Double plunger latent oil Diaphragm pump system and its relay lifting method
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of oil field equipment, and in particular to a kind of double plunger latent oil Diaphragm pump system.The present invention is also
It is related to a kind of relay lifting method of double plunger latent oil Diaphragm pump system.
Background technology
With deeply developing for domestic and international each oil field, a large amount of oil wells initially enter the low yield stage, contour using submersible electric pump
Produce the actual conditions of the unsuitable this kind of oil well of oil production equipment.Meanwhile, the attention with country to energy-saving and emission-reduction, oil production equipment
Efficiency be also increasingly taken seriously.
Latent oil membrane pump is a kind of low yield, efficient petroleum lifting equipment, under the conditions of same displacement and lift its
Energy consumption is only the half of oil pumper, therefore, and the exploitation of stripper well is carried out using latent oil membrane pump, is had for energy-saving and emission-reduction non-
Normal obvious effect.
But, because the discharge capacity of latent oil membrane pump is inversely proportional substantially with lift, lift declines therewith while discharge capacity is raised,
Therefore, existing latent oil membrane pump haves the shortcomings that lift is relatively low, and the lift of the latent oil membrane pump of maximum pump discharge only has 600 meters.
This latent oil membrane pump is limited by lift parameter, it is impossible to meet the application requirement of most of oil wells.
The content of the invention
The technical problems to be solved by the invention are to provide a kind of double plunger latent oil Diaphragm pump system, and it can ensure row
On the premise of amount is constant, its lift is increased substantially.
In order to solve the above technical problems, the technical solution of double plunger latent oil Diaphragm pump system of the present invention is:
Including upper stage plunger module and subordinate's plunger module;Upper stage plunger module and subordinate's plunger module pass through same latent oil
Motor realizes driving;Upper stage plunger module includes top connection 22, and being fixedly installed activity in cylinder sleeve 4, cylinder sleeve 4 in top connection 22 sets
It is equipped with upper stage plunger 6;The top of cylinder sleeve 4 forms in working cavity, working cavity and is fixedly installed barrier film 3;Subordinate's plunger module
Including lower contact 23, subordinate's plunger 18 is movably set with lower contact 23;Subordinate's plunger 18 connects push rod 17;Around push rod 17
Form negative pressure cavity VI;Upper stage plunger 6 connects the upper end of the submersible electric machine with oil axle 14 of submersible electric machine with oil by upper movement conversion mechanism;Latent oil
The lower end of motor shaft 14 connects push rod 17 by lower movement conversion mechanism;Up and down motion switching mechanism can be by submersible electric machine with oil axle 14
Tilt motions be converted into horizontal revolving motion, and horizontal revolving motion be converted into pumped;Upper motion turns
Converting mechanism is located in top hydraulic working oil chamber III;Lower movement conversion mechanism is located in the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic;Top liquid
Force feed working chamber III is connected with the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic;The lower spring accommodating cavity formed below of subordinate's plunger 18;It is described
Lower spring accommodating cavity balances oil duct 32 by hydraulic oil and is connected with the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic;The submersible electric machine with oil of submersible electric machine with oil
Axle 14 rotates, and drives upper stage plunger 6 and subordinate's plunger 18 reversely to move back and forth;The reciprocating motion of upper stage plunger 6 is driven on barrier film 3
Lower motion, so as to produce malleation or negative pressure in the well liquid accommodating cavity V of the top of barrier film 3;Pass through positive/negative-pressure in well liquid accommodating cavity V
Switching effect, extraneous well liquid is drawn into well liquid accommodating cavity V, is then discharged out into oil pipe 25, so that well liquid be passed through
Oil pipe is lifted to ground;When upper stage plunger 6 is moved upwards, upper stage plunger 6 is by the pressurization produced by subordinate's plunger module
With the double action of the driving force of submersible electric machine with oil axle 14.
The upper stage plunger 6 by submersible electric machine with oil axle 14 be driven up motion while, submersible electric machine with oil axle 14 driving push away
Bar 17 and subordinate's plunger 18 are moved downward, and the volume of lower spring accommodating cavity is diminished, and the hydraulic oil in lower spring accommodating cavity is through liquid
Force feed balance oil duct 32 flows into the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic, makes the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic and top hydraulic working oil chamber III
Interior pressure becomes big;The pressure acts on upper stage plunger 6 by the lower surface of upper stage plunger 6, makes the motion upwards of upper stage plunger 6,
Realize the pressurization to upper stage plunger 6.
The sectional area of subordinate's plunger 18 is slightly larger than push rod 17 and the sectional area sum of upper stage plunger 6.
The hydraulic oil storage chamber I formed below of the lower contact 23;The oily working chamber II of the lower hydraulic passes through hydraulic oil
Overflow ducts 33 are connected with hydraulic oil storage chamber I;Overflow valve 21 is provided with hydraulic oil overflow passage 33;The lower spring holds
Chamber is put by hydraulic oil fluid infusion passage 31 with hydraulic oil storage chamber I to be connected;Make-up valve is provided with hydraulic oil fluid infusion passage 31
19。
The top of the barrier film 3 is well liquid accommodating cavity V, and well liquid accommodating cavity V offers well liquid suction inlet 9 and well liquid discharge
Mouth 2, well liquid accommodating cavity V is in communication with the outside by well liquid suction inlet 9, and liquid feed valve 10 is used for the opening and closing for controlling well liquid suction inlet 9;
Well liquid accommodating cavity V is connected by well liquid outlet 2 with the inner chamber of oil pipe 25, and liquid valve 11 is used to control opening for well liquid outlet 2
Close.
The lower section of the barrier film 3 is hydraulic oil accommodating cavity;The top of the upper spring 5 is fixedly connected with spring fixing pipe 24;
Upper spring retention chamber where upper spring 5 is connected by the inner chamber of spring fixing pipe 24 with hydraulic oil accommodating cavity, forms barrier film
Pressure regulating cavity IV.
The upper movement conversion mechanism includes upper deceleration reversing assembly 7, upper little gear 8, the connection submersible electric machine with oil axle of little gear 8
14 upper end, little gear 8 is meshed with the gear wheel of upper deceleration reversing assembly 7;The gear wheel and bent axle of upper deceleration reversing assembly 7
Bias connection;The bent axle of upper deceleration reversing assembly 7 connects the lower end of upper stage plunger 6;The upper bullet of top connection of the upper stage plunger 6
Spring 5;Upper spring 5 is that upper stage plunger 6 provides downward active force.
The lower movement conversion mechanism includes lower deceleration reversing assembly 16, lower little gear 15, and lower little gear 15 connects latent oil
The lower end of motor shaft 14, lower little gear 15 is meshed with the gear wheel of lower deceleration reversing assembly 16;Lower deceleration reversing assembly 16
Gear wheel is connected with crankshaft eccentric;The bent axle of lower deceleration reversing assembly 16 connects the upper end of push rod 17;Subordinate's plunger 18
Lower end connects lower spring 20, and lower spring 20 is that subordinate's plunger 18 provides upward active force;Lower spring 20 is located at the lower spring
In accommodating cavity.
The submersible electric machine with oil includes submersible motor rotor 12, the connection submersible electric machine with oil of submersible motor rotor 12 axle 14;Latent oil electricity
Machine rotor 12 is arranged in Submersible Motor Stator 13;Gap is formed between submersible motor rotor 12 and Submersible Motor Stator 13,
To connect the oily working chamber II of top hydraulic working oil chamber III and lower hydraulic.
The present invention also provides a kind of relay lifting method of double plunger latent oil Diaphragm pump system, and its technical solution is,
Comprise the following steps:
Electric energy is delivered to the submersible electric machine with oil of underground by oil-submersible cable 1 by ground driving equipment from ground, drives latent oil electricity
Arbor 14 rotates;Submersible electric machine with oil axle 14 drives upper stage plunger 6 and subordinate's plunger 18 reversely to move back and forth;
Upper stage plunger 6 by submersible electric machine with oil axle 14 be driven up motion while, the driving push rod 17 of submersible electric machine with oil axle 14
Moved downward with subordinate plunger 18, the volume of lower spring accommodating cavity is diminished, the hydraulic oil in lower spring accommodating cavity is through hydraulic oil
Balance oil duct 32 and flow into the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic, make in the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic and top hydraulic working oil chamber III
Pressure becomes big;The pressure acts on upper stage plunger 6 by the lower surface of upper stage plunger 6, makes the motion upwards of upper stage plunger 6, realizes
To the pressurization of upper stage plunger 6;
Upper stage plunger 6 is moved upwards, spring 5 in compression, and makes the motion upwards of barrier film 3, is produced in well liquid accommodating cavity V
Malleation, this malleation forces liquid valve 11 to be opened, so that the well liquid in well liquid accommodating cavity V is expelled into oil by well liquid outlet 2
In pipe 25;
Subordinate's plunger 18 and push rod 17 are acted on upward motion by lower spring 20, the volume of lower spring accommodating cavity is become big and are produced
Negative pressure, a part of hydraulic oil balances oil duct 32 by hydraulic oil and added in lower spring accommodating cavity, and not enough part passes through fluid infusion
Valve 19 is from hydraulic oil storage chamber I adds to lower spring accommodating cavity through hydraulic oil fluid infusion passage 31;At the same time, upper stage plunger 6
Moved downward by the effect of upper spring 5, move downward barrier film 3, negative pressure is produced in well liquid accommodating cavity V, this negative pressure force into
Liquid valve 10 is opened, so that extraneous well liquid is sucked in well liquid accommodating cavity V by well liquid suction inlet 9.
When the pressure in the oily working chamber II of the lower hydraulic and top hydraulic working oil chamber III rises to overflow valve 21
After Opening pressure, overflow valve 21 is forced to be opened, it is unnecessary in lower hydraulic oil working chamber II and top hydraulic working oil chamber III
Hydraulic oil is backflowed to hydraulic oil storage chamber I by hydraulic oil overflow passage 33, so that lower hydraulic oil working chamber II and top liquid
Pressure in force feed working chamber III maintains setting value.
What the present invention can reach has the technical effect that:
The present invention can increase substantially its lift parameter, so that latent oil barrier film on the premise of ensureing that discharge capacity is constant
Pump can be applied to low yield, high-lift oil well.
The present invention can will greatly improve lift, expand latent oil membrane pump product compared to single-stage latent oil membrane pump
Application.
Brief description of the drawings
It should be understood by those skilled in the art that following explanation is only the principle for schematically illustrating the present invention, the principle
It can apply in many ways, to realize many different alternative embodiments.These explanations are only used for showing the religion of the present invention
Lead the General Principle of content, it is not intended to which limitation is in the design of this disclosed invention.
The accompanying drawing for being incorporated in the present specification and constituting the part of this specification shows embodiments of the present invention, and
And be used to explain principle of the invention together with the detailed description of general description above and drawings below.
The present invention is further detailed explanation with reference to the accompanying drawings and detailed description:
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of double plunger latent oil Diaphragm pump system of the present invention.
Description of reference numerals in figure:
1 is oil-submersible cable, and 2 be well liquid outlet,
3 be barrier film, and 4 be cylinder sleeve,
5 be upper spring, and 6 be upper stage plunger,
7 be upper deceleration reversing assembly, and 8 be upper little gear,
9 be well liquid suction inlet, and 10 be liquid feed valve,
11 be liquid valve, and 12 be submersible motor rotor,
13 be Submersible Motor Stator, and 14 be submersible electric machine with oil axle,
15 be lower little gear, and 16 be lower deceleration reversing assembly,
17 be push rod, and 18 be subordinate's plunger,
19 be make-up valve, and 20 be lower spring,
21 be overflow valve, and 22 be top connection,
23 be lower contact, and 24 be spring fixing pipe,
25 be oil pipe,
31 be hydraulic oil fluid infusion passage, and 32 be that hydraulic oil balances oil duct,
33 be hydraulic oil overflow passage,
I is hydraulic oil storage chamber, and II is the oily working chamber of lower hydraulic,
III is top hydraulic working oil chamber, and IV is that diaphragm pressure adjusts chamber,
V is well liquid accommodating cavity, and VI is negative pressure cavity.
Embodiment
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Bright a part of embodiment, rather than whole embodiments.Based on described embodiments of the invention, ordinary skill
The every other embodiment that personnel are obtained on the premise of without creative work, belongs to the scope of protection of the invention.Remove
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Object is covered the element or object for appearing in the word presented hereinafter and its is equal, and is not excluded for other elements or object." even
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Connect, it is either directly or indirect." on ", " under " etc. is only used for representing relative position relation, when being described the exhausted of object
After changing to position, then the relative position relation may also correspondingly change.
As shown in figure 1, double plunger latent oil Diaphragm pump system of the present invention, including upper stage plunger module and subordinate's plunger module;
Upper stage plunger module and subordinate's plunger module are realized by same submersible electric machine with oil to be driven;
Upper stage plunger module, which includes being fixedly installed in cylinder sleeve 4, cylinder sleeve 4 in top connection 22, top connection 22, to be movably set with
Upper stage plunger 6;The bent axle of deceleration reversing assembly 7 in the lower end connection of upper stage plunger 6, crankshaft eccentric connection gear wheel;It is upper to slow down
The gear wheel of reversing assembly 7 is meshed with upper little gear 8;Gear wheel constitutes bevel gear pair with upper little gear 8, so as to hang down
Straight rotary motion is converted into horizontal revolving motion;Because the bent axle of upper deceleration reversing assembly 7 is connected with gear wheel for bias, canine tooth
Wheel can be moved up and down during horizontal rotation with dynamic crankshaft, and bent axle drive upper stage plunger 6 is moved back and forth, so that by level
Rotation, which is converted into, to pump;Top connection 22 is split type or integral type with cylinder sleeve 4.
Upper deceleration reversing assembly 7 and upper little gear 8 are located in top hydraulic working oil chamber III;
The top of cylinder sleeve 4 forms in working cavity, working cavity and is fixedly installed barrier film 3;The top of barrier film 3 holds for well liquid
Chamber V is put, the lower section of barrier film 3 is hydraulic oil accommodating cavity;Well liquid accommodating cavity V offers well liquid suction inlet 9 and well liquid outlet 2,
Well liquid accommodating cavity V is in communication with the outside by well liquid suction inlet 9, and liquid feed valve 10 is used for the opening and closing for controlling well liquid suction inlet 9;Well liquid
Accommodating cavity V is connected by well liquid outlet 2 with the inner chamber of oil pipe 25, and liquid valve 11 is used for the opening and closing for controlling well liquid outlet 2;
Preferably, the upper spring 5 of top connection of upper stage plunger 6;Upper spring 5 is that upper stage plunger 6 provides downward active force;
The top of upper spring 5 is fixedly connected with spring fixing pipe 24;Upper spring retention chamber where upper spring 5 passes through spring fixing pipe 24
Inner chamber is connected with hydraulic oil accommodating cavity, forms diaphragm pressure regulation chamber IV;The present embodiment uses spring 5 for upper stage plunger 6
Downward reset force is provided;Can certainly by connecting rod using the driving force of submersible electric machine with oil axle 14 as drive upper stage plunger 6 to
The power of lower motion;
The upper end of the connection submersible electric machine with oil of upper little gear 8 axle 14 of upper stage plunger module;Submersible electric machine with oil axle 14 is fixedly connected latent
Oily rotor 12, submersible motor rotor 12 is arranged in Submersible Motor Stator 13;Submersible motor rotor 12 and submersible electric machine with oil are fixed
Son 13 constitutes submersible electric machine with oil;Submersible electric machine with oil is realized by oil-submersible cable 1 and powered;
Subordinate's plunger module includes being movably set with subordinate's plunger 18 in lower contact 23, lower contact 23;Subordinate's plunger 18
Lower end connects lower spring 20, and the upper end of subordinate's plunger 18 connects the lower end of push rod 17;The lower commutation of slowing down of upper end connection of push rod 17
The bent axle of assembly 16, crankshaft eccentric connection gear wheel;The gear wheel of lower deceleration reversing assembly 16 is meshed with lower little gear 15;Greatly
Gear constitutes bevel gear pair with lower little gear 15;The lower end of the connection submersible electric machine with oil of lower little gear 15 axle 14 of subordinate's plunger module;
Subordinate's plunger 18 is split type or integral type with push rod 17.
The negative pressure cavity VI of closing is formed between push rod 17 and lower contact 23;And the sectional area of subordinate's plunger 18 is slightly larger than push rod
17 with the sectional area sum of upper stage plunger 6;Upper stage plunger 6 is transported upwards while push rod 17 and subordinate's plunger 18 are moved downward
Dynamic, the volume reduction amount of the lower spring accommodating cavity produced by subordinate's plunger 18 is moved downward during this is downward slightly larger than push rod 17
The volume increase and the top hydraulic pressure produced by upper stage plunger 6 upwards motion of the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic produced by motion
The volume increase sum of oily working chamber III;
The present invention makes the sectional area of subordinate's plunger 18 slightly larger than push rod 17 and the sectional area sum of upper stage plunger 6, can make
The volume increase for obtaining the annular negative pressure cavity VI produced by subordinate's plunger 18 is moved downward moves institute upwards slightly larger than upper stage plunger 6
The volume increase of the top hydraulic working oil chamber III of generation, the part having more is used as redundancy, to fully ensure that subordinate's post
Plug 18 improves unit chamber pressure (pressure i.e. in the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic and top hydraulic working oil chamber III).
Lower deceleration reversing assembly 16 and lower little gear 15 are located in the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic;
Lower hydraulic oil working chamber II passes through the gap and top between submersible motor rotor 12 and Submersible Motor Stator 13
Hydraulic working oil chamber III is connected;
The hydraulic oil storage chamber I formed below of lower contact 23;
Lower spring accommodating cavity where lower spring 20 balances oil duct 32 with by the hydraulic oil being opened in lower contact 23
Portion's hydraulic working oil chamber II is connected;
Lower spring accommodating cavity is connected by the hydraulic oil fluid infusion passage 31 being opened in lower contact 23 with hydraulic oil storage chamber I
It is logical;Make-up valve 19 is provided with hydraulic oil fluid infusion passage 31;
Hydraulic oil balance oil duct 32 is connected with hydraulic oil fluid infusion passage 31;
Lower hydraulic oil working chamber II is stored by the hydraulic oil overflow passage 33 being opened in lower contact 23 with hydraulic oil
Chamber I is connected;Overflow valve 21 is provided with hydraulic oil overflow passage 33.
The effect of the upper deceleration reversing assembly 7 and lower deceleration reversing assembly 16 of the present invention is to convert tilt motions
To pump, the present embodiment uses eccentric crankshaft and bevel gear pair, naturally it is also possible to will can vertically be revolved using other
Transhipment is dynamic to be converted into the structure pumped, and therefore not to repeat here.
The operation principle of the present invention is as follows:
Electric energy is delivered to the submersible electric machine with oil of underground by oil-submersible cable 1 by ground driving equipment from ground, makes submersible electric machine with oil
Moment of torsion is produced between stator 13 and submersible motor rotor 12, so as to drive submersible electric machine with oil axle 14 to rotate;Submersible electric machine with oil axle 14 drives
The upper little gear 8 of upper stage plunger module and the lower little gear 15 of subordinate's plunger module rotate, and pass through the upper He of deceleration reversing assembly 7
Tilt motions are converted into by lower deceleration reversing assembly 16 to pump;The upper little gear 8 of upper stage plunger module drives
Upper stage plunger 6 is reciprocating, and the lower little gear 15 of subordinate's plunger module drives push rod 17 and subordinate's plunger 18 reciprocating;
And upper stage plunger 6 is opposite with the direction of motion of subordinate plunger 18;
When push rod 17 and subordinate's plunger 18 are moved downward, the compression lower spring 20 of subordinate's plunger 18 makes lower spring accommodating cavity
Volume diminish (at the same time the volume of negative pressure cavity VI becomes big), the hydraulic oil in lower spring accommodating cavity balances oil duct through hydraulic oil
32 flow into the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic, become the pressure in the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic and top hydraulic working oil chamber III
Greatly;The pressure acts on upper stage plunger 6 by the lower surface of upper stage plunger 6, makes the motion upwards of upper stage plunger 6;At the same time, on
The upper little gear 8 of level plunger module drives upper stage plunger 6 to move upwards by upper deceleration reversing assembly 7, then upper stage plunger 6 is by under
Pressurization and submersible electric machine with oil produced by level plunger module is to the double action of the driving force of upper stage plunger 6;Upper stage plunger 6 to
Spring 5 in upper motion, compression, and power is passed into barrier film 3 by hydraulic oil, make the motion upwards of barrier film 3, in well liquid accommodating cavity V
Middle generation malleation, this malleation forces liquid valve 11 to open (while closing liquid feed valve 10), so that by well liquid accommodating cavity V
Well liquid is expelled in oil pipe 25 by well liquid outlet 2;
When the pressure in bottom hydraulic working oil chamber II and top hydraulic working oil chamber III rises to the unlatching of overflow valve 21
After pressure, overflow valve 21 can be forced to open, it is unnecessary in lower hydraulic oil working chamber II and top hydraulic working oil chamber III
Hydraulic oil can be backflowed to hydraulic oil storage chamber I by hydraulic oil overflow passage 33, so that lower hydraulic oil working chamber II and upper
Pressure in portion's hydraulic working oil chamber III maintains setting value.
After upper deceleration reversing assembly 7 and lower deceleration reversing assembly 16 reset, push rod 17 and subordinate's plunger 18 are acted on
Thrust is disappeared, and push rod 17 and subordinate's plunger 18 are moved upwards in the presence of the reseting elasticity of lower spring 20, now lower hydraulic
Distress resolves in oily working chamber II and top hydraulic working oil chamber III, the volume of lower spring accommodating cavity becomes big and produces negative pressure, one
Section hydraulic oil balances oil duct 32 by hydraulic oil and added in lower spring accommodating cavity, and not enough part is by make-up valve 19 from liquid
Force feed storage chamber I is added in lower spring accommodating cavity through hydraulic oil fluid infusion passage 31;
Upper stage plunger 6 or is moved downward in the reseting elasticity of upper spring 5 in the presence of the driving force of submersible electric machine with oil, is made
Barrier film 3 is moved downward, and negative pressure is produced in well liquid accommodating cavity V, and this negative pressure forces liquid feed valve 10 to be opened (while making liquid valve 11
Close), so that extraneous well liquid is sucked in well liquid accommodating cavity V by well liquid suction inlet 9.
The present invention drives upper stage plunger 6 and subordinate's plunger 18 to do work simultaneously by submersible electric machine with oil, i.e., subordinate's plunger 18 is downward
Upper stage plunger 6 is moved upwards while motion, and moving downward for subordinate's plunger 18 can produce upward power to upper stage plunger 6,
To realize that relay lifts effect, so as to reach higher work lift than common latent oil membrane pump.
The present invention is provided with negative pressure cavity VI in the top of subordinate's plunger 18, when push rod 17 and subordinate's plunger 18 move downward it is same
When upper stage plunger 6 move upwards, the volume of the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic and top hydraulic working oil chamber III is become big, and lower bullet
The volume of spring accommodating cavity diminishes, while negative pressure cavity VI becomes big;Because negative pressure cavity VI becomes big, the volume of lower spring accommodating cavity is set to diminish
Measure the volume that (i.e. the oil extraction volume of lower spring accommodating cavity) is more than the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic and top hydraulic working oil chamber III
Become a large amount of, so that the amount of liquid flowed into from lower spring accommodating cavity is more than the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic and top hydraulic working oil
The volume variable quantity of chamber III, finally makes the pressure in the oily working chamber II of lower hydraulic and top hydraulic working oil chamber III become big.
Although embodiments of the present invention are hereinbefore described in detail, show for those skilled in the art
And be clear to, various modifications and variations can be carried out to these embodiments.However, it is understood that this modifications and variations are all
Belong within the scope and spirit of the present invention described in claims.Moreover, the present invention described herein can have others
Embodiment, and can be practiced or carried out in several ways.