System and Method for Integrated Risk and Health Management of Electric Submersible Pumping Systems
First Claim
1. A process for producing a risk analysis report for a plurality of pumping systems, the process comprising the steps of:
- providing a local control unit at each of the plurality of pumping systems;
providing output signals to each of the plurality of local control units from each of the corresponding pumping systems, wherein each of the output signals is reflective of an operating condition measured at the pumping system;
processing the output signals at each of the plurality of local control units;
producing a health index at each of the plurality of local control units; and
uploading the health index from each of the plurality of local control units to a central data center.
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Abstract
A system and process for optimizing the performance and evaluating the risks of pumping systems includes the steps of measuring the operation and condition of components within a discrete electric submersible pumping system, accumulating these measurements across a field of electric submersible pumping systems, performing statistical analysis on the accumulated measurements and producing one or more selected outputs from the group statistical analysis. In the preferred embodiments, the statistical analysis and data processing occurs at both the individual pumping system and at one or more centralized locations.
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15 Claims
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1. A process for producing a risk analysis report for a plurality of pumping systems, the process comprising the steps of:
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providing a local control unit at each of the plurality of pumping systems; providing output signals to each of the plurality of local control units from each of the corresponding pumping systems, wherein each of the output signals is reflective of an operating condition measured at the pumping system; processing the output signals at each of the plurality of local control units; producing a health index at each of the plurality of local control units; and uploading the health index from each of the plurality of local control units to a central data center. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A process for optimizing the performance of a selected pumping system within a plurality of pumping systems, the process comprising the steps of:
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providing a local control unit at each of the plurality of pumping systems; providing output signals to each of the plurality of local control units from each of the corresponding pumping systems, wherein each of the output signals is reflective of an operating condition measured at the pumping system; processing the output signals at each of the plurality of local control units; producing a health index at each of the plurality of local control units; uploading the health index from each of the plurality of local control units to a central data center; categorizing at the central data center the health indices received from the plurality of local control units; generating a multi-level survival model based on the categorized health indices; and applying health indices specific to the selected pumping system to the multi-level survival model to produce optimized operating instructions; and adjusting the operational characteristics of the selected pumping system in accordance with the optimized operating instructions. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A process for producing a financial risk report for a long-term service contract for a selected pumping system within a plurality of pumping systems, the process comprising the steps of:
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providing a local control unit at each of the plurality of pumping systems; providing output signals to each of the plurality of local control units from each of the corresponding pumping systems, wherein each of the output signals is reflective of an operating condition measured at the pumping system; processing the output signals at each of the plurality of local control units; producing a health index at each of the plurality of local control units; uploading the health index from each of the plurality of local control units to a central data center; categorizing at the central data center the health indices received from the plurality of local control units; generating a multi-level survival model based on the categorized health indices; and applying health indices specific to the selected pumping system to the multi-level survival model to determine failure rate information for the selected pumping system; and generating the financial risk report for the long-term service contract based on the determined failure rate information.
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