Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Downhole power generation system and optimized power control method thereof
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Application No.: US16608009Application Date: 2018-04-24
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Publication No.: US11454094B2Publication Date: 2022-09-27
- Inventor: Yunzheng Chen , Yi Liao , Saijun Mao , Ming Xue , Stewart Blake Brazil , Xuele Qi
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: CN201710271102.0 20170424
- International Application: PCT/US2018/029057 WO 20180424
- International Announcement: WO2018/200463 WO 20181101
- Main IPC: F03B13/02
- IPC: F03B13/02 ; F03B15/00 ; H02P9/04 ; H02P101/10 ; E21B41/00

Abstract:
A downhole power generation system is disclosed, which includes a turbine generator system. The turbine generator system includes a turbine, a generator coupled with the turbine and having an AC-DC rectifier, and an optimized power control unit. The turbine is driven by flow of a downhole fluid to rotate. The generator converts rotational energy from the turbine to electrical energy and outputting a direct current voltage. The turbine generator system is coupled to a load via the optimized power control unit. The optimized power control unit controls to regulate an output voltage of the generator and provides a regulated output voltage to the load so that the turbine generator system has an optimized power output. An optimized power control method for a downhole power generation system is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210102444A1 DOWNHOLE POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND OPTIMIZED POWER CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2021-04-08
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