1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an oil artificial lift unit for oil production and more particularly, to an oil artificial lift unit that uses an electrical submersible pump driven by a circular linear synchronous three-phase motor with rare earth permanent magnet.
2. Description of the Related Art
An oil artificial lift device is a device that transforms rotary mechanical energy to linear mechanical energy and in turn pumps the oil from underground to ground surface. Presently there are many artificial lift technologies available. They have their advantages as well as shortcomings. Currently available electrical submersible pump uses a rotary motor to rotate a vane wheel, thereby pumping cruel oil to the ground surface. In general, an electrical submersible pump is used on large quantity oil production well. It is easy to manage but its initial investment as well as its electrical consumption is high. Progressive cavity pump requires less initial investment with broader application. However, this progressive cavity pump lasts shorter with higher breakdown rate. The most popular artificial lift today is beam/sucker-rod pumping comprising a motor-driven surface system lilting sucker rods within the tubing string to operate a downhole reciprocating pump. Beam pumping is durable with low breakdown rate, however, it has the drawbacks of complicated structure, low performance, and high electric energy consumption.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an oil pumping unit, which uses a circular linear synchronous motor to reciprocate a pump, causing the pump to pump crude oil from the oil well to the ground surface continuously during the down stroke as well as the up stroke. It is another object of the present invention to provide an oil pumping unit, which uses a linear motor to reciprocate an oil suction pipe, causing the oil suction pipe to suck and deliver crude oil during the operation of the linear motor.
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The motor 10 comprises a casing 11, a stator 12, and a mover 13. The mover 13 has an inner tube 130, which has outlet at the upper end to an oil delivery pipe 18 and connection at the lower end to a connector 16 that has an oil hole 160. The stator 12 has a power cable 121 connected to power supply. When power supply to the motor 10 is on through power cable 121, the mover 13 and the connected connector 16 are moved up and down.
The pump 20 comprises a barrel formed of a motor connector 21, a socket connector 22, a plurality of inner sockets 23 and 25, a plurality of outer sockets 24 and 26, and an outer sleeve 28. An oil suction pipe 31 is mounted in the barrel of the pump 20. The oil suction pipe 31 has a top end threaded connector 30, which has an oil hole 301, and the bottom end is connected to an inner sleeve 34, which has installed therein a mixing valve 33, a movable valve 32 and a piston 35. The outer sleeve 28 has the bottom end provided with a bottom one-way oil intake valve 29. The oil suction pipe 31 matches with the inner socket 25 to hold a one-way mixing flow intake valve 27. The inner socket 25 and the oil suction pipe 31 define an oil passage 310, which is disposed in communication with a piston upper chamber 37 that is defined in between the outer sleeve 28 and the inner sleeve 34. The piston upper chamber 37 has an oil hole 340 disposed in communication with the mixing valve 33. When oil is entering the one-way mixing flow intake valve 27, it passes through the oil passage 310 to the piston upper chamber 37 and then the oil suction pipe 31 via the mixing valve 33.
The motor connector 21 of the pump 20 is connected to the casing 11 of the motor 10. The connector 30 of the pump 20 is connected to the connector 16 of the motor 10, therefore the oil suction pipe 31 of the pump 20 is reciprocated with the mover 13 during operation of the motor 10.
The bottom one-way oil intake valve 29 has an oil hole 290 and a one-way valve ball 291 in the oil hole 290. The mixing valve 33 and the movable valve 32 have respectively oil hole 330 mounted with one-way valve 331 and oil hole 320 mounted with one-way valve ball 321. Therefore, oil is only allowed to flow in but not to flow out suction pipe 31.
The one-way mixing flow intake valve 27 has an oil hole 270 mounted with a one-way valve ball 271, allowing oil to flow in through the oil hole 270 in one direction only.
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During the down stroke as well as the up stroke of the oil suction pipe 31 of the pump 20, the oil pumping unit pumps oil from the oil well to the ground surface. As shown in
Further, the invention can be made in such a way that the pump is at the top of the linear synchronous three-phase motor
Although a particular embodiment of the invention has been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.
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20070114015 A1 | May 2007 | US |