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Cable suspended pumping system

US4928771A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 25, 1989
Grant dateMay 29, 1990
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K11/40
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A centrifugal pump is lowered into a well and retrieved from the well by means of its power cable. The power cable has a single conductor. The pump has a downhole electrical motor which is three-phase. Single-phase AC power will be supplied from the surface down the conductor, with the return being the casing. A phase converter converts the single-phase AC power to three-phase AC power downhole for driving the pump motor.

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