WO2010053968A2 - Downhole mud motor and method of improving durability thereof - Google Patents
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- WO2010053968A2 WO2010053968A2 PCT/US2009/063243 US2009063243W WO2010053968A2 WO 2010053968 A2 WO2010053968 A2 WO 2010053968A2 US 2009063243 W US2009063243 W US 2009063243W WO 2010053968 A2 WO2010053968 A2 WO 2010053968A2
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- mud motor
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B4/00—Drives for drilling, used in the borehole
- E21B4/02—Fluid rotary type drives
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
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- F01C1/101—Moineau-type
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01C21/00—Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups F01C1/00 - F01C20/00
- F01C21/10—Outer members for co-operation with rotary pistons; Casings
- F01C21/104—Stators; Members defining the outer boundaries of the working chamber
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01C5/00—Rotary-piston machines or engines with the working-chamber walls at least partly resiliently deformable
- F01C5/04—Rotary-piston machines or engines with the working-chamber walls at least partly resiliently deformable the resiliently-deformable wall being part of the outer member, e.g. of a housing
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01C—ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F03C—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINES DRIVEN BY LIQUIDS
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- F03C2/08—Rotary-piston engines of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co- operating members similar to that of toothed gearing
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
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- F04C2/08—Rotary-piston machines or pumps of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing
- F04C2/10—Rotary-piston machines or pumps of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of internal-axis type with the outer member having more teeth or tooth-equivalents, e.g. rollers, than the inner member
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04C2/00—Rotary-piston machines or pumps
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- F04C2/10—Rotary-piston machines or pumps of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of internal-axis type with the outer member having more teeth or tooth-equivalents, e.g. rollers, than the inner member
- F04C2/107—Rotary-piston machines or pumps of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of internal-axis type with the outer member having more teeth or tooth-equivalents, e.g. rollers, than the inner member with helical teeth
- F04C2/1071—Rotary-piston machines or pumps of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of internal-axis type with the outer member having more teeth or tooth-equivalents, e.g. rollers, than the inner member with helical teeth the inner and outer member having a different number of threads and one of the two being made of elastic materials, e.g. Moineau type
- F04C2/1073—Rotary-piston machines or pumps of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of internal-axis type with the outer member having more teeth or tooth-equivalents, e.g. rollers, than the inner member with helical teeth the inner and outer member having a different number of threads and one of the two being made of elastic materials, e.g. Moineau type where one member is stationary while the other member rotates and orbits
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- the mud motor includes, a stator, a rotor in operable communication with the stator, a polymer in operable communication with the stator and the rotor, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes embedded in the polymer.
- the method includes, dissipating heat through the mud motor elastomer with carbon nanotubes embedded therein, and maintaining temperature of the mud motor elastomer below a threshold temperature.
- FIG. 1 depicts a side view of a mud motor disclosed herein;
- FIG. 2 depicts a cross sectional view of the mud motor of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 depicts a cross sectional view of the mud motor of FIG. 2 taken along arrows 3-3.
- the mud motor 10 includes, a stator 14, a rotor 18 and a polymer 22, also referred to herein as an elastomer, positioned between the stator 14 and the rotor 18.
- Mud 26, pumped through the mud motor 10 flows through cavities 30 defined by clearances between lobes 34 of the stator 14 and the elastomer 22 and lobes 38 of the rotor 18.
- the mud 26, being pumped through the cavities 30, causes the rotor 18 to rotate relative to the stator 14 and the elastomer 22.
- the elastomer 22 is sealingly engaged with both the stator 14 and the rotor 18 to minimize leakage therebetween that could have a detrimental effect on the performance and efficiency of the mud motor 10.
- the elastomer 22, of embodiments disclosed herein has carbon nanotubes 42 (CNT) embedded therein to increase heat transfer through the elastomer 22 and into the stator 14, the rotor 18 and the mud 26.
- the increased heat transfer, provided by the carbon nanotubes 42 permits temperatures of the elastomer 22 to more quickly adjust toward temperatures of matter contacting the elastomer 22 than would occur if the carbon nanotubes 42 were not present.
- the operating temperature of the elastomer 22 can affect the durability of the elastomer 22.
- the relationship is such that the durability of the elastomer 22 reduces as the temperature increases.
- temperature thresholds exist, for specific materials, that when exceeded will significantly reduce the life of the elastomer 22.
- the elevated operating temperatures of the mud motor 10 are due, in part, to the high temperatures of the downhole environment in which the mud motor 10 operates. Additional temperature elevation, beyond that of the environment, is due to such things as, frictional engagement of the elastomer with one or more of the stator 14, the rotor 18 and the mud 26, and to hysteresis energy, in the form of heat, developed in the elastomer 22 during operation of the mud motor 10, for example.
- This hysteresis energy comes from the difference in energy required to deform the elastomer 22 and the energy recovered from the elastomer 22 as the deformation is released.
- the hysteresis energy generates heat in the elastomer 22, called heat build-up. It is these additional sources of heat generation within the elastomer 22 that the addition of the nanotubes 42 to the elastomer 22, as disclosed herein, is added to mitigate.
- Embodiments disclosed herein allow an increase in power density of a mud motor 10 by, for example, having a smaller overall mud motor 10 that produces the same amount of output energy to a bit 50, attached thereto, without resulting in increased temperature of the elastomer 22. Additionally, the mud motor 10, using embodiments disclosed herein, may be able to operate at higher pressures, without leakage between the elastomer 22 and the rotor
- the carbon nanotubes 42 are embedded in the elastomer 22, such that, the carbon nanotubes 42 interface with a surface 54 of the elastomer 22. Having the carbon nanotubes 42 interface with the surface 54 allows a decrease frictional engagement to exist between the elastomer 22 and matter that comes into contact with the surface 54, such as, the rotor 18 and the mud 26, for example. Such a decrease in friction can result in a corresponding decrease in heat generation. Additionally, in embodiments of the invention, the presence of the carbon nanotubes 42, embedded within the elastomer 22, decrease the hysteresis energy and heat generation resulting therefrom.
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