Bottom cylinder for high-temperature and high-pressure environment simulator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12085100-B2
Application number	US-202218012665-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2022
Priority date	Sep 30, 2021
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

A bottom cylinder for a high-temperature and high-pressure environment simulator of a high-fidelity corer is provided. The bottom cylinder includes a cylinder barrel. The bottom of the cylinder barrel is provided with a cylinder base. The piston is provided inside the cylinder barrel and divides an inner cavity of the cylinder barrel into a rodless cavity and a rod cavity. The piston is provided with a piston rod. The outer wall of the cylinder barrel is provided with an oil inlet hole communicated with the rodless cavity, an oil outlet hole communicated with the rod cavity, and a reserved hole. The lower end surface of the piston is provided with a first buffer ring, and the upper surface of the cylinder base is provided with a second buffer ring mated with the first buffer ring. The bottom cylinder is applied to the simulator for oil and gas resource exploitation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bottom cylinder for a high-temperature and high-pressure environment simulator, comprising a cylinder barrel, open at a top and a bottom, wherein the bottom of the cylinder barrel is provided with a cylinder base in a sealed manner; and a piston is provided inside the cylinder barrel in a movable and sealed manner, and the piston divides an inner cavity of the cylinder barrel into a rodless cavity and a rod cavity;
an upper end surface of the piston is provided with a piston rod; and the piston rod has a top end and an outer wall, wherein the top end passes through a top opening of the cylinder barrel, and the outer wall is connected to an inner wall of the cylinder barrel in the movable and sealed manner;
an outer wall of the cylinder barrel is provided with an oil inlet hole and an oil outlet hole, wherein the oil inlet hole is communicated with the rodless cavity, and the oil outlet hole is communicated with the rod cavity, and the outer wall of the cylinder barrel is provided with a reserved hole;
a lower end surface of the piston projects downward to form a mounting post; a circumferential outer wall of the mounting post is provided with a first buffer ring; and the first buffer ring has an upper end surface and a lower end surface, wherein the upper end surface of the first buffer ring is connected to the lower end surface of the piston in a sealed and fixed manner, and the lower end surface of the first buffer ring projects from a lower end surface of the mounting post; and
an upper surface of the cylinder base interfaces with a second buffer ring positioned to mate with the first buffer ring; and the second buffer ring has a lower end surface and a circumferential sidewall wherein, the lower end surface of the second buffer ring is connected to the upper surface of the cylinder base in a sealed and fixed manner, and the circumferential sidewall is connected to the inner wall of the cylinder barrel in the sealed and fixed manner.

2. The bottom cylinder according to claim 1 , wherein an upper end surface of the cylinder barrel is a stepped surface, and a clip mounting ring groove is provided on the outer wall at the top of the cylinder barrel.

3. The bottom cylinder according to claim 2 , wherein the clip mounting ring groove has an inclined sidewall at an angle of 2-5° with a horizontal plane.

4. The bottom cylinder according to claim 2 , wherein the inner cavity of the cylinder barrel has a cross-section in an inverted T shape; the piston is provided at a bottom of the inner cavity of the cylinder barrel; and the piston rod is provided at a top of the inner cavity of the cylinder barrel;
a first sealing ring mounting groove is provided on the outer wall of the piston, and a first sealing ring is provided in the first sealing ring mounting groove; and
the inner wall at the top of the cylinder barrel is provided with a plurality of spaced-apart second sealing ring mounting grooves, each of the plurality of spaced-apart second sealing ring mounting grooves is provided therein with a second sealing ring.

5. The bottom cylinder according to claim 1 , wherein the piston, the piston rod, and the mounting post are formed as a whole; a middle part of the lower end surface of the mounting post is provided with a first stop groove; a bottom of the first stop groove extends to a middle-upper part of the piston rod; and a length direction of the first stop groove is the same as an extension direction of the piston rod; and
the upper surface of the cylinder base is vertically provided with a stopper slidably connected to the first stop groove.

6. The bottom cylinder according to claim 5 , wherein the first stop groove has an isosceles-triangle or square cross-section, and the first stop groove has a centerline coinciding with a centerline of the cylinder barrel; and the stopper has a cross-section mated with the cross-section of the first stop groove.

7. The bottom cylinder according to claim 1 , wherein a lower end surface of the cylinder base is provided with a plurality of first countersunk threaded holes; and an outer edge of the upper surface of the cylinder base is provided with a plurality of second countersunk threaded holes.

8. The bottom cylinder according to claim 1 , wherein the top opening of the cylinder barrel is provided with a cylinder cover; and the outer wall of the piston rod is connected to the cylinder barrel through the cylinder cover in the movable and sealed manner;
a locking ring groove is provided on the outer wall at a middle-lower part of the piston rod and has a right-triangle cross-section with a tipped bottom and a flat top;
a locking device is provided on the outer wall of a middle-lower part of the cylinder barrel;
the locking device comprises a push rod and a linear motor; a through hole is provided on the outer wall of the cylinder barrel, wherein the through hole is for the push rod to pass through; an inner wall of the through hole is provided with a third sealing ring mounting groove; and a third sealing ring is provided in the third sealing ring mounting groove;
the push rod has a first end, a circumferential outer wall, and a second end, wherein the first end passes through the through hole and is located inside the cylinder barrel, the circumferential outer wall of the push rod is connected to the through hole in a movable and sealed manner, and the second end is fixedly connected to an output end of the linear motor; and the linear motor is fixed to the outer wall of the cylinder barrel;
a locking element is provided on the first end of the push rod inside the cylinder barrel, and has a right-triangle cross-section, wherein the locking element is mated with the locking ring groove;
a lower part of the locking ring groove is provided with a second stop groove; and the second stop groove has a rectangular cross-section, and has a width mated with a thickness of the locking element; and
a length direction of the second stop groove is the same as a length direction of the piston rod; and the second stop groove has a first end-and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to a bottom of the locking ring groove, and the second end extends to a bottom of the piston rod.

Assignees

• Univ Sichuan

Inventors

• Zhang Ru
• Zhang Zetian
• Zhang Zhilong
• Ren Li
• Lou Chendi
• Xiao Kun
• Zhang Anlin
• Hao Qijun
• Zhang Lanbin

Classifications

• F15B15/226

  having elastic elements, e.g. springs, rubber pads · CPC title

• F15B15/1466 Primary

  Hollow piston sliding over a stationary rod inside the cylinder · CPC title

• F15B15/1414

  with non-rotatable piston · CPC title

• F15B15/1447

  Pistons; Piston to piston rod assemblies · CPC title

• G01N33/24

  Earth materials (G01N33/42 takes precedence) · CPC title