Well-pump alignment system

Patent · 31 December 1997

OSTI ID:871910

Drumheller, Douglas S ^[1]

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1. Cedar Crest, NM

An improved well-pump for geothermal wells, an alignment system for a well-pump, and to a method for aligning a rotor and stator within a well-pump, wherein the well-pump has a whistle assembly formed at a bottom portion thereof, such that variations in the frequency of the whistle, indicating misalignment, may be monitored during pumping.

• Research Organization: SANDIA CORP
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• Assignee: Sandia Corporation (Allbuquerque, NM)
• Patent Number(s): US 5823261
• OSTI ID: 871910
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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