Hydraulic pumping system with piston displacement sensing and control
First Claim
1. A hydraulic pumping system for use with a subterranean well, the system comprising:
- a hydraulic actuator including a piston that displaces in response to pressure in the actuator, a magnet that displaces with the piston, and at least one sensor that continuously detects a position of the magnet as the magnet displaces with the piston, wherein a ferromagnetic wall of the hydraulic actuator is positioned between the magnet and the sensor; and
a hydraulic pump connected between the hydraulic actuator and an accumulator, and wherein the accumulator receives nitrogen gas from a nitrogen concentrator assembly while a hydraulic fluid flows between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic actuator.
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Abstract
A hydraulic pumping system can include a hydraulic actuator with a magnet that displaces with a piston, and a sensor that continuously detects a position of the magnet. A ferromagnetic wall of the hydraulic actuator is positioned between the magnet and the sensor. A hydraulic pumping method can include incrementally lowering a lower stroke extent of a rod string reciprocation over multiple reciprocation cycles of the rod string, and automatically varying the lower stroke extent or an upper stroke extent of the rod string reciprocation, in response to a measured vibration. Another hydraulic pumping method can include solving a wave equation in the rod string, and automatically varying a reciprocation speed of the rod string in response to a change in work performed during reciprocation cycles of the hydraulic actuator or a change in detected force versus displacement in different reciprocation cycles of the hydraulic actuator.
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23 Claims
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1. A hydraulic pumping system for use with a subterranean well, the system comprising:
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a hydraulic actuator including a piston that displaces in response to pressure in the actuator, a magnet that displaces with the piston, and at least one sensor that continuously detects a position of the magnet as the magnet displaces with the piston, wherein a ferromagnetic wall of the hydraulic actuator is positioned between the magnet and the sensor; and a hydraulic pump connected between the hydraulic actuator and an accumulator, and wherein the accumulator receives nitrogen gas from a nitrogen concentrator assembly while a hydraulic fluid flows between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic actuator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A hydraulic pumping system for use with a subterranean well, the system comprising:
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a hydraulic actuator including a piston that displaces in response to pressure in the actuator, a magnet that displaces with the piston, and at least one sensor that continuously detects a position of the magnet as the magnet displaces with the piston, wherein a ferromagnetic wall of the hydraulic actuator is positioned between the magnet and the sensor; and a hydraulic pump connected between the hydraulic actuator and an accumulator, and wherein pressure in the accumulator is automatically regulated in response to measurements of pressure applied to the hydraulic actuator. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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