SAGD ESP Intake Design Improvement

One of the major challenges in SAGD Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) operation is produced water flashing to steam when flowing pressure loss is significant, such as at an ESP intake. "Bottom Feeder" style intakes are a standard SAGD ESP intake which has been applied in the SAGD industry for over a decade. However,it was identified in recent years at ConocoPhillips's (CPC) Surmont Oilsands operations that Bottom Feeder intakes can lead to steam flashing in pump at the right conditions. The flashed steam causes significant cavitation in pump, which in turn causes severe motor load chattering. Further to that, steam locking in the pump can occur, which is called a "no flow event" (NFE) in the SAGD industry. ConocoPhillips and Baker Hughes have been working together to optimize SAGD ESPs by utilizing an integral intake to minimize the pressure loss across the intake ports. This would also streamline the connection between intake and pump housing to minimize pressure loss at these intake flow paths. The improved design has been tested in Surmont successfully, and the integral intake has become an optional intake to be applied in the well cases where steam flashing has been known to cause operation interruptions or ESP damages. This paper will review the process undertaken by CPC and Baker Hughes to study the ESP performance with the bottom feeder intake in comparison to the ESP performance with an integral intake.Design and field data will be presented and reviewed to highlight the performance of each system.

Simulasi Pengaturan Kecepatan Motor BLDC menggunakan Software PSIM

AbstrakKrisis bahan bakar fosil menjadi salah satu alasan pengembangan teknologi dalam bidang transportasi contohnya kereta listrik dan mobil listrik. Salah satu penggerak yang saat ini banyak digunakan pada kendaraan listrik adalah motor brushless DC (BLDC) yang memiliki efisiensi tinggi, hemat biaya perawatan dan pengaturan yang mudah. Pada umumnya penelitian yang dilakukan terkait dengan motor BLDC adalah tentang pengaturan kecepatan motor, pembebanan pada motor dan yang lainnya. Penelitian ini melakukan simulasi cara pengaturan kecepatan motor BLDC dengan beban yang diubah-ubah dengan menggunakan software PSIM (Power Simulator). Data yang diperoleh melalui simulasi dengan memberikan beban maksimum sebesar 20 Nm dan hasil perhitungan menunjukan bahwa motor BLDC dengan spesifikasi yang digunakan dapat berputar dengan baik pada kecepatan 1442,05 rpm dengan efisiensi sebesar 81,25 %. Jika beban yang diberikan pada motor BLDC dinaikan menjadi 30 Nm maka kecepatan motor akan mengalami penurunan menjadi 1221,51 rpm dan efisiensi menjadi 78,34 %.Kata kunci: motor BLDC, Kecepatan motor, Beban, efisiensiAbstractThe fossil fuel crisis is one of the reasons for the development of technology in transportation, for example electric trains and electric cars. One of the movers that are currently widely used in electric vehicles is the brushless DC motor (BLDC) because this motor has advantages including high efficiency, saving maintenance costs and easy setting. In general, research conducted related to BLDC motors is about regulating BLDC motor speed, loading on BLDC motors and others. In this study a simulation was conducted discussing how to regulate BLDC motor speed with a load that was changed by using PSIM (pow3er simulator) software. From the data obtained through simulation by giving a maximum load of 20 Nm and the calculation results show that the BLDC motor with the specifications used can rotate well at speeds of 1442.05 rpm with an efficiency of 81.25%. If the load given to the BLDC motor is increased to 30 Nm, the motor speed will decrease to 1221.51 rpm and the efficiency decrease to 78.34%.Keywords: Brushless DC, speed of motor, load, efficiency

Motor Load Balancing with Roll Force Prediction for a Cold-Rolling Setup with Neural Networks

The use of machine learning algorithms to improve productivity and quality and to maximize efficiency in the steel industry has recently become a major trend. In this paper, we propose an algorithm that automates the setup in the cold-rolling process and maximizes productivity by predicting the roll forces and motor loads with multi-layer perceptron networks in addition to balancing the motor loads to increase production speed. The proposed method first constructs multilayer perceptron models with all available information from the components, the hot-rolling process, and the cold-rolling process. Then, the cold-rolling variables related to the normal part set-up are adjusted to balance the motor loads among the rolling stands. To validate the proposed method, we used a data set with 70,533 instances of 128 types of steels with 78 variables, extracted from the actual manufacturing process. The proposed method was found to be superior to the physical prediction model currently used for setups with regard to the prediction accuracy, motor load balancing, and production speed.

Amplitude setting and dopamine response of finger tapping and gait are related in Parkinson's disease

Objective: Movement amplitude setting is affected early in Parkinson's disease (PD), clinically manifesting as bradykinesia. Our objective was to determine if amplitude setting of upper limb bimanual movements and bipedal gait are similarly modulated in PD. Methods: 27 PD and 24 control participants were enrolled. Participants performed a bimanual anti-phase finger tapping task wearing gloves with joint angular sensors, and an instrumented gait assessment. Motor load was varied by asking participants to perform movements at a normal and fast pace. PD participants were evaluated OFF (PD-OFF) and ON (PD-ON) levodopa. Results: PD-OFF participants had shorter tap interval, smaller tap amplitude, and greater tap amplitude variability than controls in the more affected hands (all p<0.05). Tap amplitude and stride length (p=0.030), and tap frequency and gait cadence (p=0.011) were correlated in PD-OFF. Tap frequency and amplitude were also correlated with motor UPDRS (p<0.005) and bradykinesia motor (p<0.05) and ADL (p<0.005) UPDRS subscales. Levodopa improved mean tap amplitude and stride length during fast tapping in PD participants. Conclusion: In PD-OFF, mean finger tapping amplitude and gait stride length were correlated and showed similar dopaminergic response. Significance: Future studies manipulating upper limb amplitude could help provide greater understanding of the networks responsible for amplitude setting in PD.