US 12,331,738 B2
Monitoring the performance of hydraulic pumping equipment
Konstantin Mikhailovich Lyapunov, Novosibirsk (RU); Ivan Vladimirovich Velikanov, Lysaker (NO); Sergey Dmitrievich Parkhonyuk, Moscow (RU); Denis Viktorovich Bannikov, Sugar Land, TX (US); and Danil Sergeyevich Pantsurkin, Novosibirsk (RU)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/718,245
Filed by SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/RU2021/000562
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 10, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/106955, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 15, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0418162 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. F04B 51/00 (2006.01); B01F 25/10 (2022.01); B01F 35/10 (2022.01); B01F 35/221 (2022.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC F04B 51/00 (2013.01) [B01F 25/10 (2022.01); B01F 35/10 (2022.01); B01F 35/2213 (2022.01); G05B 23/0254 (2013.01); G05B 23/0283 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
(a) measuring a first discharge pressure versus revolutions per minute (RPM) in a first vortex mixer;
(b) determining a condition of a second vortex mixer based on, at least in part, a second discharge pressure versus RPM in the second vortex mixer;
(c) estimating a discharge pressure drift rate versus RPM;
(d) predicting an expected time when the first vortex mixer will reach the condition of the second vortex mixer, wherein the expected time is predicted based on the first discharge pressure versus RPM, the second discharge pressure versus RPM, and the discharge pressure drift rate versus RPM;
(e) monitoring the first vortex mixer over a period of time prior to the expected time to determine a current condition of the first vortex mixer, wherein the current condition of the first vortex mixer is based on, at least in part, the first discharge pressure versus RPM; and
(f) removing the first vortex mixer for maintenance based on a correspondence between the current condition of the first vortex mixer and the condition of the second vortex mixer.