The development of a Single-Well Oil Production System

Since early 1980, BP has been developing the conceptual design of a Single-Well Oil Production System or SWOPS. This paper outlines the concept and discusses the design and the operational criteria that have been applied in this early work. It further examines some of the innovative areas of technology that have been included in this new approach and outlines the work of the detail design phase, which has just started.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 11592
Author(s):  
Pietro Arena ◽  
Alessandro Del Nevo ◽  
Fabio Moro ◽  
Simone Noce ◽  
Rocco Mozzillo ◽  
...  

The Water-Cooled Lead–Lithium Breeding Blanket (WCLL BB) is one of the two blanket concept candidates to become the driver blanket of the EU-DEMO reactor. The design was enacted with a holistic approach. The influence that neutronics, thermal-hydraulics (TH), thermo-mechanics (TM) and magneto-hydro-dynamics (MHD) may have on the design were considered at the same time. This new approach allowed for the design team to create a WCLL BB layout that is able to comply with different foreseen requirements in terms of integration, tritium self-sufficiency, and TH and TM needs. In this paper, the rationale behind the design choices and the main characteristics of the WCLL BB needed for the EU-DEMO are reported and discussed. Finally, the main achievements reached during the pre-conceptual design phase and some remaining open issues to be further investigated in the upcoming conceptual design phase are reported as well.


Author(s):  
Patricia Kristine Sheridan ◽  
Jason A Foster ◽  
Geoffrey S Frost

All Engineering Science students at the University of Toronto take the cornerstone Praxis Sequence of engineering design courses. In the first course in the sequence, Praxis I, students practice three types of engineering design across three distinct design projects. Previously the final design project had the students first frame and then develop conceptual design solutions for a self-identified challenge. While this project succeeded in providing an appropriate foundational design experience, it failed to fully prepare students for the more complex design experience in Praxis II. The project also failed to ingrain the need for clear and concise engineering communication, and the students’ lack of understanding of detail design inhibited their ability to make practical and realistic design decisions. A revised Product Design project in Praxis I was designed with the primary aims of: (a) pushing students beyond the conceptual design phase of the design process, and (b) simulating a real-world work environment by: (i) increasing the interdependence between student teams and (ii) increasing the students’ perceived value of engineering communication.


Author(s):  
Daniel Krus ◽  
Katie Grantham Lough

When designing a product, the earlier the potential risks can be identified, the more costs can be saved, as it is easier to modify a design in its early stages. Several methods exist to analyze the risk in a system, but all require a mature design. However, by applying the concept of “common interfaces” to a functional model and utilizing a historical knowledge base, it is possible to analyze chains of failures during the conceptual phase of product design. This paper presents a method based on these “common interfaces” to be used in conjunction with other methods such as Risk in Early Design in order to allow a more complete risk analysis during the conceptual design phase. Finally, application of this method is demonstrated in a design setting by applying it to a thermal control subsystem.


2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (09) ◽  
pp. 640-646
Author(s):  
J. Jaensch ◽  
A. Neyrinck ◽  
A. Lechler ◽  
A. Prof. Verl

Maschinen und besonders Anlagen werden meist in individuellen Prozessen entwickelt. Bereits in der Angebots- und Konzeptionsphase werden im direkten Austausch mit dem Auftraggeber unterschiedliche Varianten diskutiert und iteriert. Zur Bewertung der Varianten sind neben den Anschaffungskosten unter anderem laufzeitabhängige Größen wie Taktzeiten und Energieeffizienz zu untersuchen. Der Beitrag stellt einen Ansatz zur simulationsbasierten Untersuchung für die automatisierte Variantengenerierung von Anlagen vor.   The development of machines or plants is a very individual process. Within the conceptual design phase, many different variants have to be discussed with customers and adapted to their needs. For a decent evaluation of the different variants, many parameters beyond static values such as costs are important. Term-dependent values like cycle times and energy efficiency also have to be investigated. This paper presents a method for the automated generation of plant variants based on simulation.


2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (04) ◽  
pp. 211-217
Author(s):  
M. Thurm ◽  
S. Horler ◽  
D. Oehme ◽  
A. Opitz ◽  
E. Prof. Müller

Die prozess- und kostenorientierte Auslegung der Mehrmaschinenbedienung soll mithilfe eines neuen analytischen Modellansatzes die Ressourcennutzung effizienter gestalten. Dabei steht die Integration von Mitarbeiterqualifikation und Maschinenpriorität im Fokus. Durch die später geplante Implementierung des neu entwickelten Ansatzes in das Softwaretool SmartPlanner der CAPPcore GmbH gelingt es, die Planung und Optimierung von Produktionssystemen zu verbessern.   A new approach for process and cost-related designing of multiplemachine operation is developed to optimize the resource input. Skills of employees and priority of machines have to be considered in the analytical model. The new analytical approach of multiple machine operation will be integrated in the software tool Smart Planner of the enterprise CAPPcore GmbH later on to improve the planning and optimization of the production system as a whole.


2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 665-689
Author(s):  
C. Hartmann ◽  
R. Chenouard ◽  
E. Mermoz ◽  
A. Bernard

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