Flow characteristic control using tube inflow control device
AssigneeBaker Hughes, A Ge Company, LLC
InventorsJai Kishan Koli, Britain A. Fisher, Aaron C. Hammer
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Abstract
A method and system perform flow characteristic control. The system includes a tube inflow control device (ICD) including a tube input port. The tube ICD conveys fluid along an axial length of a tube of the tube ICD. The axial length of the tube controls a drop in pressure of the fluid between the tube input port and a corresponding tube output port. The system also includes a base pipe with an input port coupled to the tube output port of the tube of the tube ICD, wherein the base pipe is configured to convey the fluid to a surface.
Claims14
A system, comprising:
- a tube inflow control device (ICD) including a tube input port and configured to convey fluid along an axial length of a tube of the tube ICD, wherein the axial length of the tube controls a drop in pressure of the fluid between the tube input port and a corresponding tube output port;
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- a base pipe with an input port coupled to the tube output port of the tube of the tube ICD, wherein the base pipe is configured to convey the fluid to a surface, wherein a cross-section of the tube of the tube ICD is not uniform over the axial length of the tube, the cross-section of the tube at the tube input port is an input cross-section, the cross-section of the tube at the tube output port is an output cross-section, the cross-section of the tube transitions along the axial length from a first cross-section that is different from the input cross-section and the output cross-section to a second cross-section to a third cross-section that is different from the input cross-section and the output cross-section, a length of the tube of the tube ICD having the second cross-section is longer than a length of the tube of the tube ICD having the first cross-section and the third cross-section, and a volume available to convey the fluid is different based on the first cross-section and the second cross-section.
A method of assembling tubing, the method comprising:
- fabricating a tube of a tube inflow control device (ICD) with a non-uniform cross-section over an axial length of the tube;
- arranging the tube ICD with a tube input port of the tube of the tube ICD and configuring the tube ICD to convey fluid along the axial length of the tube of the tube ICD, wherein the axial length of the tube controls a drop in pressure of the fluid between the tube input port and a corresponding tube output port, the cross-section of the tube at the tube input port is an input cross-section, the cross-section of the tube at the tube output port is an output cross-section, the cross-section of the tube transitions along the axial length from a first cross-section that is different from the input cross-section and the output cross-section to a second cross-section to a third cross-section that is different from the input cross-section and the output cross-section, a length of the tube of the tube ICD having the second cross-section is longer than a length of the tube of the tube ICD having the first cross-section and the third cross-section, and a volume available to convey the fluid is different based on the first cross-section and the second cross-section;
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- coupling an input port of a base pipe to the tube output port of the tube of the tube ICD and configuring the base pipe to convey the fluid to a surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.