US20150288311A1 - Method and Apparatus for Control of a Synchronous Permanent Magnet Motor, Particularly Over a Long Cable in a Well - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to the control of synchronous permanent magnet motors, particularly though not exclusively in a downhole environment such as a hydrocarbon (oil, gas, or mixed oil and gas) well.
- a hydrocarbon oil, gas, or mixed oil and gas
- Permanent magnet motors are anticipated to replace the standard induction motor in downhole ESP applications. Due to their power density compared to current technologies and to their high efficiency due their built in excitation, it is expected that they will competing more and more with induction motor based ESP systems.
- Brushless permanent magnet motors conventionally comprise a rotor having permanent magnets, and a stator winding which induces the rotor to turn.
- the motor is supplied with current, which is electronically commutated to energise different parts of the winding as the rotor turns.
- the rotor position is determined.
- This can be a position sensor to coordinate the variable speed drive device switching with the position of the motor back-EMF.
- This typically requires a Hall effect device based position sensor, a resolver or encoder to provide three signals shifted 120° that are used by the variable speed drive (VSD) to time the signals to the devices. Due to the harsh nature of the environment, these position sensors are not reliable and may not survive the prevailing well temperature. Alternatively sensorless algorithms have been developed which deduce the rotor position from the motor back emf, which however can be very unreliable at motor start up and at low speeds if the motor is under load.
- a synchronous motor runs at the same speed as the supply frequency to its armature.
- the actual speed in revolution per minute (rpm) is a function of supply frequency and the number of pole pairs of the field.
- synchronous motors require a start-up sequence to ensure that the rotor gains speed without locking.
- Direct on-line starting methods seldom work on synchronous machines.
- the amount of torque to be generated by the interaction of the field with the armature current depends on the magnitude of the rotor field and the stator currents. It is the interaction between these fields that generates the torque required to accelerate the rotor and supply the torque required by the load. Ideally these fields must be in quadrature (90 Electrical Degrees) to maximize the torque generation. So for a successful start, the amount of current supplied to the stator has to be adequate and the rate at which the motor is accelerated needs to be consistent with the torque generated. Conventionally, there are two ways to do this, both being closed-loop methodologies:
- a physical position sensor is provided, and maximum torque is ensured by maintaining a 90° angular relationship between the rotor field and armature currents.
- the distance of the position sensor for example, some 3000 m from the drive is prohibitive and furthermore the reliability of such systems is reduced by the addition of additional devices and associated cables.
- the position sensor means indicates when the switches and open or closed to supply stator currents, and typically comprises either a Hall effect sensor or a group of optical devices positioned 120° apart.
- the signals from the three sensors are used to generate the gating signals.
- the current level is controlled to set the torque level so thus acceleration.
- sensorless methods make use of direct measurements of voltage and current and from the voltage equation estimate the position by integration methods. Such methods are difficult to use in ESP systems, primarily because of the long cables between the motor and the drive and the fact that in the majority of cases cable impedances are non-symmetrical due to the flat configuration of the cable, which is typically supported by strapping it to the production tubing. The voltages and current are therefore no longer balanced and therefore estimation methods are no longer accurate. Position errors therefore lead to lower stability margin of the system and may lead to the motor losing synch during transients or when there is gas in the well and the motor loses load momentarily.
- a method of controlling an electric power supply to a synchronous permanent magnet motor having a plurality of windings so as to accelerate the motor through a range of speed from rest comprising:
- V V 0+ vf _Ratio* f
- V 0 is an initial constant voltage
- vf_Ratio is a constant ratio of voltage over frequency
- V 0 being sufficient to supply sufficient current to generate the required torque to turn the motor from stationary
- the vf_Ratio being sufficient to ensure excess torque is available during the start-up period and during operation to overcome any transient load that may be present, and the power supply is controlled independently of any rotor position signal.
- a method of controlling an electric power supply to a synchronous permanent magnet motor driving a load and having a plurality of windings, each winding being supplied with power at a root mean square supply voltage V 3 and a supply frequency via a respective conductor, so as to accelerate the motor through a range of speed from rest comprising: determining system parameters including characteristics of the load, the impedance and back-emf of the motor and the impedance of each of the conductors;
- the said ratio between the supply voltage V 3 and supply frequency is determined based on said system parameters to provide a desired rate of acceleration determined by the supply voltage.
- a system comprises:
- a synchronous permanent magnet motor deployed in a wellbore and driving a load and having a plurality of windings
- control apparatus is configured to supply each winding with a root mean square supply voltage V applied at a supply frequency f via a respective conductor according to the expression
- V V 0+ vf _Ratio* f
- V 0 is an initial constant voltage
- vf_Ratio is a constant ratio of voltage over frequency
- V 0 being sufficient to supply sufficient current to generate the required torque to turn the motor from stationary
- the vf_Ratio being sufficient to ensure excess torque is available during the start-up period and during operation to overcome any transient load that may be present, and the power supply is controlled independently of any rotor position signal.
- the motor may be arranged to drive an electric submersible pump, particularly a pump comprising a centrifugal impeller driven by the motor.
- each conductor is at least 50 m in length, still more where each conductor is at least 600 m in length, yet more where each conductor is at least 3000 m in length.
- FIG. 1A is a side view of a motor disposed in a well and controlled by a control system
- FIG. 1B is a diagrammatic view of the motor control system
- FIG. 2 is a graph showing the voltage:frequency (V:f) ratio
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the motor current:supply voltage (I:V) relationship at one frequency
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing the motor current:supply voltage (I:V) relationship at five frequencies corresponding to the range of speed of the motor.
- FIG. 5 is an equivalent circuit diagram representing the motor and cable together with an isolation transformer.
- an electric submersible pump comprises a pump 14 powered by an electric motor 13 via a gearbox 16 , which is lowered down a cased well 18 on, for example, coiled tubing 15 .
- An electric cable 17 extends from the surface to supply the motor with electricity.
- the pump 14 draws well fluid in through an inlet 19 and into the coiled tubing 15 .
- a brushless DC motor having the following described control system is ideal.
- the long cable could alternatively be attached to the casing of the well, so that the ESP mates with an electrical connector when it reaches the desired destination.
- a microcontroller 10 controls a voltage control unit 20 and a pulse-width modulation controller unit 30 .
- Power 27 is supplied and rectified in a rectification unit 25 , before fed to windings of the stator of the permanent magnet motor 40 by switching unit 35 .
- the rectification unit also supplies power at the steady voltage maintained by the voltage control unit 20 , and the switching unit 35 , under the control of the pulse-width modulation controller unit 30 , supplies a number of windings (not shown) via supply lines 37 so that the poles (also not shown) of the permanent magnets on the rotor are attracted and/or repelled by the windings so that the rotor is caused to turn.
- the pulse-width modulation controller unit 30 controls the frequency with which the windings are switched on and off, each winding having the same frequency but out of phase with the other windings.
- the microprocessor 10 responds to an input 12 , which may be either an on-off signal for the motor to operate at a predetermined speed, or a speed at which the motor is to rotate.
- the motor 40 is a synchronous permanent magnet brushless AC motor which is electronically commutated (i.e. supplied with an appropriate waveform so as to intermittently excite each of its windings) by insulated gate bipolar transistor switches within the switching unit 35 .
- the pulse width modulation controller unit 30 provides both frequency and voltage control by switching the supply so as to provide pulses (e.g. a sinusoidal or square wave supply) to each winding and determining the frequency of that supply, and defining the width of the DC pulses so as to define the root mean square voltage.
- pulses e.g. a sinusoidal or square wave supply
- the voltage control unit 20 operates in a conventional way to ensure a constant, ripple free DC supply from the rectifier 25 to the switching unit 35 . Since the pulse width modulation controller unit 30 controls both the magnitude and the frequency of the voltage supplied to the motor windings, in a simplified system the voltage control unit 20 may be dispensed with, whereby the rectification unit 25 may then comprise a passive rectifier.
- the microprocessor controls the voltage V supplied to a winding and the frequency f at which the supply is switched on and off in a relationship shown, and which also expressed
- V V 0+ vf _Ratio* f
- V 0 is an initial constant voltage
- Vf_Ratio (elsewhere indicated as V:f ratio) is the ratio of voltage over frequency (i.e. Vn/fn).
- the motor operates in synchronous mode.
- the initial voltage setting V 0 is selected to ensure that there is enough current to generate the required torque to start-up the motor.
- the slope of the V-f relationship is selected to ensure excess torque is available during the start-up period and during operation to overcome any transient load that may be present while maintaining current below limits.
- the motor is operated in synchronous mode using a voltage to frequency ramp which is selected to ensure that optimal excess torque is present during the start-up period.
- the voltage V for full speed operation is set to ensure the motor operates in the stable region. Operation at the left hand side of the minimum current in FIG. 3 makes the motor vulnerable to loss of synchronism under momentary load transients.
- the acceleration time (the time it takes the motor to reach full operating speed from a stationary position) and thus the acceleration rate is selected to ensure adequate start time within the operational requirements of the equipment in the field to preserve the life of the equipment.
- the novel method is applied to an electrical submersible pump system that includes a motor driving a centrifugal pump and a power supply cable that can be in excess of 600 m and typically in the range of 3000 m to 7500 m.
- a step-up isolation transformer between the drive circuit and the motor is sometimes necessary (represented by Isolation Tx in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 ).
- Isolation Tx in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 .
- the use of such devices as isolation transformers makes conventional startup and operation of motors in such application even harder due to the loss of phase information across the transformer.
- the novel method is advantageously immune to loss of phase information as the current is inherently set by the magnitude of the voltage supply at a given frequency.
- the novel method is fully open loop and does not rely on direct sensing of the motor parameters in operation, but instead on intimate knowledge of the motor characteristics of impedance and back-emf and also on the supply cable characteristics, all of which may readily be determined from specifications and by conventional measurement techniques in the field, preferably before deployment in the well or other use situation.
- the start parameters of the system are established, wherein the start characteristics comprise an initial voltage and a ramp.
- the principal parameters required to establish the start characteristics are motor impedances and back-emf, and cable impedance.
- the voltage at a given frequency is set to generate stator currents that are enough to generate torque for acceleration and load with margin to cater for transient loads.
- the initial voltage is set to generate enough current at standstill to generate enough torque to overcome any bearing friction.
- the voltage is set in a predetermined way and programmed into the drive, and the voltage as a function of frequency is determined from the motor and cable characteristics.
- the equation that governs operation is thus predetermined based on motor and cable characteristics and incorporated into the drive system as a hardware or software component.
- the voltage applied to the motor acts against the back-emf generated on the motor at that speed.
- the resulting current is a result of the difference between the supply voltage and back-emf applied to the impedance of the motor and cable. Therefore, the level of current is set by the level of voltage applied to the motor.
- the level of torque at a given speed is a fixed quantity, the component of the current that would generate the required torque in conjunction with a given back-emf is also fixed. Therefore, the level of voltage supply is important. Too much voltage will generate current in excess with what is required so leading to much reactive power contributing to the motor heating. Too little voltage will not generate the required current so the motor with drop out of step. So there is a fine balance to be reached for a given motor/cable system. This balance is achieved by determining the system parameters and then maintaining the V:f relationship as set forth herein.
- FIG. 5 A simplified per-phase equivalent circuit of a motor system is shown in FIG. 5 .
- the motor is characterized by its back-emf and its inductance and resistance.
- the cable is characterised by its impedance which is a function of conductor gauge, length and lay-up.
- the back-emf E is a function of speed and it is constant at a given speed.
- the component of current that is in phase with the back emf is the component that generates the torque.
- the component of the current that is perpendicular to back-emf generates reactive power which circulates. Some of this current is necessary as it accounts for the reactive drop in the motor and cable inductance and any excess beyond a small amount is only generated as power (I 2 R) losses and does not contribute to torque generation. It is therefore clear that the supply voltage has to be selected to within a narrow range to supply the torque, the reactive drop and a small margin to cover for increased torque required during transients.
- the phase rms current as a function of supply voltage follows a square law with a minimum current encountered at a specific voltage level.
- the other fixed quantity is the back-emf of the motor as it is proportional to speed.
- the current magnitude and angular relationship to the supply voltage V and back-emf E ( FIG. 5 ) are all dependent of the magnitude of the voltage V applied at a given frequency.
- the real component of the current Isupply is fixed and driven by the torque required to drive the load at that given frequency. There are voltage supply conditions where the phase relationship between V and E result in increasing current while the supply voltage is reduced.
- the load is a centrifugal pump with characteristics where the load torque is the square of the speed and the power is cubic law of the speed.
- the permanent magnet synchronous machine is capable of developing constant torque when supplied with constant current at any speed. Due to this characteristics, permanent magnet synchronous machines are well suited to accelerate load with square law as a function of speed.
- FIG. 4 shows a plurality of I:V curves, each representing a different frequency in the frequency range of the supply to the motor, corresponding to the speed range of the motor, wherein the locus of the respective optimal operating points of each of the I:V curves is represented by the broken line.
- the voltage:frequency (V:f) ratio may be a single value or may be a piecewise linear function.
- the single value to be used is selected based on the location of the locus of the minimum currents ( FIG. 4 ). This value needs to ensure that at any frequency point between the start frequency and the end frequency, the operating point is always at least slightly at the right hand side of the locus as shown in FIG. 4 and hence in the region of stable operation of the motor.
- the V:f ratio is a constant quantity that is derived from the required acceleration of the system balanced by the need to cool the motor. As the cooling to the motor is provided by the pumped fluid, the acceleration and current levels must be balanced to ensure that the pumped fluid can cool the amount of losses generated during acceleration period.
- V [supplied to winding] C 1+ C 2* f
- C2 is the ratio of Vn and fn ( FIG. 2 ) where Vn is nominal root mean square (RMS) voltage at nominal speed and fn is the supply frequency at nominal speed.
- Vn is nominal root mean square (RMS) voltage at nominal speed
- fn is the supply frequency at nominal speed.
- Supply frequency is stated in Hz and is related to speed and motor pole pairs as follows:
- the invention may advantageously be employed in ESP systems with synchronous permanent magnet motors, particularly those that have a cable length in excess of 50 m and that are supplied either directly from the drive or through a step-up transformer.
- it may advantageously be used for ESP systems wherein the motor is connected to a centrifugal pump.
- the initial voltage (V 0 ) is applied when the motor is at standstill or static condition.
- the current that results for this initial voltage is only limited by the resistance of the winding and the cable.
- an initial voltage is selected that would result in about 30% of rated current at start-up to overcome any stiction or friction.
- the initial voltage may be calculated by multiplying the desired current by the line resistance of the motor and its associated cable.
- the curve is dependent on the load conditions, whereby a set of I:V curves can be generated in accordance with the conventional art that are related to the load at a given frequency.
- the start characteristics are selected for the full load condition of the motor, so that the I:V curve will guarantee that the motor will start at any load condition. This provides a single characteristic that will accommodate steady-state as well as system transients.
- V 0 The initial voltage (V 0 ) inherently adds to the voltage margin to allow for acceleration and transients at start-up or at low speed. However, as the speed increases this effect of the initial voltage value reduces, and so allowance is made for the required acceleration and transients within the V:f ratio and the associated margin obtained from the I:V curves.
- the desired acceleration rate to suit the operating conditions of the system can be obtained by selecting an appropriate V:f ratio ( FIG. 2 ), whereby current is supplied to compensate for the acceleration torque in accordance with the known relationship: J ⁇ dw/dt.
- the acceleration rate is dictated by the difference between the electromagnetic torque generated at the motor shaft and the load torque (comprising pump load, friction and any other losses). This difference drives the J ⁇ dw/dt thus the dw/dt or acceleration.
- the rate of acceleration is determined by the rate at which the voltage is varied as a function of time.
- the electromagnetic torque is dictated by the supplied current which in turn is a result of applied voltage, it is possible to ensure sufficient current to maintain the desired acceleration by selecting a V:f ratio that is consistent with the required acceleration rate.
- V V 0+ vf*f
- Supply frequency as a function of time at given acceleration rate is defined as:
- Accel is Acceleration rate
- the required torque at a given speed is augmented by providing the acceleration torque to be approximately proportional to the acceleration rate.
- a faster acceleration rate may therefore be obtained by increasing the V:f ratio as required by the operating conditions of the system.
- the novel method may be applied to all synchronous motors with permanent magnet excitation or current excitation.
- permanent magnet motors it may be applied to both brushless-DC motors (motors with trapezoidal back-emf) and brushless-AC motors (motors with sinewave back-emf).
- a method of controlling an electric power supply to a synchronous permanent magnet motor driving a load and having a plurality of windings, each winding being supplied with power at a root mean square supply voltage V 3 and a supply frequency via a respective conductor, so as to accelerate the motor through a range of speed from rest comprises determining system parameters including characteristics of the load, the impedance and back-emf of the motor and the impedance of each of the conductors; determining based on said system parameters a root mean square first voltage V 0 at which the supply generates torque in the motor at rest sufficient to start the motor in rotation; determining based on said system parameters a ratio between the supply voltage V 3 and supply frequency, wherein the ratio defines, for each of a range of supply frequencies corresponding to the range of speed of the rotating motor, a root mean square second voltage V 2 at which current flowing through each winding increases with both increase and decrease in voltage, and V 2 >V 0 ;
- the supply voltage V 3 is maintained with respect to supply frequency at a value just sufficiently above V 2 to ensure stable operation, whereby V 3 ⁇ 1.3*V 2 , more preferably V 3 ⁇ 1.2*V 2 , still more preferably V 3 ⁇ 1.1*V 2 , although these values may be modified in practice to reflect the desired acceleration rate and system parameters (e.g. transient loads resulting from impure wellbore fluids or the like) of any given installation.
- the first voltage V 0 is preferably determined as that voltage at which the supply generates torque in the motor at rest slightly in excess of that required to overcome starting loads, for example, not more than 130%, more preferably not more than 120%, still more preferably not more than about 110% of that voltage at which the supply is calculated based on the system parameters to generate torque in the motor at rest just sufficient to start the motor in rotation.
- a preferred embodiment provides a synchronous permanent magnet motor which is controlled independently of position sensing means by determining the system parameters including the motor impedance and back-emf and the cable impedance and supplying power according to a predefined voltage:frequency ratio which is determined based on said system parameters to provide a desired rate of acceleration determined by the supply voltage.
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- The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/811,418, filed Feb. 26, 2013 by Philip Head, et al. and entitled “Method and Apparatus for Control of a Synchronous Permanent Magnet Motor, Particularly Over a Long Cable in a Well,” which is a national phase filing under 35 U.S.C. 371 of International Application No. PCT/GB2011/051402, filed Jul. 22, 2011, which claims the benefit of and priority to United Kingdom Patent Application No. 1012321.4, filed Jul. 22, 2010, all of these applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- This invention relates to the control of synchronous permanent magnet motors, particularly though not exclusively in a downhole environment such as a hydrocarbon (oil, gas, or mixed oil and gas) well.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- Permanent magnet motors are anticipated to replace the standard induction motor in downhole ESP applications. Due to their power density compared to current technologies and to their high efficiency due their built in excitation, it is expected that they will competing more and more with induction motor based ESP systems.
- Brushless permanent magnet motors conventionally comprise a rotor having permanent magnets, and a stator winding which induces the rotor to turn. The motor is supplied with current, which is electronically commutated to energise different parts of the winding as the rotor turns.
- Conventional art as exemplified by US 2009/0146592 A1 and JP 2001025282 relies upon closed loop control methods to start and operate a synchronous motor. These involve either direct measurements or estimation of control quantities like position from directly measurable quantities like voltages and currents.
- In order to control the rotor, the rotor position is determined. This can be a position sensor to coordinate the variable speed drive device switching with the position of the motor back-EMF. This typically requires a Hall effect device based position sensor, a resolver or encoder to provide three signals shifted 120° that are used by the variable speed drive (VSD) to time the signals to the devices. Due to the harsh nature of the environment, these position sensors are not reliable and may not survive the prevailing well temperature. Alternatively sensorless algorithms have been developed which deduce the rotor position from the motor back emf, which however can be very unreliable at motor start up and at low speeds if the motor is under load.
- A synchronous motor runs at the same speed as the supply frequency to its armature. The actual speed in revolution per minute (rpm) is a function of supply frequency and the number of pole pairs of the field. Unlike asynchronous motors, synchronous motors require a start-up sequence to ensure that the rotor gains speed without locking. Direct on-line starting methods seldom work on synchronous machines. The amount of torque to be generated by the interaction of the field with the armature current depends on the magnitude of the rotor field and the stator currents. It is the interaction between these fields that generates the torque required to accelerate the rotor and supply the torque required by the load. Ideally these fields must be in quadrature (90 Electrical Degrees) to maximize the torque generation. So for a successful start, the amount of current supplied to the stator has to be adequate and the rate at which the motor is accelerated needs to be consistent with the torque generated. Conventionally, there are two ways to do this, both being closed-loop methodologies:
- (i) A physical position sensor is provided, and maximum torque is ensured by maintaining a 90° angular relationship between the rotor field and armature currents. In ESP applications, the distance of the position sensor, for example, some 3000 m from the drive is prohibitive and furthermore the reliability of such systems is reduced by the addition of additional devices and associated cables.
- The position sensor means indicates when the switches and open or closed to supply stator currents, and typically comprises either a Hall effect sensor or a group of optical devices positioned 120° apart. The signals from the three sensors are used to generate the gating signals. In such systems, the current level is controlled to set the torque level so thus acceleration.
- (ii) Alternative, sensorless methods make use of direct measurements of voltage and current and from the voltage equation estimate the position by integration methods. Such methods are difficult to use in ESP systems, primarily because of the long cables between the motor and the drive and the fact that in the majority of cases cable impedances are non-symmetrical due to the flat configuration of the cable, which is typically supported by strapping it to the production tubing. The voltages and current are therefore no longer balanced and therefore estimation methods are no longer accurate. Position errors therefore lead to lower stability margin of the system and may lead to the motor losing synch during transients or when there is gas in the well and the motor loses load momentarily.
- It is an object of the present invention to provide a more satisfactory way of controlling a synchronous permanent magnet motor, particularly in downhole applications where the conductors are of great length.
- Accordingly in its various aspects the present invention provides a method and system as defined in the claims.
- In accordance with an embodiment, a method of controlling an electric power supply to a synchronous permanent magnet motor having a plurality of windings so as to accelerate the motor through a range of speed from rest, comprising:
- supplying each winding with a root mean square supply voltage V applied at a supply frequency f via a respective conductor according to the expression
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V=V0+vf_Ratio*f - wherein V0 is an initial constant voltage, vf_Ratio is a constant ratio of voltage over frequency, V0 being sufficient to supply sufficient current to generate the required torque to turn the motor from stationary, and the vf_Ratio being sufficient to ensure excess torque is available during the start-up period and during operation to overcome any transient load that may be present, and the power supply is controlled independently of any rotor position signal.
- In accordance with another embodiment, a method of controlling an electric power supply to a synchronous permanent magnet motor driving a load and having a plurality of windings, each winding being supplied with power at a root mean square supply voltage V3 and a supply frequency via a respective conductor, so as to accelerate the motor through a range of speed from rest, comprising: determining system parameters including characteristics of the load, the impedance and back-emf of the motor and the impedance of each of the conductors;
- determining based on said system parameters a root mean square first voltage V0 at which the supply generates torque in the motor at rest sufficient to start the motor in rotation;
- determining based on said system parameters a ratio between the supply voltage V3 and supply frequency, wherein the ratio defines, for each of a range of supply frequencies corresponding to the range of speed of the rotating motor, a root mean square second voltage V2 at which current flowing through each winding increases with both increase and decrease in voltage, and V2>V0;
- supplying power to each winding at the first voltage V0 so as to start the motor from rest;
- and progressively increasing both the supply voltage and the supply frequency while maintaining the supply voltage V3 with respect to supply frequency at a value sufficiently in excess of V2 to ensure stable operation of the motor until the motor has reached a desired operating speed;
- wherein the said ratio between the supply voltage V3 and supply frequency is determined based on said system parameters to provide a desired rate of acceleration determined by the supply voltage.
- In accordance with another embodiment, a system comprises:
- a synchronous permanent magnet motor deployed in a wellbore and driving a load and having a plurality of windings,
- and a control apparatus for supplying each winding with power at a root mean square supply voltage V3 and a supply frequency via a respective conductor,
- wherein the control apparatus is configured to supply each winding with a root mean square supply voltage V applied at a supply frequency f via a respective conductor according to the expression
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V=V0+vf_Ratio*f - wherein V0 is an initial constant voltage, vf_Ratio is a constant ratio of voltage over frequency, V0 being sufficient to supply sufficient current to generate the required torque to turn the motor from stationary, and the vf_Ratio being sufficient to ensure excess torque is available during the start-up period and during operation to overcome any transient load that may be present, and the power supply is controlled independently of any rotor position signal.
- The motor may be arranged to drive an electric submersible pump, particularly a pump comprising a centrifugal impeller driven by the motor.
- The system is particularly advantageous where each conductor is at least 50 m in length, still more where each conductor is at least 600 m in length, yet more where each conductor is at least 3000 m in length.
- Further features and advantages will be apparent from the illustrative embodiment of the invention which will now be described, purely by way of example and without limitation to the scope of the claims, and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1A is a side view of a motor disposed in a well and controlled by a control system; -
FIG. 1B is a diagrammatic view of the motor control system; -
FIG. 2 is a graph showing the voltage:frequency (V:f) ratio; -
FIG. 3 is a graph showing the motor current:supply voltage (I:V) relationship at one frequency; -
FIG. 4 is a graph showing the motor current:supply voltage (I:V) relationship at five frequencies corresponding to the range of speed of the motor; and -
FIG. 5 is an equivalent circuit diagram representing the motor and cable together with an isolation transformer. - Referring to
FIG. 1A , an electric submersible pump comprises apump 14 powered by anelectric motor 13 via agearbox 16, which is lowered down a cased well 18 on, for example,coiled tubing 15. Anelectric cable 17 extends from the surface to supply the motor with electricity. Thepump 14 draws well fluid in through aninlet 19 and into the coiledtubing 15. In a downhole application such as this, particularly where the motor is powered using a long cable, a brushless DC motor having the following described control system is ideal. The long cable could alternatively be attached to the casing of the well, so that the ESP mates with an electrical connector when it reaches the desired destination. - Systems of this type are typically supplied with power from a 3-phase AC source. The AC voltages are converted to DC by a rectifier that is supported by capacitors to ensure ripple free DC output, also called a DC-Link. It is from this DC-Link that the voltages supplied to the motor are generated, typically by Pulsed Width Modulation (PWM) techniques but alternatively by simpler methods such as six-step or a combination of PWM and six-step, referred to as a hybrid method.
- Referring to
FIG. 1B , amicrocontroller 10 controls avoltage control unit 20 and a pulse-widthmodulation controller unit 30.Power 27 is supplied and rectified in arectification unit 25, before fed to windings of the stator of thepermanent magnet motor 40 by switchingunit 35. The rectification unit also supplies power at the steady voltage maintained by thevoltage control unit 20, and the switchingunit 35, under the control of the pulse-widthmodulation controller unit 30, supplies a number of windings (not shown) viasupply lines 37 so that the poles (also not shown) of the permanent magnets on the rotor are attracted and/or repelled by the windings so that the rotor is caused to turn. The pulse-widthmodulation controller unit 30, and ultimately themicroprocessor 10 controls the frequency with which the windings are switched on and off, each winding having the same frequency but out of phase with the other windings. Themicroprocessor 10 responds to aninput 12, which may be either an on-off signal for the motor to operate at a predetermined speed, or a speed at which the motor is to rotate. - The
motor 40 is a synchronous permanent magnet brushless AC motor which is electronically commutated (i.e. supplied with an appropriate waveform so as to intermittently excite each of its windings) by insulated gate bipolar transistor switches within the switchingunit 35. - The pulse width
modulation controller unit 30 provides both frequency and voltage control by switching the supply so as to provide pulses (e.g. a sinusoidal or square wave supply) to each winding and determining the frequency of that supply, and defining the width of the DC pulses so as to define the root mean square voltage. - The
voltage control unit 20 operates in a conventional way to ensure a constant, ripple free DC supply from therectifier 25 to theswitching unit 35. Since the pulse widthmodulation controller unit 30 controls both the magnitude and the frequency of the voltage supplied to the motor windings, in a simplified system thevoltage control unit 20 may be dispensed with, whereby therectification unit 25 may then comprise a passive rectifier. - Referring also to
FIG. 2 , the microprocessor controls the voltage V supplied to a winding and the frequency f at which the supply is switched on and off in a relationship shown, and which also expressed -
V=V0+vf_Ratio*f - where V0 is an initial constant voltage, vf_Ratio (elsewhere indicated as V:f ratio) is the ratio of voltage over frequency (i.e. Vn/fn).
- The motor operates in synchronous mode. The initial voltage setting V0 is selected to ensure that there is enough current to generate the required torque to start-up the motor. Similarly, the slope of the V-f relationship is selected to ensure excess torque is available during the start-up period and during operation to overcome any transient load that may be present while maintaining current below limits.
- The motor is operated in synchronous mode using a voltage to frequency ramp which is selected to ensure that optimal excess torque is present during the start-up period.
- Referring to
FIG. 3 , the voltage V for full speed operation is set to ensure the motor operates in the stable region. Operation at the left hand side of the minimum current inFIG. 3 makes the motor vulnerable to loss of synchronism under momentary load transients. - The acceleration time (the time it takes the motor to reach full operating speed from a stationary position) and thus the acceleration rate is selected to ensure adequate start time within the operational requirements of the equipment in the field to preserve the life of the equipment.
- It will be seen that providing V0 and vf_Ratio are sufficient, no sensor circuitry is required.
- In a preferred embodiment, the novel method is applied to an electrical submersible pump system that includes a motor driving a centrifugal pump and a power supply cable that can be in excess of 600 m and typically in the range of 3000 m to 7500 m. As the drives used to control such ESP systems are typically low voltage, a step-up isolation transformer between the drive circuit and the motor is sometimes necessary (represented by Isolation Tx in the embodiment shown in
FIG. 5 ). The use of such devices as isolation transformers makes conventional startup and operation of motors in such application even harder due to the loss of phase information across the transformer. The novel method is advantageously immune to loss of phase information as the current is inherently set by the magnitude of the voltage supply at a given frequency. - In contrast to the conventional art, the novel method is fully open loop and does not rely on direct sensing of the motor parameters in operation, but instead on intimate knowledge of the motor characteristics of impedance and back-emf and also on the supply cable characteristics, all of which may readily be determined from specifications and by conventional measurement techniques in the field, preferably before deployment in the well or other use situation. In this way the start parameters of the system are established, wherein the start characteristics comprise an initial voltage and a ramp. The principal parameters required to establish the start characteristics are motor impedances and back-emf, and cable impedance. The voltage at a given frequency is set to generate stator currents that are enough to generate torque for acceleration and load with margin to cater for transient loads. The initial voltage is set to generate enough current at standstill to generate enough torque to overcome any bearing friction. The voltage is set in a predetermined way and programmed into the drive, and the voltage as a function of frequency is determined from the motor and cable characteristics. The equation that governs operation is thus predetermined based on motor and cable characteristics and incorporated into the drive system as a hardware or software component.
- At a given frequency or motor speed, the voltage applied to the motor acts against the back-emf generated on the motor at that speed. The resulting current is a result of the difference between the supply voltage and back-emf applied to the impedance of the motor and cable. Therefore, the level of current is set by the level of voltage applied to the motor. As the level of torque at a given speed is a fixed quantity, the component of the current that would generate the required torque in conjunction with a given back-emf is also fixed. Therefore, the level of voltage supply is important. Too much voltage will generate current in excess with what is required so leading to much reactive power contributing to the motor heating. Too little voltage will not generate the required current so the motor with drop out of step. So there is a fine balance to be reached for a given motor/cable system. This balance is achieved by determining the system parameters and then maintaining the V:f relationship as set forth herein.
- A simplified per-phase equivalent circuit of a motor system is shown in
FIG. 5 . As stated above, the motor is characterized by its back-emf and its inductance and resistance. The cable is characterised by its impedance which is a function of conductor gauge, length and lay-up. The back-emf E is a function of speed and it is constant at a given speed. The component of current that is in phase with the back emf is the component that generates the torque. The component of the current that is perpendicular to back-emf generates reactive power which circulates. Some of this current is necessary as it accounts for the reactive drop in the motor and cable inductance and any excess beyond a small amount is only generated as power (I2R) losses and does not contribute to torque generation. It is therefore clear that the supply voltage has to be selected to within a narrow range to supply the torque, the reactive drop and a small margin to cover for increased torque required during transients. - Based on the equivalent circuit (
FIG. 5 ), it is possible to determine the characteristics of the motor current as a function of voltage at a given supply frequency i.e. motor speed. As illustrated inFIG. 3 , for a given frequency supply, the phase rms current as a function of supply voltage follows a square law with a minimum current encountered at a specific voltage level. - This is due to the complex nature of what is taking place within the machine. The motor and associated cables are characterized by a complex impedance made out by the resistance and inductance. For a given frequency this quantity is constant: Z=R+jwL. Simply put the current is: I=(V-E)/Z, all of these being vectorial or complex quantities. It is the vectorial difference between the supply voltage and back-emf that drives the current.
- The other fixed quantity is the back-emf of the motor as it is proportional to speed. The current magnitude and angular relationship to the supply voltage V and back-emf E (
FIG. 5 ) are all dependent of the magnitude of the voltage V applied at a given frequency. The real component of the current Isupply is fixed and driven by the torque required to drive the load at that given frequency. There are voltage supply conditions where the phase relationship between V and E result in increasing current while the supply voltage is reduced. - In a preferred embodiment, the load is a centrifugal pump with characteristics where the load torque is the square of the speed and the power is cubic law of the speed. The permanent magnet synchronous machine is capable of developing constant torque when supplied with constant current at any speed. Due to this characteristics, permanent magnet synchronous machines are well suited to accelerate load with square law as a function of speed.
- It is clear that at the right hand side of the motor current:supply voltage (I:V) curve of
FIG. 3 , the motor is inherently stable as the voltage supply is adequate to supply the required current. However, it is clear also that going up the curve is not necessary as it generate more current than required without additional benefits. Operating at close proximity to the minimum under all operating conditions is optimal for system operation and efficiency. -
FIG. 4 shows a plurality of I:V curves, each representing a different frequency in the frequency range of the supply to the motor, corresponding to the speed range of the motor, wherein the locus of the respective optimal operating points of each of the I:V curves is represented by the broken line. - The voltage:frequency (V:f) ratio, represented in
FIG. 2 , may be a single value or may be a piecewise linear function. The single value to be used is selected based on the location of the locus of the minimum currents (FIG. 4 ). This value needs to ensure that at any frequency point between the start frequency and the end frequency, the operating point is always at least slightly at the right hand side of the locus as shown inFIG. 4 and hence in the region of stable operation of the motor. - The V:f ratio is a constant quantity that is derived from the required acceleration of the system balanced by the need to cool the motor. As the cooling to the motor is provided by the pumped fluid, the acceleration and current levels must be balanced to ensure that the pumped fluid can cool the amount of losses generated during acceleration period.
- The equation can be stated as:
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V[supplied to winding]=C1+C2*f - wherein both C1 and C2 are constants
- C2 is the ratio of Vn and fn (
FIG. 2 ) where Vn is nominal root mean square (RMS) voltage at nominal speed and fn is the supply frequency at nominal speed. - Supply frequency is stated in Hz and is related to speed and motor pole pairs as follows:
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f=(rpm*Pole_Pairs)/60 - The invention may advantageously be employed in ESP systems with synchronous permanent magnet motors, particularly those that have a cable length in excess of 50 m and that are supplied either directly from the drive or through a step-up transformer. In particular, it may advantageously be used for ESP systems wherein the motor is connected to a centrifugal pump.
- The initial voltage (V0) is applied when the motor is at standstill or static condition. The current that results for this initial voltage is only limited by the resistance of the winding and the cable. Typically, an initial voltage is selected that would result in about 30% of rated current at start-up to overcome any stiction or friction. The initial voltage may be calculated by multiplying the desired current by the line resistance of the motor and its associated cable.
- The curve is dependent on the load conditions, whereby a set of I:V curves can be generated in accordance with the conventional art that are related to the load at a given frequency. The start characteristics are selected for the full load condition of the motor, so that the I:V curve will guarantee that the motor will start at any load condition. This provides a single characteristic that will accommodate steady-state as well as system transients.
- The initial voltage (V0) inherently adds to the voltage margin to allow for acceleration and transients at start-up or at low speed. However, as the speed increases this effect of the initial voltage value reduces, and so allowance is made for the required acceleration and transients within the V:f ratio and the associated margin obtained from the I:V curves.
- Although in theory one could experimentally deduce a working V:f ratio, in practice the open loop nature of the controls would make it very hazardous to specify control system parameters in this way. In accordance with the novel method, the system hardware parameters including the motor and cable characteristics reflecting in particular the cable length are measured and analysed so as to obtain the required operating profiles and the optimal operating conditions without experimentation.
- This is important, particularly since hydrocarbon extraction is capital intensive and it is undesirable to spend time tuning the motor control system while the motor is deployed in the well.
- The desired acceleration rate to suit the operating conditions of the system can be obtained by selecting an appropriate V:f ratio (
FIG. 2 ), whereby current is supplied to compensate for the acceleration torque in accordance with the known relationship: J·dw/dt. - The acceleration rate is dictated by the difference between the electromagnetic torque generated at the motor shaft and the load torque (comprising pump load, friction and any other losses). This difference drives the J·dw/dt thus the dw/dt or acceleration. In the novel method, the rate of acceleration is determined by the rate at which the voltage is varied as a function of time. As the electromagnetic torque is dictated by the supplied current which in turn is a result of applied voltage, it is possible to ensure sufficient current to maintain the desired acceleration by selecting a V:f ratio that is consistent with the required acceleration rate.
- A simple example is as follows:
- For a given frequency the voltage is fixed by the vf ratio:
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V=V0+vf*f - Supply frequency as a function of time at given acceleration rate is defined as:
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f=Acceleration Rate*time - Therefore, the supply voltage is: V=V0+vf*Accel*time
- wherein Accel is Acceleration rate, and
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Total torque(f)=Load Torque(f)+Inertia*Accel - The required torque at a given speed is augmented by providing the acceleration torque to be approximately proportional to the acceleration rate.
- A faster acceleration rate may therefore be obtained by increasing the V:f ratio as required by the operating conditions of the system.
- The novel method may be applied to all synchronous motors with permanent magnet excitation or current excitation. For permanent magnet motors it may be applied to both brushless-DC motors (motors with trapezoidal back-emf) and brushless-AC motors (motors with sinewave back-emf).
- It will be appreciated that the foregoing example applies equally to the embodiment set forth above, whereby a method of controlling an electric power supply to a synchronous permanent magnet motor driving a load and having a plurality of windings, each winding being supplied with power at a root mean square supply voltage V3 and a supply frequency via a respective conductor, so as to accelerate the motor through a range of speed from rest, comprises determining system parameters including characteristics of the load, the impedance and back-emf of the motor and the impedance of each of the conductors; determining based on said system parameters a root mean square first voltage V0 at which the supply generates torque in the motor at rest sufficient to start the motor in rotation; determining based on said system parameters a ratio between the supply voltage V3 and supply frequency, wherein the ratio defines, for each of a range of supply frequencies corresponding to the range of speed of the rotating motor, a root mean square second voltage V2 at which current flowing through each winding increases with both increase and decrease in voltage, and V2>V0; supplying power to each winding at the first voltage V0 so as to start the motor from rest; and progressively increasing both the supply voltage and the supply frequency while maintaining the supply voltage V3 with respect to supply frequency at a value sufficiently in excess of V2 to ensure stable operation of the motor until the motor has reached a desired operating speed; wherein the said ratio between the supply voltage V3 and supply frequency is determined based on said system parameters to provide a desired rate of acceleration determined by the supply voltage.
- Preferably the supply voltage V3 is maintained with respect to supply frequency at a value just sufficiently above V2 to ensure stable operation, whereby V3<1.3*V2, more preferably V3<1.2*V2, still more preferably V3<1.1*V2, although these values may be modified in practice to reflect the desired acceleration rate and system parameters (e.g. transient loads resulting from impure wellbore fluids or the like) of any given installation.
- The first voltage V0 is preferably determined as that voltage at which the supply generates torque in the motor at rest slightly in excess of that required to overcome starting loads, for example, not more than 130%, more preferably not more than 120%, still more preferably not more than about 110% of that voltage at which the supply is calculated based on the system parameters to generate torque in the motor at rest just sufficient to start the motor in rotation.
- In summary, a preferred embodiment provides a synchronous permanent magnet motor which is controlled independently of position sensing means by determining the system parameters including the motor impedance and back-emf and the cable impedance and supplying power according to a predefined voltage:frequency ratio which is determined based on said system parameters to provide a desired rate of acceleration determined by the supply voltage.
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