n.sub.3 is measurable and uncontrollable speed disturbance, the main controller in the instrument storehouse 20 can adjust absolute speed n of the stabilized platform assembly via revolving speed n.sub.1 of the hollow servo-motor assembly 16.
(36) The measure-control method includes steps that the toolface angle controller gives absolute speed set value n.sub.4 of the absolute speed controller according to difference between the toolface angle set value and the toolface angle of the dynamic point-the-bit rotary steerable drilling tool of the attitude sensor 30; the absolute speed controller gives motor speed n.sub.6 according to difference between the absolute speed set value n.sub.4 and the absolute speed n of the stabilized platform assembly; the feedforward controller outputs a motor speed compensation value n.sub.5 according to revolving speed n.sub.2 of the rotary housing, the motor driver set value n.sub.7 is obtained by compensation value n.sub.5 plus the motor speed n.sub.6.
(37) In this embodiment, the invention provides a control method of operating drilling tool in different drilling modes. The control method includes that when the rotary steerable drilling tool works in the directional drilling mode, the main controller in the instrument storehouse 20 gives a fixed toolface angle set value and the toolface angle is kept stable by a toolface angle controller, at this time, the absolute speed n of the stabilized platform assembly is zero, and the stabilized platform assembly 37 is geostationary; when the rotary steerable drilling tool works in the angle holding drilling mode, the main controller in the instrument storehouse 20 can control the toolface angle set value continuous changes from 0 to 360 degrees, and the toolface angle controller controls the stabilized platform to continuously rotate relative to the ground, at this time, the absolute speed n of the stabilized platform assembly is not zero, and angle holding drilling of the drilling tool is realized.
(38) The present embodiments are therefore considered as mere description of the invention, all simple transformations and modifications of those skilled in the art should be intended to be embraced in the claims of the invention.