Wellbore water level and health determination system and method(s)
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for determining the water level and health of a wellbore. The system may be configured to perform a wellbore water level determination method and a wellbore health determination method to determine the water level in a wellbore (and/or the health of the wellbore) using a set of real-time parameters and pump-characteristics data.
1. A water level determination method for determining a water level in a wellbore, the water level determination method comprising:
providing a pumping unit;
providing a fluid connection line, the fluid connection line comprising:
an inlet fluidically coupled to the pumping unit;
an outlet fluidically coupled to a water infrastructure; and
an intermediate line disposed between the inlet and the outlet;
providing a sensor unit in the intermediate line;
sensing a sensor data of a water flowing across the intermediate line with the sensor unit, the sensor data comprising:
a pressure,
a flow rate, and
a temperature;
transmitting the sensor data to a first server;
determining a set of real-time parameters corresponding to the sensor data;
analyzing the set of real-time parameters with:
a characteristic data of the pumping unit, the wellbore, and the fluid connection line, wherein the characteristic data is stored in the first server;
determining a water level parameter by analyzing the characteristic data and the set of real-time parameters; and
determining the water level based on the water level parameter.
2. The water level determination method of claim 1 , wherein providing the sensor unit further comprises:
a pressure sensor;
a flow rate sensor; and
a temperature sensor.
3. The water level determination method of claim 2 , wherein providing the sensor unit further comprises:
providing a flow control valve disposed in the fluid connection line; and
positioning the pressure sensor prior to the flow control valve.
4. The water level determination method of claim 1 and further comprising:
providing a calibration routine; and
calibrating the characteristic data with the calibration routine, wherein the calibration routine comprises:
actuating the flow control valve for modifying the sensor data to a refined sensor data; and
calibrating the characteristic data with the refined sensor data to generate a calibrated characteristic data.
5. The water level determination method of claim 4 , wherein actuating the flow control valve further comprises:
actuating gradually, the flow control valve between:
a first position to obtain the refined sensor data comprising:
a maximum value of the sensor data;
a second position to obtain the refined sensor data comprising:
a minimum value of the sensor data; and
at least one position between the first position and the second position to obtain a plurality of values sensor data between the maximum value of the sensor data and the minimum value of the sensor data.
6. The water level determination method of claim 5 , wherein actuating the flow control valve further comprises:
the maximum value of the sensor data comprising:
a maximum rating pressure of the pumping unit; and
the minimum value of the sensor data comprising:
a minimum rating pressure of the pumping unit.
7. The water level determination method of claim 5 , wherein the characteristic data and the calibrated characteristic data further comprises:
a pump curve digitized into a multi-order polynomial.
8. The water level determination method of claim 4 and further comprising:
analyzing the set of real-time parameters with the calibrated characteristic data for determining:
a refined water-level parameter; and
determining based on the refined water-level parameter, a refined water level of water in the wellbore.
9. A water level determination system to determine a water level in a wellbore, the water level determination system comprising:
a pumping unit;
a fluid connection line, the fluid connection line comprising:
an inlet fluidically coupled to the pumping unit;
an outlet fluidically coupled to a water infrastructure; and
an intermediate line disposed between the inlet and the outlet;
a sensor unit disposed in the intermediate line, the sensor unit configured to:
sense a sensor data of a water flowing across the intermediate line with the sensor unit, the sensor data comprising:
a pressure,
a flow, and
a temperature; and
transmit the sensor data to a first server; and
a computing unit communicably coupled to the first server, to:
determine a set of real-time parameters corresponding to the sensor data;
transmit the set of real-time parameters to a first server;
analyze the set of real-time parameters with:
a characteristic data of the pumping unit, the wellbore, and the fluid connection line, wherein the characteristic data is stored in the first server;
determine a water level parameter by analyzing the characteristic data and the set of real-time parameters; and
determine the water level based on the water level parameter.
10. The water level determination system of claim 9 , wherein the sensor unit further comprises at least one of:
a pressure sensor;
a flow rate sensor; and
a temperature sensor.
11. The water level determination system of claim 10 and further comprising:
a flow control valve disposed in the fluid connection line, wherein the pressure sensor is positioned prior to the flow control valve.
12. The water level determination system of claim 9 , wherein the pumping unit is calibrated using a calibration routine, wherein, in the calibration routine:
the flow control valve is actuated to modify the sensor data to a refined sensor data; and
the characteristic data is calibrated with the refined sensor data to generate a calibrated characteristic data.
13. The water level determination system of claim 12 , wherein the flow control valve is gradually actuated between:
a first position to obtain the refined sensor data comprising:
a maximum value of the sensor data;
a second position to obtain the refined sensor data comprising:
a minimum value of the sensor data; and
at least one position between the first position and the second position to obtain a plurality of values sensor data between the maximum value of the sensor data and the minimum value of the sensor data.
14. The water level determination system of claim 13 , wherein:
the maximum value of the sensor data comprises:
a maximum rating pressure of the pumping unit; and
the minimum value of the sensor data comprises:
a minimum rating pressure of the pumping unit.
15. The water level determination system of claim 12 , wherein the characteristic data and the calibrated characteristic data further comprises:
a pump curve digitized into a multi-order polynomial.
16. The water level determination system of claim 12 , wherein the logic unit is configured to:
analyze the set of real-time parameters with the calibrated characteristic data to determine:
a refined water-level parameter; and
determining based on the refined water-level parameter, a refined water level of water in the well.