OIL FILTER FOR DOWNHOLE MOTOR

• US 20110027110A1
• Filed: 01/31/2008
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Original Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Inventors: Sviridov, Evgeny Mikhailovich, Verichev, Stanislav Nikolaevich, Orban, Jacques
• Application Number:
  US12/864,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20110027110A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 417/410.1
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 13/10 adapted for use in mining bore holes
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 15/0066 by changing the speed, e.g. of the driving engine
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 29/669 especially adapted for liquid pumps F04D29/18 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 19/02 characterised by the use of electric means

Abstract

A method of controlling operation of an ESP, comprising determining at least one operating speed (rpm) at which the ESP experiences unacceptable levels of lateral vibrations; and applying a periodic modulation to the operating speed when operating the pump at the determined speed to damp the lateral vibrations.

Claims

1. An oil filter for use in an electric motor forming part of a downhole device, comprising a two-part filter including a first part formed from a porous material which acts to filter solid particulate material from the motor oil and a second part comprising a sorbent for removing aqueous liquids from the motor oil.

2. An oil filter as claimed in claim 1, comprising a filter body defining a central bore through which a drive shaft of the motor can extend.

3. A oil filter as claimed in claim 2, wherein the body comprises multiple filter blocks joined together so as to define the central bore.

4. An oil filter as claimed in claim 2 wherein the body comprises a chamber formed from the porous material defining the first part of the filter, the sorbent being contained in the chamber.

5. An oil filter as claimed in claim 4, wherein the chamber comprises a U-shaped section with an angled cover.

6. An oil filter as claimed in claim 5, the porous material forming the U-shaped section has a smaller pore size than that forming the angled cover.

7. An oil filter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the porous material comprises porous metal.

8. An oil filter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sorbent comprises silica gel, activated carbon, whitening clay, zeolite, alumina oxide or mixtures thereof.

9. A motor for a downhole device comprising a motor housing containing a stator fixed to the housing, a rotor mounted on a drive shaft in the housing, and an oil filter as claimed in any preceding claim mounted in the housing.

10. A motor as claimed in claim 9 comprising multiple filters mounted in the housing.

11. A motor as claimed in claim 10, comprising oil filters above and below the rotor and stator.

12. A motor as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a washer located around the drive shaft above the oil filter that extends radially outwardly from the drive shaft so that flow is directed through the filter rather than between the drive shaft and the filter.

13. An electric submersible pump comprising a motor as claimed in any of claim 9, wherein the drive shaft is connected to a shaft in a pump section.

14. A pump as claimed in claim 13, wherein the motor is positioned below the pump section.

15. A pump as claimed in claim 13, wherein a protector section is positioned between the motor and the pump section.

16. An electric submersible pump comprising a motor as claimed in claim 9, wherein the drive shaft is connected to a shaft in a pump section.

17. An electric submersible pump comprising a motor as claimed in claim 7, wherein the drive shaft is connected to a shaft in a pump section.

18. A pump as claimed in claim 14, wherein the protector section is positioned between the motor and the pump section.

19. An oil filter as claimed in claim 3, wherein the body comprises a chamber formed from the porous material defining the first part of the filter, the sorbent being contained in the chamber.

20. A motor as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a washer located around the drive shaft above the oil filter that extends radially outwardly from the drive shaft so that flow is directed through the filter rather than between the drive shaft and the filter.