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US 2024/0068338 A1Published application
Electrical submersible pumping system (esp) motor oil slinger
AssigneeAramco Overseas Company UK Ltd
InventorChristopher Wrighton
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Abstract
An oil slinger apparatus includes a metal disc having a center annulus and an outer annulus disposed on a motor. The center annulus comprises a space between an inner diameter and an outer diameter with at least one feed hole in the space. The oil slinger apparatus includes an impeller imprint on the outer annulus with a vane around each of the at least one feed hole; and a keyway disposed on the metal disc configured to fit a key for aligning the oil slinger to the motor.
Claims12
An oil slinger apparatus comprising:
- a metal disc having a center annulus and an outer annulus disposed on a motor,
- wherein the center annulus comprises a space between an inner diameter and an outer diameter with at least one feed hole in the space;
- an impeller imprint on the outer annulus with a vane around each of the at least one feed hole;
- and
- a keyway disposed on the metal disc configured to fit a key for aligning the oil slinger to the motor.
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A method for lubrication and cooling, the method comprising:
- designing an oil slinger to fit in a motor;
- 3D printing the oil slinger with at least one feed hole and a vane for each of the at least one feed hole;
- aligning the oil slinger with a shaft in the motor, via a keyway;
- installing the oil slinger;
- running the motor on a pump;
- flowing oil from the shaft into the oil slinger;
- deflecting and slinging oil, via the oil slinger, in any direction via the vane to an end of a rotor assembly;
- lubricating a plurality of bearings and cooling a plurality of rotors in the rotor assembly;
- and
- flowing oil back into the motor and the shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.