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US 2015/0308235 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for supplying electrical power to an electrocrushing drill
AssigneeSDG, Inc.
InventorWilliam M. Moeny
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling power delivered to a pulsed power system which includes a command charge switch for controlling when power produced by a primary power system is fed into a cable. The command charge switch also controls the power delivered to the pulsed power system in a bottom hole assembly.
Claims15
An apparatus for controlling power delivered to a down-hole pulsed power system in a bottom hole assembly comprising:
- a cable for providing power from a surface to said pulsed power system;
- a command charge switch disposed between an end of said cable and a prime power system on the surface;
- and
- said command charge switch firing on command to control when power produced by said primary power system is fed into said cable and controlling power provided to said pulsed power system.
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A method for controlling power delivered to a pulsed power system using a command control switch comprising:
- disposing the pulsed power system in a bottom hole assembly;
- providing power to the pulsed power system via a cable;
- disposing a command charge switch between an end of the cable and a prime power system on the surface;
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- firing the command charge switch thereby controlling when the power produced by the prime power system is fed into the cable and controlling the power delivered to the pulsed power system in the bottom hole assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.