IP Library Granted Patent US 10,982,498
Granted Patent B1
US 10,982,498 · App. 17/129,719 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Parameter monitoring and control for an electric driven hydraulic fracking system

Inventors: John Fischer (Hempstead, TX); John J. Crosetto (Oak Forest, IL); David Kubricht (Cypress, TX); Richard Cheatham (Houston, TX); Jeffrey Pollack (Joliet, IL); Chad Lawman (Joliet, IL); David Todd (Houston, TX); Tyler Nolen (Houston, TX)
Assignee: National Service Alliance—Houston LLC
E21B21/08E21B4/04E21B7/022E21B43/2605E21B43/2607F04B17/03F04B17/06F04D13/0686H02B1/52H02B5/00H02J13/00036H02K7/18H02P27/04E21B4/02F05B2220/706F05B2240/941
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Patent No.
US 10,982,498
App. No.
17/129,719
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

An electric driven hydraulic fracking system is disclosed. A pump configuration includes the single VFD, the single shaft electric motor, and the single hydraulic pump mounted on the single pump trailer. A controller associated with the single VFD and is mounted on the single pump trailer. The controller monitors operation parameters associated with an operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system as each component of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system operates to determine whether the operation parameters deviate beyond a corresponding operation parameter threshold. Each of the operation parameters provides an indicator as to an operation status of a corresponding component of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system. The controller initiates corrected actions when each operation parameter deviates beyond the corresponding operation threshold. Initiating the corrected actions when each operation parameter deviates beyond the corresponding operation threshold maintains the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system.

Claims (79)

1. An electric driven hydraulic fracking system to pump a fracking media into a well to execute a fracking operation to extract a fluid from the well, comprising:

a variable frequency drive (VFD) configured to drive an electric motor that is associated with the VFD at a VFD voltage level to control the operation of the electric motor to drive a hydraulic pump associated with the VFD and the electric motor; and

a controller associated with the VFD and configured to:

monitor an overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to determine when the overall power consumption exceeds an overall power consumption threshold, wherein the overall power consumption threshold when exceeded is indicative that the electric power provided to the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is insufficient to maintain the electric driven hydraulic fracking system in an operating state thereby continuing to execute the fracking operation, and

initiate at least one corrected action when the overall power consumption exceeds the overall power consumption threshold, wherein initiating the at least one corrected action when the overall power consumption exceeds the overall power consumption threshold decreases the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold thereby preventing the electric driven hydraulic fracking system from deactivating the fracking operation.

2. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

phase back operation of the VFD that is associated with the controller to decrease power consumption of the VFD and the electric motor and the hydraulic pump associated with the VFD to below a phase back threshold, wherein phasing back the VFD to decrease the power consumption of the VFD, the electric motor, and the hydraulic pump to the phase back threshold decreases the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold thereby preventing the electric driven hydraulic fracking system from deactivating the fracking operation.

3. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

monitor an operation parameter of the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system as the electric driven fracking system conducts the fracking operation based on the overall power consumption as measured by a power consumption sensor; and

initiate a corrective action to automatically phase back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system from a full capacity to a partial capacity thereby decreasing the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold thereby preventing the electric driven hydraulic fracking system from deactivating the fracking operation, wherein the electric driven hydraulic fracking system operating at the partial capacity is a percentage of when the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is operating at the full capacity.

4. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

identify a plurality of components included in the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to deactivate to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold, wherein the plurality of components when activated assist in the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to execute the fracking operation and thereby consumes electric power that contributes to the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic system;

initiate a corrective action to deactivate an operation of the identified plurality of components to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold thereby preventing the electric driven hydraulic fracking system from deactivating the fracking operation; and

initiate a corrective action to maintain activation of an operation of a plurality of remaining components not identified to be deactivated to maintain the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to execute the fracking operation and maintaining the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold.

5. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

incrementally phase back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to a first phase back threshold;

evaluate whether the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold; and

maintain the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system with the overall power consumption at the first phase back threshold when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold when operating at the first phase back threshold, wherein incrementally phasing back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to the first phase back threshold prevents unnecessary phasing back of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system after the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold.

6. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

evaluate a priority table of components when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold, wherein the priority table of components provides an order of priority of each component included in the electric driven hydraulic fracking system that is to be deactivated to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold;

deactivate a first component listed in the priority table to be deactivated first when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold;

evaluate whether the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold after deactivating the first component listed in the priority table; and

maintain the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system after the deactivation of the first component when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold to prevent unnecessary deactivation of additional components included in the electric driven hydraulic fracking system after the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold.

7. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

shutdown the operation of the VFD in driving the electric motor and the hydraulic pump associated with the VFD to decrease the power consumption of the VFD and the electric motor and the hydraulic pump to below the phase back threshold to maintain the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system below the overall power consumption threshold thereby preventing the electric driven hydraulic fracking system from deactivating the fracking operation.

8. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

shutting down the operation of the VFD in driving the electric motor and the hydraulic pump associated with the VFD to decrease the power consumption of the VFD and the electric motor and the hydraulic pump to below the phase back threshold to maintain the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system below the overall power consumption threshold thereby preventing the electric driven hydraulic fracking system from deactivating the fracking operation.

9. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

incrementally phase back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to the first phase back threshold;

evaluate whether the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold;

incrementally phase back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to a second phase back threshold when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold after incrementally phasing back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to the first phase back threshold, wherein the electric driven hydraulic fracking system has less overall power consumption when operating at the second phase back threshold than when operating at the first phase back threshold.

10. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

evaluate the priority table of components when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold;

deactivate a first component listed in the priority table to be deactivated first when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold;

evaluate whether the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold after deactivating the first component listed in the priority table;

deactivate a second component listed in the priority table to be deactivated second when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold; and

continue to deactivate each additional component listed in the priority table to be deactivated based on priority until the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold.

11. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

incrementally phase back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to the first phase back threshold;

evaluate whether the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold;

continue to phase back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to additional phase back thresholds when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold after each incremental phase back of the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system; and

maintain the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to a current phase back threshold when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold.

12. A method for an electric driven hydraulic fracking system to pump a fracking media into a well to execute a fracking operation to extract a fluid from the well, comprising:

driving, by a variable frequency drive (VFD), an electric motor that is associated with the VFD at a VFD voltage level to control the operation of the electric motor to drive a hydraulic pump associated with the VFD and the electric motor; and

monitoring, by a controller, an overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to determine when the overall power consumption exceeds an overall power consumption threshold, wherein the overall power consumption threshold when executed is indicative that the electric power provided to the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is insufficient to maintain the electric driven hydraulic fracking system in an operating state thereby continuing to execute the fracking operation; and

initiating at least one corrected action when the overall power consumption exceeds the overall power consumption threshold, wherein initiating the at least one corrected action when the overall power consumption exceeds the overall power consumption threshold decreases the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold thereby preventing the electric driven hydraulic fracking system from deactivating the fracking operation.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the initiating at least one corrective action comprises:

phasing back operation of the VFD that is associated with the controller to decrease power consumption of the VFD and the electric motor and the hydraulic pump associated with the VFD to below a phase back threshold, wherein phasing back the VFD to decrease the power consumption of the VFD, the electric motor, and the hydraulic pump to the phase back threshold decreases the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold thereby preventing the electric driven hydraulic fracking system from deactivating the fracking operation.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

monitoring an operation parameter of the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system as the electric driven hydraulic fracking system conducts the fracking operation based on the overall power consumption as measured by a power consumption sensor; and

initiating a corrective action to automatically phase back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system from a full capacity to a partial capacity thereby decreasing the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold thereby preventing the electric driven hydraulic fracking system from deactivating the fracking operation, wherein the electric driven hydraulic fracking system operation at the partial capacity is a percentage of when the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is operating at the full capacity.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

identifying a plurality of components included in the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to deactivate to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold, wherein the plurality of components when activated assist in the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to execute the fracking operation and thereby consumes electric power that contributes to the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system;

initiating a corrective action to deactivate an operation of the identified plurality of components to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold thereby preventing the electric driven hydraulic fracking system from deactivating the fracking operation; and

initiating a corrective action to maintain activation of an operation of a plurality of remaining components not identified to be deactivated to maintain the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to execute the fracking operation and maintaining the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

incrementally phasing back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to a first phase back threshold;

evaluating whether the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold; and

maintain the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system with the overall power consumption of the first phase back threshold when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold when operating a the first phase back threshold, wherein incrementally phasing back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to the first phase back threshold prevents unnecessary phasing back of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system after the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

evaluating a priority table of components when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold, wherein the priority table of components provides an order of priority of each component included in the electric driven hydraulic fracking system that is to be deactivated to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to below the overall power consumption threshold;

deactivating a first component listed in the priority table to be deactivated first when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold;

evaluating whether the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold after deactivating the first component listed in the priority table; and

maintaining the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system after the deactivation of the first component when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold after deactivating the first component to prevent unnecessary deactivation of additional components included in the electric driven hydraulic fracking system after the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

incrementally phasing back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to the first phase back threshold;

evaluating whether the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold; and

incrementally phasing back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to a second phase back threshold when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold after incrementally phasing back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to the first phase back threshold, wherein the electric driven hydraulic fracking system has less overall power consumption when operating at the second phase back threshold than when operating at first phase back threshold.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

evaluating the priority table of components when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold;

deactivating a first component listed in the priority table to be deactivated first when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold;

evaluating whether the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold after deactivating the first component listed in the priority table;

deactivating a second component listed in the priority table to be deactivated second when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold; and

continuing to deactivate each additional component listed in the priority table to be deactivated based on priority until the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold.

20. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

incrementally phasing back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to decrease the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to the first phase back threshold;

evaluating whether the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold;

continuing to phase back the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to additional phase back thresholds when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is increased above the overall power consumption threshold after each incremental phase back of the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system; and

maintaining the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system to a current phase back threshold when the overall power consumption of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system is decreased below the overall power consumption threshold.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2023
From: NATIONAL SERVICE ALLIANCE HOUSTON, LLC
To: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 065359/0658 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2020
From: FISCHER, JOHN; CROSETTO, JOHN J.; KUBRICHT, DAVID; CHEATHAM, RICHARD; POLLACK, JEFFREY; LAWMAN, CHAD; TODD, DAVID; NOLEN, TYLER
To: NATIONAL SERVICE ALLIANCE - HOUSTON LLC
Reel/Frame 054715/0558 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16927487 · Jul 13, 2020
Continuation 16791256 · Feb 14, 2020
Provisional Application 62805521 · Feb 14, 2019
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