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US 2010/0300683 A1Published application
Real Time Pump Monitoring
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsDavid W. Looper, Chris N. Taliaferro, David M. Stribling, Stanley V. Stephenson
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring operation of a pump are disclosed herein. The methods and systems make use of acoustic sensors to collect and analyze data in order to detect cavitation. The disclosed methods and systems may also be used to detect valve damage. The pump may be a positive displacement pump that is employed in a wellbore servicing operation such as pumping a wellbore servicing fluid into a wellbore.
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A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising:
- establishing baseline acoustic data for a pump;
- pumping a wellbore servicing fluid into the wellbore with the pump;
- gathering service acoustic data for the pump while pumping the wellbore servicing fluid;
- comparing the baseline acoustic data to the service acoustic data;
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- determining a presence or absence of an abnormal operating condition of the pump.
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