Mechanics experiment system and method for perforated string in underground perforating blasting of oil-gas well

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10590708-B2
Application number	US-201715744891-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2017
Priority date	Feb 14, 2017
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

A mechanics experiment system for a perforated string in underground perforating blasting of an oil-gas well. The system includes an experiment water pool, a perforated string arranged in the experiment water pool, a signal amplifier, an A/D converter and a computer. The signal amplifier, the A/D converter and the computer are arranged outside the experiment water pool and are sequentially electrically connected; the perforated string includes an oil pipe, a packing tube, a sleeve, an acceleration testing short joint A, a damper, an acceleration testing short joint B and a perforating gun which are sequentially connected from top to bottom.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mechanics experiment system for a perforated string in underground perforating blasting of an oil-gas well, comprising: an experiment water pool, a perforated string arranged in the experiment water pool, a signal amplifier, an A/D converter and a computer, wherein the signal amplifier, the A/D converter and the computer are arranged outside the experiment water pool and are sequentially electrically connected;
the perforated string comprises an oil pipe, a packing tube, a sleeve, a first acceleration testing short joint, a damper, a second acceleration testing short joint and a perforating gun sequentially connected from top to bottom; a lower end of the sleeve is provided with an outer thread; the first acceleration testing short joint and the second acceleration testing short joint are identical in structure; the first acceleration testing short joint comprises a cylindrical head and a threaded head; the threaded head is fixedly connected to the bottom of the cylindrical head; a top end of the cylindrical head is provided with a first threaded hole; a bottom of the threaded head is sequentially provided with a disc and an acceleration mounting frame; a left side and a right side of the acceleration mounting frame are planes; the left plane and the right plane are respectively provided with a radial acceleration sensor; two right angles which are staggered from each other are respectively arranged at a front side and a rear side of the acceleration mounting frame; a circumferential acceleration sensor is respectively mounted on the two right angles; the disc is provided with an axial acceleration sensor; the acceleration mounting frame is provided with a first through hole communicating with the first threaded hole;
the damper comprises a barrel, an upper end cover and a lower end cover arranged in the barrel and positioned at the upper end and the lower end, a damping spring arranged in the barrel, a sliding sleeve and a guide shaft; the barrel is internally provided with a second threaded hole located above the upper end cover; the guide shaft is connected with the upper end cover; the guide shaft is internally provided with a second through hole communicating with the second threaded hole; the sliding sleeve sleeves the guide shaft and penetrates through the lower end cover; an extending-out end of the sliding sleeve is provided with an outer thread; the guide shaft is also sleeved with the damping spring which is pressed against between the sliding sleeve and the upper end cover;
the outer thread of the sleeve is in threaded connection with the first threaded hole of the first acceleration testing short joint; the threaded head of the first acceleration testing short joint is in threaded connection with the second threaded hole of the barrel;
the outer thread of the sliding sleeve is in threaded connection with the first threaded hole of the second acceleration testing short joint; the threaded head of the second acceleration testing short joint is connected with the perforating gun;
a pressure sensor, the radial acceleration sensor, the circumferential acceleration sensor and the axial acceleration sensor are electrically connected with the signal amplifier respectively.

2. The mechanics experiment system for the perforated string in underground perforating blasting of the oil-gas well according to claim 1 , wherein the oil pipe and the packing tube are locked by an oil pipe hoop.

3. The mechanics experiment system for the perforated string in underground perforating blasting of the oil-gas well according to claim 1 , wherein the oil pipe and the sleeve are locked by a sleeve hoop.

4. The mechanics experiment system for the perforated string in underground perforating blasting of the oil-gas well according to claim 1 , wherein a tripod is arranged in the experiment water pool; the perforated string is positioned in a region defined by the tripod, and the tripod is connected with a sleeve hoop or an oil pipe hoop via one or more connecting rods.

5. The mechanics experiment system for the perforated string in underground perforating blasting of the oil-gas well according to claim 1 , wherein both the first threaded hole and the second threaded hole are conical threaded holes.

6. A mechanics experiment method for a perforated string in underground perforating blasting of an oil-gas well using a mechanics experiment system, comprising the following steps:
installing a perforating bullet on to a perforating gun;
setting a perforated string into an experiment water pool; connecting an output wire of a radial acceleration sensor, a circumferential acceleration sensor, an axial acceleration sensor and a pressure sensor to a signal amplifier while performing the step of setting the perforated string into the water pool, and then connecting the signal amplifier to an A/D converter; and finally connecting the A/D converter to a computer;
testing and regulating the signal amplifier such that the mechanics experiment system is in a pending state;
detonating the perforating bullet on the perforating gun by a detonating line;
acquiring, via the pressure sensor, an instantaneous pressure field suffered by the perforated string; transmitting, via the pressure sensor, pressure data to the signal amplifier; then transmitting, via the signal amplifier, the pressure data to the A/D converter, and converting, via the A/D converter, the pressure data into an electric signal and then transmitting the electric signal to the computer for storage; acquiring radial acceleration data, circumferential acceleration data and axial acceleration data of the perforated string via the radial acceleration sensor, the circumferential acceleration sensor and the axial acceleration sensor, respectively; transmitting, via the radial circumferential and axial acceleration sensors, the radial, circumferential and axial acceleration data to the signal amplifier; then transmitting, via the signal amplifier, the radial, circumferential and axial acceleration data to the A/D converter; and converting, via the A/D converter, the radial, circumferential and axial acceleration data into a second electric signal and then transmitting the second electric signal to the computer for storage; and
calculating, via the computer, a speed variation curve and a displacement variation curve of the perforated string during a perforation operation according to the acquired radial, circumferential and axial acceleration data; calculating, via the computer, a pressure variation curve of the perforated string during the perforation operation according to acquired pressure data; and finally, determining a failure mechanism of the perforated string by analyzing the speed and displacement variation curves, to determine strength demands of the string.

Assignees

• Univ Southwest Petroleum

Inventors

• Liu Jun
• Guo Xiaoqiang
• Liu Qingyou
• Wang Guorong
• Zhu Haiyan
• Liu Xian

Classifications

• E21B7/061 Primary

  the tool shaft advancing relative to a guide, e.g. a curved tube or a whipstock · CPC title

• E21B43/117 Primary

  Shaped-charge perforators (E21B43/118 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G01N3/313 Primary

  generated by explosives · CPC title

• E21B47/12

  Means for transmitting measuring-signals or control signals from the well to the surface, or from the surface to the well, e.g. for logging while drilling · CPC title