Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air cooled variable-frequency drive
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Application No.: US16771821Application Date: 2018-12-10
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Publication No.: US11191191B2Publication Date: 2021-11-30
- Inventor: Nick Paul Krippner , Jacques Orban
- 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 Jeffrey D. Frantz
- International Application: PCT/US2018/064759 WO 20181210
- International Announcement: WO2019/118352 WO 20190620
- Main IPC: H05K7/20
- IPC: H05K7/20 ; E21B36/00

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for simultaneous operation of a variable-frequency drive (VFD) and a controller. The VFD drives an electric motor of a drilling rig machine. The controller controls temperature of an insulated-gate bipolar transistor device (IGBT) of the VFD by controlling an air mover in response to real-time temperature data. The air mover generates airflow into a passage, the airflow thereby interacting with radiating members extending into the passage from a heat sink thermally coupled with the IGBT in the inner housing outside the passage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210176899A1 AIR COOLED VARIABLE-FREQUENCY DRIVE Public/Granted day:2021-06-10
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