Designing and applying the oil field submersible pump
A typical submersible installation is made up of 3 major down-hole components (illustrated). The motor is on the bottom. The seal section is attached to the motor, and above the seal is the pump itself. To lower the equipment into the well, the tubing is screwed into the pump head. As the tubing is run into the hole, the 3-conductor power cable is banded to the tubing. The motor is the driving force which turns the pump. It is the bottom most part of the unit so that well fluid moves by the motor housing and becomes the cooling medium. This is essential in the operation of the unit. The seal is a device to keep out all well fluids from the motor. The motor operates at zero pressure differential relative to the well annulus. The pump can consist of any number of stages as required by the lift involved. The essential basic requirements for designing a submersible pump are casing diameter, tubing size, volume desired, pertinent well data (productivity index, oil-water percentages, corrosive properties of fluids, ambient temperature, specific gravity), required total head (lift, additional surface pressures and flow losses), and available voltages (transformers).
- Research Organization:
- Byron Jackson Inc
- OSTI ID:
- 5564967
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-690467-
- Journal Information:
- Proc. Annu. Southwest. Pet. Short Course; (United States), Conference: 16. annual Southwestern Petroleum Association short course meeting, Lubbock, TX, USA, 17 Apr 1969
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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OIL WELLS
PUMPS
OPERATION
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
CORROSIVE EFFECTS
DENSITY
DIMENSIONS
ELECTRIC CABLES
ENGINEERING
FLUIDS
LIFT CYCLES
MOTORS
PERFORMANCE
PETROLEUM
SEALS
TRANSFORMERS
VOLUME
WATER
WELL CASINGS
CABLES
CONDUCTOR DEVICES
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
WELLS
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