Testing Downhole Tools in A Simulated Environment

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at a downhole tool emulator, at least one input signal that represents one or more conditions in a simulated well system,
• wherein the downhole tool emulator comprises one or more electronic components to be placed in a downhole tool, and
• wherein the at least one input signal is generated based at least partially on a reservoir model of the simulated well system;
• transmitting, from the downhole tool emulator, at least one output signal that represents a response of the downhole tool emulator to the one or more conditions;
• and
• receiving, at the downhole tool emulator, at least one command that represents an operation of the downhole tool emulator, wherein the at least one command represents a change in the operation of the downhole tool emulator based at least partially on the one or more conditions and the response.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• sending, to a downhole tool emulator, at least one input signal that represents one or more conditions in a simulated well system,
• wherein the downhole tool emulator comprises one or more electronic components to be placed in a downhole tool, and
• wherein the at least one input signal is generated based at least partially on a reservoir model of the simulated well system;
• receiving, from the downhole tool emulator, at least one output signal that represents a response of the downhole tool emulator to the one or more conditions;
• and
• sending, to the downhole tool emulator, at least one command that represents an operation of the downhole tool emulator, wherein the at least one command represents a change in the operation of the downhole tool emulator based at least partially on the one or more conditions and the response.

A computing system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory system comprising one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• sending, to a downhole tool emulator, at least one input signal that represents one or more conditions in a simulated well system,
• wherein the downhole tool emulator comprises one or more electronic components to be placed in a downhole tool, and
• wherein the at least one input signal is generated based at least partially on a reservoir model of the simulated well system;
• receiving, from the downhole tool emulator, at least one output signal that represents a response of the downhole tool emulator to the one or more conditions;
• and
• sending, to the downhole tool emulator, at least one command that represents an operation of the downhole tool emulator, wherein the at least one command represents a change in the operation of the downhole tool emulator based at least partially on the one or more conditions and the response.