Granted Patent B2

US 12,385,336 · App. 18/625,554 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

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: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

E21B21/08E21B4/04E21B7/022E21B43/2605E21B43/2607F04B17/03F04B17/06F04D13/0686H02B1/52H02B5/00H02J13/00036H02K7/18H02P27/04E21B4/02F05B2220/706F05B2240/941

Abstract

Claims (32)

1. An electric driven hydraulic fracking system for pumping a fracking media into a well, comprising:

a variable frequency drive (VFD) configured to drive an electric motor to control the electric motor to drive a hydraulic pump; and

a controller associated with the VFD and configured to:

monitor a pump speed parameter associated with an operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system as the electric driven hydraulic fracking system operates to determine whether the pump speed parameter deviates beyond a pump speed parameter threshold, and

initiate a corrective action, in response to the pump speed parameter deviating beyond the pump speed parameter threshold, to maintain the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the pump speed parameter is detected using a pump speed sensor configured to detect pump speed of the hydraulic pump.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein a pump pressure output by the hydraulic pump is based on the pump speed, and wherein the system further comprises a pressure sensor configured to detect the pump pressure.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine a pump pressure parameter based on the pump pressure detected by the pressure sensor.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to monitor the pump pressure parameter which is generated from a leak pressure that is applied by the hydraulic pump as the leak pressure is increased to a pump pressure threshold, and determine whether a leak is present based on the pump pressure parameter.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to monitor the pump pressure parameter generated from the leak pressure that is applied by the hydraulic pump as the leak pressure is increased to the pump pressure threshold as the hydraulic pump executes positive displacement, and automatically apply torque to the hydraulic pump to a torque threshold as the hydraulic pump executes the positive displacement.

7. A method for pumping a fracking media into a well, comprising:

driving, by a variable frequency drive (VFD), an electric motor associated with the VFD to control the electric motor to drive a hydraulic pump in an operation of hydraulic fracturing;

monitoring, by a controller, a pump speed parameter associated with the operation of hydraulic fracturing to determine whether the pump speed parameter deviates beyond a pump speed parameter threshold; and

initiating, by the controller, a corrective action, in response to the pump speed parameter deviating beyond the pump speed parameter threshold, to maintain the operation of hydraulic fracturing.

8. An electric driven hydraulic fracking system for pumping a fracking media into a well, comprising:

a variable frequency drive (VFD) for driving an electric motor at a VFD voltage level to control operation of the electric motor to drive a hydraulic pump; and

a controller associated with the VFD and configured to

determine whether a cable connecting a feeder of a power distribution system to a connection associated with the VFD is correctly plugged in based on a pulse train sent from the feeder, and

generate an alert, in response to determining that the VFD is not correctly plugged in.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the pulse train is sent from the feeder to the controller via the cable.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to verify that another cable connecting another feeder to the connection is correctly plugged in, in response to determining that another pulse train sent from the other feeder is associated with the other feeder.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the cable is not correctly plugged in, in response to determining that the pulse train is from the feeder which is intended to be connected to another VFD by the cable.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether another cable connecting the feeder to the connector is correctly plugged in based on another pulse train sent from the feeder.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the other pulse train is sent from the feeder to the controller via the other cable.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the pulse train corresponds to the other pulse train.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the cable is a cable for transmitting electrical power at a power generation voltage level.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the other cable is a cable for transmitting electrical power at an auxiliary voltage level.

17. The system of claim 8 , wherein the cable is a cable for transmitting an electrical signal for a communication link.

18. A method for pumping a fracking media into a well, comprising:

providing a variable frequency drive (VFD) for driving an electric motor at a VFD voltage level to control operation of the electric motor to drive a hydraulic pump; and

determining, by a controller, whether a cable connecting a feeder of a power distribution system to a connection associated with the VFD is correctly plugged in based on a pulse train sent from the feeder; and

generating, by the controller, an alert, in response to determining that the VFD is not correctly plugged in.

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