EP2134971A1 - Pump system and method for delivering multi-phase mixtures - Google Patents
Pump system and method for delivering multi-phase mixturesInfo
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- EP2134971A1 EP2134971A1 EP08716841A EP08716841A EP2134971A1 EP 2134971 A1 EP2134971 A1 EP 2134971A1 EP 08716841 A EP08716841 A EP 08716841A EP 08716841 A EP08716841 A EP 08716841A EP 2134971 A1 EP2134971 A1 EP 2134971A1
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D31/00—Pumping liquids and elastic fluids at the same time
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y10S415/00—Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps
- Y10S415/901—Drilled well-type pump
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- the invention relates to a Pumpsystenn for the promotion of multiphase mixtures according to the preamble of claim 1 and a method for the promotion of multiphase mixtures according to the preamble of claim 7 and a conveyor system with such a pumping system.
- a multiphase pump downstream of the separator is used to deliver the liquid fraction, allowing a separator of smaller volume because the multiphase pump is capable of delivering multiphase mixtures having a volumetric gas / liquid ratio greater than 5%.
- the use of multiphase pumps has the disadvantage that the producible delivery height is limited to a maximum of 1000 m.
- the inlet side at least one axial compression stage to reduce the volumethsche gas / liquid ratio of the multiphase mixtures to be promoted so far that then conventional Conveyor stages can be used with radial wheels.
- a common shaft is provided for the axial compression stage and the radial conveyor stages.
- Document US 5 961 282 discloses a pumping device for multiphase mixtures which comprises at least one axial pumping stage and at least one radial pumping stage, which is subsequently arranged at the axial pumping stage.
- the disclosed pumping apparatus is capable of conveying multiphase mixtures of any volumetric gas / liquid ratio, in one example of which a volumetric gas / liquid ratio of at least 40% is mentioned.
- the pumping device for multiphase mixtures disclosed in US Pat. No. 5,961,282 is not economical, especially at higher gas / liquid ratios of, for example, 40% and higher and is not optimal in terms of reliability since a larger number of axial pumping stages are required for higher gas / liquid ratios , which make the pumping device more expensive, and / or higher speeds of 5000 revolutions / minute and more are necessary, which increases the cost of storage and lubrication and has a negative effect on the reliability.
- the object of the invention is to provide a conveyor system and a method for conveying multiphase mixtures, as well as a conveyor system for multiphase mixtures comprising such a conveyor system, which for a volumetric gas / liquid ratio of greater than 20% or greater than 40% or greater than 60% are suitable, and which a comparatively compact and space-saving construction, and, depending on the number of delivery stages, enable delivery heights of 50 m to 2000 m and larger.
- the inventive pumping system for conveying multiphase mixtures comprises a pumping device for multiphase mixtures having at least one liquid phase and at least one gaseous phase.
- the pumping device comprises one or more axial compression stages each having an axial or semi-axial impeller and one or more delivery stages, each with a radial impeller, which are then arranged on the axial compression stage or stages, wherein the pumping system on the inlet side of the pumping device additionally comprises a separator to separate the gaseous phase or a part thereof, and wherein the pumping device is designed for delivery heights greater than 50 m.
- the pumping device is designed to deliver a multiphase mixture having a volumetric gas / liquid ratio of up to 20% or up to 30%.
- the impeller is provided with helico-axially formed blades in one or more or all of the axial compression stages.
- the pumping device for multiphase mixture contains one to six, in particular two to four axial compression stages.
- a return line is provided on the output side of the pump device for multiphase mixtures in order to recycle multiphase mixture into the separator.
- the pumping system comprises a control unit for the speed of the pumping device for To control multi-phase mixtures, wherein at least one level sensor is provided on the separator, which is connected to the control unit to control the level of the liquid phase or phases in the separator by varying the speed of the pumping device.
- Multiphase mixtures having at least one liquid phase and at least one gaseous phase a multiphase mixture is conveyed by means of a pumping device containing one or more axial compression stages each having an axial or semi-axial impeller and one or more delivery stages, each with a radial impeller, which subsequent to the axial compression stage or stages are arranged.
- a pumping device containing one or more axial compression stages each having an axial or semi-axial impeller and one or more delivery stages, each with a radial impeller, which subsequent to the axial compression stage or stages are arranged.
- part of the gaseous phase is separated from the liquid phase, and the liquid phase or the remaining multiphase mixture by means of the pumping device to a delivery height of more than 50 m or more than 100 m or more than 200 m promoted.
- the level of the liquid phase or phases in the separator is detected by means of one or more level sensors and automatically controlled or regulated as needed by varying the speed of the pump device.
- the supply of multiphase mixture is interrupted to the separator when the level in the separator has exceeded a maximum allowable value, and / or the gas outlet from the separator via a gas outlet line by closing the same interrupted when the level in the separator, the inlet of the gas outlet line has reached.
- the delivery flow is interrupted in an outlet-side delivery line connected to the pumping device, for example by means of a reflux valve or shut-off device if the outlet-side delivery pressure and / or delivery flow falls below a minimum value, and in a further advantageous embodiment variant is a multi-phase mixture via a return line returned to the separator when the level in the separator falls below a minimum value.
- the invention comprises a conveyor system comprising a pumping system according to one or more of the above-described embodiments and variants and / or equipped for carrying out a method as described above.
- the inventive pumping system and the inventive method have the advantage that the volume of the separator can be kept small, because thanks to the combination of a separator with a subsequent pumping device for multi-phase mixtures with high gas content to the phase separation in the separator no special requirements must be made.
- the pumping device still satisfactorily conveys the liquid fraction of the multiphase mixture from the separator even if only part of the gaseous phase or phases are separated off and the liquid fraction still contains relatively large amounts of gas.
- the Separatorvolumen can therefore be chosen much smaller than is possible in comparable conveyor systems with radial pumps.
- internals for gas separation in the separator can be largely or completely dispensed with, so that the weight of the separator can be reduced.
- control and regulating methods described in the embodiments and variants make trouble-free operation possible, since the level in the separator is kept at a safe value, even with a small volume thereof, and unwanted operating conditions such as insufficient filling or overfilling of the separator are avoided or at least avoided have no harmful effects on the pumping system.
- both the gas content of the multiphase mixtures to be delivered and the achievable delivery head can be comparatively high.
- the volumetric gas / liquid ratio may be 40% or 60% or more, based on the thermodynamic conditions at the inlet of the pumping system, while depending on the number and design of the radial delivery stages, the head may be between 50 m and 2000 m and more.
- FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a pumping system according to the present invention
- Fig. 2 shows a second embodiment of a pumping system according to the present invention
- Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of a pumping device for use in a pumping system according to the present invention.
- the pumping system 1 shown in FIG. 1 for conveying multiphase mixtures comprises a pumping device 3 for multiphase mixtures having at least one liquid phase and at least one gaseous phase.
- the pumping device 3 includes one or more axial compression stages each having an axial or semi-axial impeller and one or more delivery stages, each with a radial impeller, which are then arranged on the axial compression stage or stages, the pumping system 1 on the inlet side of the pumping device additionally a separator. 2 to separate the gaseous phase or a part thereof, and wherein the pumping device is designed for delivery heights greater than 50 m.
- the pumping device 3 is designed to deliver a multiphase mixture having a volumetric gas / liquid ratio of up to 20% or up to 30%.
- the impeller is provided with helico-axially formed blades in one or more or all of the axial compression stage.
- the pumping device 3 for multiphase mixture contains one to six, in particular two to four axial compression stages. With the specified number of axial compression stages can be economically produced particularly advantageous pumping systems for multi-phase mixtures.
- the pumping system 1 may occasionally include one or more of the additional components described below.
- the pumping system may include an inlet-side delivery line 4, which is conveniently connected to the separator 2 to supply the multiphase mixture to be conveyed to the separator, or a gas outlet line 5, which is conveniently connected to the separator 2, around the part of the separator separated in the separator leading away gaseous phase or phases. If the gaseous phase or phases are under pressure and / or lighter than air, they can escape through the gas outlet conduit 5 without additional funding.
- the pumping system 1 can include an outlet-side delivery line 6, which is expediently connected to an outlet of the pumping device 3 in order to forward liquid phases and / or multiphase mixtures conveyed by the pumping device.
- a reflux valve or shut-off means 8 is provided in the outlet-side delivery line 6 in order to interrupt the delivery flow when the outlet-side delivery pressure and / or delivery flow falls below a minimum value.
- a flow sensor 9 may be provided in the outlet-side delivery line 6.
- the pumping system 1 comprises a drive 13 for driving the pumping device 3 for multiphase mixtures and a control unit 10 which is connected to the drive 13 in order to control the rotational speed of the pumping device.
- at least one level sensor 11 is provided on the separator 2, which is connected to the control unit 10 in order to automatically regulate the level of the liquid phase or phases in the separator by varying the speed of the pumping device 3.
- a return line 7 and a shut-off valve 12 for shutting off the return line are provided on the output side of the pump device 3 for multiphase mixtures in order to recycle multiphase mixture into the separator 2, in particular if the level in the separator falls below a minimum value.
- the pumping system may additionally comprise a shut-off valve or shut-off means 14, which may be connected, for example, to the control unit 10 in order to interrupt the supply of multiphase mixture to the separator 2 via the inlet-side delivery line 4.
- a shut-off valve or shut-off means 14 which may be connected, for example, to the control unit 10 in order to interrupt the supply of multiphase mixture to the separator 2 via the inlet-side delivery line 4.
- the interruption of the supply of multiphase mixture to the separator is particularly advantageous when the level in the separator has exceeded a maximum allowable value.
- Fig. 2 shows a second embodiment of a pumping system for
- the pumping system 1 shown comprises a pumping device 3 for multiphase mixtures having at least one liquid phase and at least one gaseous phase.
- the pumping device 3 includes one or more axial compression stages each having an axial or semi-axial impeller and one or more delivery stages, each with a radial impeller, which are then arranged on the axial compression stage or stages, the pumping system 1 on the inlet side of the pumping device additionally a separator. 2 to separate the gaseous phase or a part thereof, and wherein the pumping device is designed for delivery heights greater than 50 m.
- the second embodiment differs from the first only in that in the second embodiment, a drawn in Fig.
- return line 7 opens into an inlet-side delivery line 4 of the pumping system 1, while in the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, the return line opens into the separator 2.
- the return line 7 serves to return pumped by the pumping device 3 liquid phases and multiphase mixtures in the separator 2 and to avoid excessive reduction of the level in the separator.
- the recycled multiphase mixture is subjected in the separator to the same separation process as the freshly supplied multiphase mixture.
- a shut-off valve 15 for shutting off a gas outlet line 5 of the separator which, however, represents only one embodiment, which will be described separately below, since it can be used independently of the embodiment.
- the shut-off valve 14 described in the context of Fig. 1, however, is not shown again in Fig. 2, although it also represents a variant embodiment, which can be used independently of the embodiment.
- the remaining features, characteristics, and embodiments and variants of the second embodiment are identical to those of the first embodiment
- the pumping system may comprise a shut-off valve or shut-off means 15, which may be connected, for example, to the control unit 10, to one connected to the separator 2
- shut-off gas outlet line 5 is particularly advantageous when the level in the separator has exceeded a maximum allowable value, for example, when the level reaches the gas outlet line.
- Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of a pumping device 30 for conveying multiphase mixtures for use in a pumping system according to the present invention.
- the pump device 30 comprises a first stage group with one or more, for example two axial compression stages 41.1, 41.2, each with one axial or semi-axial impeller to reduce the volumetric gas / liquid ratio of the multi-phase mixtures and to homogenize the phase distribution thereof, and additionally a second stage group with at least one conveyor stage 21.1 with a radial impeller 25.1, which is arranged on the outlet side of the first stage group.
- the one or more axial compression stages 41.1, 41.2 may, for example, be designed in accordance with the pumping or compression stages described in document GB-A-1 561 454 or document EP 0 486 877 A1.
- the first stage group may include one or more axial compression stages with an axial impeller on the inlet side and one or more axial compression stages with a semi-axial impeller on the outlet side.
- the second stage group of the pumping device 30 may be equipped with, for example, two, three, four or more delivery stages for conveying multiphase mixtures to obtain larger delivery heights, as shown in FIG.
- the axial compression stages 41.1, 41.2 of the first stage group and the radial delivery stages 21.1 of the second stage group are each arranged in series.
- the one or more axial compression stages 41.1, 41.2 of the first stage group each comprise an impeller 45.1, 45.2, which is helico-axially and / or helico-axially closed and / or semi-axial, and on which one or more blades, in particular at least two blades are formed.
- the blades are mounted, for example, on a hub, which may be mounted on a shaft 32 of the pumping device 30 for conveying multi-phase mixtures.
- the ratio between the inside and outside diameters of the one or more blades is typically between 0.3 and 0.95 on the inlet side and advantageously between 0.6 and 0.9.
- the one or more blades may, for example, have an entry angle between 2 ° and 50 °, and preferably between 4 ° and 25 °, and an exit angle that is between the entry angle and 60 °, and preferably between the entry angle and 25 °.
- the blades may have a profile formed by intersecting them with the surface of a cylinder coaxial with the impeller, in which the angle of inclination of the profile to the axial direction decreases continuously from the leading edge of the blade to the trailing edge, for example by the profile in the immediate vicinity Environment of
- the leading edge has substantially no curvature and in that the steepness of a curve of the blade profile curvature as a function of the axial distance from the leading edge with increasing distance from the leading edge constantly increases.
- the first step group comprises a first housing 43, 43 'and the second step group a second housing 23, 23', wherein the two housings 43, 43 ', 23, 23' are interconnected, and wherein the two housing a plurality of housing parts 43, 43 ', 23, 23' may be constructed.
- the first and second stage group comprises a common
- the one or more axial compression stages 41.1, 41.2 of the first stage group and the at least one conveyor stage 21.1 of the second stage group each comprise an impeller 45.1, 45.2, 25.1-25.4 and a guide 44.1, 44.2. 26.1, wherein the guide 44.2 of the last axial compression stage 41.2 of the first stage group is fluidly connected to the impeller 25.1 of the first conveyor stage 21.1 of the second stage group, for example via one or more connection channels or so-called return channels 36, in the housing or 33, 43rd , 43 ', 23, 23' are provided.
- guide elements 34 may be provided in the connection or return ducts 36.
- one or more of the axial compression stages 41.1, 41.2 of the first stage group each comprise a diffuser 44.1, 44.2, in particular a diffuser with a plurality Guide elements, which is fixedly connected to the first housing 43, 43 'and / or common housing 33.
- the guide elements may be formed as blades, wherein the diffuser may for example have between 6 and 50 blades, preferably between 12 and 30 blades.
- the blades can eg in
- the diffuser is advantageously provided in the center with a hub or sheath having a decreasing diameter in the conveying direction and, if necessary, a section line in an axial longitudinal section , which runs parallel to the inlet and / or outlet on the axis.
- the one or more axial compression stages 41.1, 41.2 of the first stage group and the at least one conveyor stage 21.1 of the second stage group have a common axis of rotation, for example by the one or more wheels 45.1, 45.2 of the one or more axial compression stages and the radial Impeller 25.1 the at least one conveyor stage on a common shaft 32, 42 are arranged.
- the common shaft may have a modified, preferably enlarged diameter in the area 42 of the first step group or a corresponding hub with an enlarged diameter.
- the first and second stage group of the pumping device 30 for conveying multiphase mixtures with a common drive which is not shown in Fig. 3, provided.
- the impeller 25.1 advantageously comprises one or more blades for accelerating the multiphase mixtures to be delivered in at least partially radial direction.
- the impeller may be open, semi-open or closed.
- the conveyor stage 21.1 comprises a housing 33, 23, which may be composed of several housing parts 23, 23 ', for example.
- a guide device 26.1 is formed in the housing, which connects externally to the impeller 25.1 and, for example via an annular space with the impeller of the next conveyor stage or the outlet the pumping device 30 may be connected to promote multi-phase mixtures.
- the pumping device 30 is designed to deliver multiphase mixtures for a volumetric gas / liquid ratio of up to 15% or up to 20% or up to 30%, based on the thermodynamic conditions at the inlet of the first axial compression stage of the first stage group.
- a multiphase mixture is conveyed by means of a pumping device 3, which contains one or more axial compression stages, each with an axial or semi-axial impeller and one or more delivery stages, each with a radial impeller, which are then arranged on the axial compression stage or stages.
- the gaseous phase or a part thereof is separated, and the liquid phase or the remaining multiphase mixture by means of the pumping device to a delivery height of more than 50 m or more than 100 m or more than 200 m promoted.
- the level of the liquid phase or phases in the separator 2 is detected by means of one or more level sensors 11 and automatically controlled or regulated as needed by varying the speed of the pumping device 3.
- the supply of multiphase mixture to the separator 2 is interrupted, for example by means of a shut-off valve 14 when the level in the separator has exceeded a maximum allowable value, and / or the gas outlet from the Separator 2 via a gas outlet line 5 by closing the same interrupted, for example by means of a check valve 15 when the level in the separator has exceeded a maximum allowable value, for example, when the level has reached the inlet of the gas outlet line 5.
- the flow in an outlet connected to the pumping device 3 delivery line 6 is interrupted, for example by means of a return valve or shut-off 8 when the outlet side discharge pressure and / or flow falls below a minimum value, and in a further advantageous embodiment is about a return line 7 multi-phase mixture returned to the separator 2 when the level falls below a minimum value.
- the invention comprises a conveyor system comprising a pumping system for conveying multiphase mixtures according to one or more of the above-described embodiments and variants and / or equipped for carrying out a method as described above.
- the above-described pumping system and the method described above for conveying multiphase mixtures are suitable for volumetric gas / liquid ratios of greater than 40% or greater than 60%, allow a comparatively compact and space-saving design and safe operation despite highly fluctuating supply of To be promoted multi-phase mixture and allow depending on the number of stages conveyor heads from 50 m to 2000 m and larger.
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