Turbine fracturing system, controlling method thereof, controlling apparatus and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12098627-B2
Application number	US-202318352010-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2023
Priority date	Jun 2, 2021
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

Abstract

A turbine fracturing system and a controlling method thereof, a controlling apparatus and a storage medium are provided. The turbine fracturing system includes: N turbine fracturing apparatuses, wherein each of the N turbine fracturing apparatuses comprises a turbine engine, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; a fuel gas supply apparatus connected to the N turbine engines, wherein the fuel gas supply apparatus is configured to supply fuel gas and distribute the fuel gas to the N turbine engines as gaseous fuel; and a fuel liquid supply apparatus connected to at least one of the N turbine engines and configured to supply liquid fuel to at least one of the N turbine engines in a case that at least one of a flow rate and a pressure of the fuel gas decreases.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A turbine fracturing system, comprising:
N turbine fracturing apparatuses, wherein each of the N turbine fracturing apparatuses comprises a turbine engine, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2;
a fuel gas supply apparatus connected to the N turbine engines, wherein the fuel gas supply apparatus is configured to supply gaseous fuel and distribute the gaseous fuel to the N turbine engines; and
a fuel liquid supply apparatus connected to the N turbine engines and configured to supply liquid fuel in place of the gaseous fuel to at least one turbine engine selected from the N turbine engines for the selected at least one turbine engine to switch from the gaseous fuel to the liquid fuel when at least one of a collective flow rate and a collective pressure of the gaseous fuel supplied to the N turbine engines satisfies a predetermined condition.

2. The turbine fracturing system according to claim 1 , further comprising a measurement and control apparatus, the measurement and control apparatus comprising a data acquisition device and a data processing device, wherein:
the data acquisition device is in signal communication with the fuel gas supply apparatus, and configured to acquire first gaseous fuel data of the gaseous fuel and send the first gaseous fuel data to the data processing device; and
the data processing device comprises:
a comparison and determination circuit in signal communication with the data acquisition device for determining whether the predetermined condition is satisfied in that the comparison and determination circuit is configured to compare the first gaseous fuel data with a first threshold value and determine whether the first gaseous fuel data is smaller than the first threshold value, wherein the first gaseous fuel data comprises the at least one of the collective pressure and the collective flow rate of the gaseous fuel, and the first threshold value comprises at least one of a first pressure threshold value corresponding to the collective pressure and a first flow rate threshold value corresponding to the collective flow rate; and
a control circuit in signal communication with the comparison and determination circuit, and configured to select the at least one turbine engine from the N turbine engines and generate a first fuel switching signal in response to the first gaseous fuel data being smaller than the first threshold value, wherein the first fuel switching signal is used for switching the gaseous fuel of the at least one turbine engine into liquid fuel.

3. The turbine fracturing system according to claim 2 , wherein:
the turbine fracturing system further comprises a liquid fuel storage device for and connected with each turbine engine, and the fuel liquid supply apparatus supplies the liquid fuel to the at least one turbine engine through the liquid fuel storage device;
each of the N turbine fracturing apparatuses further comprises a local control device in signal communication with the turbine engine;
the control circuit is further configured to send the first fuel switching signal to the local control device corresponding to the at least one turbine engines as selected;
the local control device is configured to switch the gaseous fuel of the at least one turbine engine as selected to the liquid fuel according to the first fuel switching signal; and
the liquid fuel is supplied by the fuel liquid storage device connected to the at least one turbine engine as selected.

4. The turbine fracturing system according to claim 3 , wherein:
the turbine fracturing system further comprises a gaseous fuel delivery device connected with each of the N turbine engines, and the fuel gas supply apparatus supplies the gaseous fuel to each of the N turbine engines through the gaseous fuel delivery device;
the local control device of each of the N turbine engines comprises a local control circuit and a switching circuit;
the local control circuit is configured to receive the first fuel switching signal and control the switching circuit to switch from the gaseous fuel to the liquid fuel;
the switching circuit is connected to the liquid fuel storage device and the gaseous fuel delivery device which are arranged on a same turbine fracturing apparatus, and is configured to switch from the gaseous fuel delivery device to the liquid fuel storage device.

5. The turbine fracturing system according to claim 2 , wherein:
each of the at least one turbine engine of the N turbine engines is selected due to their longest operational times, wherein a turbine engine with the longest operational time satisfies at least one of the following three conditions:
a current amount of liquid fuel stored for the turbine engine is the largest;
a load of the turbine engine is the smallest; and
a ratio of the current amount of liquid fuel stored for the turbine engine to the load of the turbine engine is the highest.

6. The turbine fracturing system according to claim 2 , wherein:
the data acquisition device is further configured to acquire second gaseous fuel data of the gaseous fuel and send the second gaseous fuel data to the data processing device, and the second gaseous fuel data comprises a change rate of the first gaseous fuel data;
the comparison and determination circuit is further configured to compare the second gaseous fuel data with a change rate threshold value and send a comparison result to the control circuit; and
the control circuit is further configured to adjust a total displacement of the turbine fracturing system according to the comparison result.

7. The turbine fracturing system according to claim 6 , wherein:
the change rate of the first gaseous fuel data comprises a reduction rate of the first gaseous fuel data, and the change rate threshold value comprises a reduction rate threshold value of the first gaseous fuel data;
the comparison and determination circuit is further configured to compare the second gaseous fuel data with the reduction rate threshold value of the first gaseous fuel data and determine whether the second gaseous fuel data is greater than or equal to the reduction rate threshold value of the first gaseous fuel data; and
the control circuit is further configured to generate a first displacement reduction signal for reducing the total displacement of the turbine fracturing system in response to the second gaseous fuel data being greater than or equal to the reduction rate threshold value of the first gaseous fuel data.

8. The turbine fracturing system according to claim 2 , wherein:
the fuel liquid supply apparatus comprises N liquid fuel storage devices arranged on the N turbine fracturing apparatuses in one-to-one correspondence and connected with the N turbine engines in one-to-one correspondence;
the data acquisition device is further configured to acquire a current total amount of the liquid fuel stored in all the N liquid fuel storage devices and send the current total amount of liquid fuel to the data processing device;
the comparison and determination circuit is further configured to compare the current total amount of liquid fuel with a total amount threshold value and determine whether the current total amount of liquid fuel is smaller than the total amount threshold value; and
the control circuit is further configured to generate a second displacement reduction signal for reducing a total displacement of the turbine fracturing system in response to the current total amount of liquid fuel being smaller than the total amount threshold value.

9. The turbine fracturing system according to claim 2 , wherein:
the comparison and determination circuit is further configured for:
determining whether a turbine engine of the N turbine engines havin

Assignees

• Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mao Zhuqing
• Zhang Rikui
• Zhang Peng
• Wang Jianwei
• Wang Jihua
• Ji Xiaolei

Classifications

• F05D2270/301

  Pressure · CPC title

• F05D2270/05

  to affect the output of the engine · CPC title

• F05D2270/02

  to control rotational speed (n) · CPC title

• F04B17/05 Primary

  driven by internal-combustion engines · CPC title

• F02D41/0027

  the fuel being gaseous (non-electrical control F02D19/02) · CPC title