Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for minimizing vibration in a multi-pump arrangement
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Application No.: US15546227Application Date: 2016-01-22
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Publication No.: US10690131B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Kashif Rashid , Sandeep Verma , Kim Hodgson
- Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Agent Cathy Hewitt
- International Application: PCT/US2016/014475 WO 20160122
- International Announcement: WO2016/122978 WO 20160804
- Main IPC: E21B43/26
- IPC: E21B43/26 ; F04B49/06 ; F04B23/04 ; F04B11/00 ; F04B53/00 ; F04B15/02 ; E21B33/13 ; F04B49/20 ; F04B51/00

Abstract:
A technique for reducing harmonic vibration in a multiplex multi-pump system. The technique includes establishing a lower bound of system specific vibration-related information such as via pressure variation or other vibration indicator. Establishing the lower bound may be achieved through simulation with the system or through an initial sampling period of pump operation. During this time, random perturbations through a subset of the pumps may be utilized to disrupt timing or phase of the subset. Thus, system vibration may randomly increase or decrease upon each perturbation. Regardless, with a sufficient number of sampled perturbations, the lower bound may be established. Therefore, actual controlled system operations may proceed, again employing random perturbations until operation of the system close to the known lower bound is substantially attained.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180003171A1 METHOD FOR MINIMIZING VIBRATION IN A MULTI-PUMP SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-01-04
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