Electric pump having a linear motor
AssigneeElf Exploration Production
InventorsJean-Louis Beauquin, Jean Jacquart
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Abstract
An electric pump including a linear motor consisting of a stator and a moving element driven by the electromagnetic field generated by the stator, and a pump piston driven by the linear motor, is disclosed. The piston is arranged inside the stator of the electric pump and forms the moving element of the linear motor. An oil well facility provided with such an electric pump is also disclosed.
Claims7
Electric pump which comprises a linear motor, formed by a stator and a moving component which can be moved under the effect of the electro-magnetic field generated by the stator, a pump piston which can be moved inside the stator by the linear motor of the electric pump and constituting the moving component of the linear motor, the piston including a non-return valve, the electric pump comprising, in addition, a non-return valve fixed in relation to the piston herein the non-return valve is placed on the end of the piston so as to reduce to a minimum the dead volume between the two non-return valves.
A plant for an oil well, extending from the surface to an oil-bearing rock stratum comprising a tubing placed in the well and forming a flow channel to the surface for hydrocarbons coming from the oil-bearing rock stratum, a pump placed in the tubing and comprising a piston, forming the moving component of a linear motor with a stator, the piston being arranged inside the stator and including a non-return valve, the plant comprising, in addition, a non-return valve which is fixed relative to the piston wherein the non-return valve is placed on the end of the piston so as to reduce to a minimum the dead volume between the two non-return valves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.