Electric driven hydraulic fracking system
An electric driven hydraulic fracking system is disclosed. A pump configuration that includes the single VFD, the single shaft electric motor, and the single hydraulic pump that is mounted on the single pump trailer. The single VFD converts the electric power of at least 13.8 kV to a VFD rated voltage level of at least 4160 V and drives the single shaft electric motor at the VFD voltage level of up to 4160 V to control the operation of the single shaft electric motor and the single hydraulic pump. The single shaft electric motor drives the single hydraulic pump with the rotation at the rated RPM level of at least 750 RPM. The single hydraulic pump continuously pumps the fracking media into the well at the HP level of at least 5000 HP. The single hydraulic pump operates on a continuous duty cycle to continuously pump the fracking media at the HP level of at least 5000 HP.
1. An electric driven hydraulic fracking system for pumping a fracking media into a well to execute a fracking operation to extract a fluid from the well, comprising:
a power distribution trailer that is configured to:
distribute electric power generated from a power generation system at a power generation voltage level to a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD), wherein the power generation voltage level is a voltage level that the power generation system is capable of generating, and
route a first communication link to a first auxiliary system, wherein the first communication link enables a fracking control center to intervene and control the first auxiliary system; and
a pump configuration comprising the VFD, an electric motor, a hydraulic pump, and a second auxiliary system, wherein:
the VFD is configured to:
convert the electric power distributed from the power distribution trailer at the power generation voltage level to a VFD voltage level and drive the electric motor at the VFD voltage level to control operation of the electric motor to drive the hydraulic pump, wherein the VFD voltage level is a voltage level that is required to drive the electric motor to drive the hydraulic pump, and
enable the fracking control center to intervene and control the second auxiliary system and the VFD via a second communication link that is routed by the power distribution trailer to the VFD and the second auxiliary system.
2. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the power distribution trailer comprises an auxiliary transformer configured to:
convert the electric power generated by the power generation system at the power generation voltage level to an auxiliary voltage level that is less than the power generation voltage level;
distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the VFD, wherein the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level enables the fracking control center to intervene and control the VFD via the second communication link; and
distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the first auxiliary system, wherein the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level enables the fracking control center to intervene and control first auxiliary system via the first communication link.
3. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary transformer is further configured to distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the VFD to enable the VFD to communicate with the fracking control center without the distribution of the electric power generated at the power generation voltage level to the VFD via the second communication link.
4. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary transformer is further configured to distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the second auxiliary system to enable the second auxiliary system to communicate with the fracking control center without the distribution of electric power generated at the power generation voltage level to the VFD via the second communication link.
5. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the VFD is further configured to map a data map of VFD controls embedded within the VFD to a data map of controls embedded within the fracking control center thereby enabling the fracking control center to control operation of the VFD via the second communication link.
6. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 5 , wherein the VFD is further configured to map a data map of auxiliary system controls embedded within the second auxiliary system to the data map of the controls embedded within the fracking control center thereby enabling the fracking control center to control operation of the second auxiliary system via the second communication link.
7. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary system comprises a hydration system, a chemical additive system, a blending system, a sand storage and transportation system, or a mixing system.
8. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary system comprises auxiliary systems.
9. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the second auxiliary system comprises auxiliary systems.
10. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary system is disposed apart from the pump configuration.
11. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the pump configuration further comprises a pump trailer, and the second auxiliary system is disposed on the pump trailer.
12. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the second auxiliary system comprises a motor blower system, a lube oil control system, an oil heater, or a VFD fan.
13. 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:
distributing, by a power distribution trailer, electric power generated from a power generation system at a power generation voltage to a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD), wherein the power generation voltage level is a voltage level that the power generation system is capable of generating;
routing a communication link to auxiliary systems, wherein the communication link enables a fracking control center to intervene and control each auxiliary system of the auxiliary system;
converting the electric power distributed from the power distribution trailer at the power generation voltage level to a VFD voltage level, and driving an electric motor that is associated with the VFD at the VFD voltage level to control operation of the electric motor to drive a hydraulic pump, wherein the VFD voltage level is a voltage level that is required to drive the electric motor to drive the hydraulic pump; and
enabling the fracking control center to intervene and control the operation of the electric motor to drive the hydraulic pump via the communication link that is routed by the power distribution trailer to the VFD.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the distributing comprises:
converting the electric power generated by the power generation system at the power generation voltage level to an auxiliary voltage level that is less than the power generation voltage level;
distributing the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the VFD, wherein the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level enables the fracking control center to intervene and control the VFD via the communication link; and
distributing the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to auxiliary system, wherein the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level enables the fracking control center to intervene and control auxiliary system via the communication link.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the distributing further comprises:
distributing the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the VFD to enable the VFD to communicate with the fracking control center without the distribution of the electric power generated at the power generation voltage level to the VFD via the communication link.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the distributing further comprises:
distributing the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to auxiliary system to enable auxiliary system to communicate with the fracking control center without the distribution of the power generation voltage level to the VFD via the communication link.
17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
mapping a data map of VFD controls embedded within the VFD to a data map of controls embedded within the fracking control center thereby enabling the fracking control center to control operation of the VFD via the communication link.
18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
mapping a data map of auxiliary system controls embedded within each auxiliary system to the data map of the controls embedded within the fracking control center thereby enabling the fracking control center to control operation of auxiliary system via the communication link.
19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the auxiliary selected from the group consisting of hydration systems, chemical additive systems, blending systems, sand storage and transportation systems, and mixing systems.
20. The method of claim 13 , wherein the VFD is disposed on a pump trailer, and at least one of the auxiliary systems is disposed apart from the pump trailer.
21. The method of claim 13 , wherein the VFD is disposed on a pump trailer, and at least one of the auxiliary systems is disposed on the pump trailer.
22. The method of claim 13 , wherein the VFD is disposed on a pump trailer, at least one of the auxiliary systems is disposed apart from the pump trailer, and at least another of the auxiliary systems is disposed on the pump trailer.
23. An electric driven hydraulic fracking system for pumping a fracking media into a well to execute a fracking operation to extract a fluid from the well, comprising:
a power distribution trailer configured to:
distribute electric power generated from a power generation system at a power generation voltage level to Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), wherein the power generation voltage level is a voltage level that the power generation system is capable of generating, and
route a first communication link to first auxiliary systems, wherein the first communication link enables a fracking control center to intervene and control the first systems; and
a pump configuration comprising electric motors, hydraulic pumps, second auxiliary systems, and the VFDs, wherein:
VFD of the VFDs is configured to:
convert the electric power distributed from the power distribution trailer at the power generation voltage level to a VFD voltage level and drive electric motor of the electric motors at the VFD voltage level to control operation of each electric motor to drive respective hydraulic pump of the hydraulic pumps, wherein the VFD voltage level is a voltage level that is required to drive each electric motor to drive each respective hydraulic pump, and
enable the fracking control center to intervene and control the second auxiliary systems and the operation of electric motor to drive each respective hydraulic pump via a second communication link that is routed by the power distribution trailer to VFD and the second auxiliary systems.
24. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 23 , wherein the power distribution trailer comprises a-an auxiliary transformer configured to:
convert the electric power generated by the power generation system at the power generation voltage level to an auxiliary voltage level that is less than the power generation voltage level;
distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to VFD, wherein the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level enables the fracking control center to intervene and control VFD via the second communication link; and
distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the first auxiliary systems, wherein the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level enables the fracking control center to intervene and control the first auxiliary systems via the first communication link.
25. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 24 , wherein the auxiliary transformer is further configured to distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to VFD to enable VFD to communicate with the fracking control center without the distribution of the power generation voltage level to VFD via the second communication link.
26. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 24 , wherein the auxiliary transformer is further configured to distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the second auxiliary systems to enable the second auxiliary systems to communicate with the fracking control center without the distribution of electric power generated at the power generation voltage level to VFD via the second communication link.
27. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 23 , wherein each VFD is further configured to map a data map of VFD controls embedded within each respective VFD to a data map of controls embedded within the fracking control center thereby enabling the fracking control center to control operation of VFD via the second communication link.
28. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 27 , wherein VFD is further configured to map a data map of auxiliary system controls embedded within respective second auxiliary system of the second auxiliary systems to the data map of the controls embedded within the fracking control center thereby enabling the fracking control center to control operation of respective second auxiliary system via the second communication link.
29. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 23 , wherein the first communication link comprises communication links.
30. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 23 , wherein the second communication link comprises communication links.
31. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 23 , wherein the first auxiliary disposed apart from the pump configuration.
32. The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 23 , wherein the pump configuration further comprises pump trailers, and second auxiliary system of the second auxiliary systems is disposed on a respective pump trailer of the pump trailers.