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US 9,803,470 B2Granted
Multi-use data processing circuitry for well monitoring
AssigneeRockwell Automation Asia Pacific Business Center Pte. Ltd.
InventorsSrikanth G. Mashetty, Celso Siado, Owais Kidwai, Hassan S. Suheil
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Abstract
A circuit for processing data associated with a well may include a power port that receives an input voltage and a processor. The processor may receive data associated with one or more properties of the well and a well device configured to control a flow of hydrocarbons extracted from the well. The processor may also receive a value that corresponds to the input voltage. The processor may then operate in a first power mode when the value is not greater than a threshold, such that the first power mode may limit one or more processes performed by the processor to conserve power.
Claims16
A circuit of a well device, comprising:
- a power port configured to receive an input voltage from a variable voltage source;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive data associated with one or more properties of a hydrocarbon well and a well device configured to control a flow of hydrocarbons extracted from the hydrocarbon well;
- receive a value that corresponds to the input voltage;
- operate in a first power mode when the value is not greater than a threshold by:
- determining an inflow performance relationship, a tubing performance relationship, a choke performance relationship, a wellhead performance relationship, or any combination thereof based on the data;
- generating at least one plot that illustrates the inflow performance relationship, the tubing performance relationship, the choke performance relationship, the wellhead performance relationship, or any combination thereof, wherein the first power mode is configured to prevent one or more processes from being performed by the processor to conserve power;
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- displaying the at least one plot on a display device integral to the well device;
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- operating the processor in a second power mode when the value is greater than the threshold, wherein the second power mode consumes more power than the first power mode.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a processor of a well device, pressure data and temperature data associated with the well device configured to extract hydrocarbons from a well;
- receiving a value that corresponds to an input voltage coupled to a circuit having the processor;
- operating the processor in a first power mode when the value is not greater than a threshold, wherein the first power mode is configured to:
- limit one or more processes performed by the processor to conserve power;
- transmit the pressure data and the temperature data to a gateway device configured to determine an inflow performance relationship, a tubing performance relationship, a choke performance relationship, a wellhead performance relationship, or any combination thereof based on the pressure data and the temperature data;
- receive at least one plot that illustrates the inflow performance relationship, the tubing performance relationship, the choke performance relationship, the wellhead performance relationship, or any combination thereof as determined by the gateway device;
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- display the at least one plot on a display device integral to the well device;
- and
- operating the processor in a second power mode when the value is greater than the threshold, wherein the second power mode consumes more power than the first power mode.
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A system, comprising:
- a well device configured to control a flow of hydrocarbons extracted from a well;
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- a monitoring device configured to couple to the well device, wherein the monitoring devices comprises a processor configured to:
- receive data associated with one or more properties of the well or the well device;
- receive a value that corresponds to an input voltage provided to the monitoring device;
- operate in a first power mode when the value is not greater than a threshold, wherein the first power mode is configured to limit one or more processes performed by the processor to conserve power;
- and
- operate in a second power mode when the value is greater than the threshold by:
- determining a desired operating point of the well based on the data;
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- sending one or more commands to the well device when a current operating point of the well is not within a range of the desired operating point of the well, wherein the one or more commands are configured to modify one or more properties of the well device to cause the current operating point to move closer to the desired operating point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.