Mud pulse generation system based on two-way communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12366155-B2
Application number	US-202218691563-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2022
Priority date	Sep 30, 2021
Publication date	Jul 22, 2025
Grant date	Jul 22, 2025

Abstract

A mud pulse generation system based on two-way communication includes a turbine stator having at least two stator openings ( 35 ) each with a preset opening angle; a turbine rotor, having a sidewall provided with at least one wide blade and at least one narrow blade spaced from each other through several openings; a power generation module driven by rotation of the turbine rotor for supplying power; and a master device configured to control relative time when the wide blade or the narrow blade passes through the stator openings by controlling a controllable load of the power generation module based on uplink information, generate an uplink pulse signal with variable time intervals at the stator openings, and monitor and decode three-phase AC voltage signal output by the power generation module to obtain downlink information. This system is able to generate high-frequency pressure fluctuation pulse without requiring external power supply.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mud pulse generation system based on two-way communication, comprising:
a turbine stator, comprising at least two stator openings each with a preset opening angle;
a turbine rotor, having a sidewall provided with at least one wide blade and at least one narrow blade spaced from each other through several openings;
a power generation module, which is driven by rotation of the turbine rotor for supplying power; and
a master device, which is configured to control relative time when the wide blade or the narrow blade passes through the stator openings by controlling a controllable load of the power generation module based on uplink information, generate an uplink pulse signal with variable time intervals at the stator openings, and monitor and decode three-phase AC voltage signal output by the power generation module to obtain downlink information.

2. The mud pulse generation system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the preset opening angle is configured to meet a stator opening condition, wherein a ratio of straight angle to the preset opening angle is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

3. The mud pulse generation system according to claim 1 , characterized in that an axial height of the turbine stator is determined according to the following expression:

H
⁢
1

≤

π
⁢
D
⁢
1
⁢
tan
⁢
B

2

,

wherein H1 denotes the axial height of the turbine stator, D1 denotes a maximum outer diameter of the turbine stator, and B denotes a helix angle of the turbine stator; and
an axial height of the turbine rotor is equal to that of the turbine stator.

4. The mud pulse generation system according to claim 1 , characterized in that an angle corresponding to the wide blade is equal to the preset opening angle, or the angle corresponding to the wide blade is less than and close to the preset opening angle.

5. The mud pulse generation system according to claim 4 , characterized in that an angle corresponding to the narrow blade is determined according to the following expression:

D
⁢
2

≤

180
-
E

n
2

+
1

,

wherein D2 denotes the angle corresponding to the narrow blade, E denotes the angle corresponding to the wide blade, and n denotes a total number of the narrow blades of the turbine rotor when at least one narrow blade is provided within a semicircular area in a cross-section of the turbine rotor.

6. The mud pulse generation system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the power generation module is configured as a low-rotation speed generator with multiple pole pairs, wherein a number of pole pairs of the power generation module is twice a ratio of a round angle to the preset opening angle.

7. The mud pulse generation system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the master device comprises:
a pulse control module configured to select different time-interval coding strategies according to results of monitoring output voltages of the power generation module and current uplink information to be transmitted to the ground, in order to generate said uplink pulse signal.

8. The mud pulse generation system according to claim 7 , characterized in that,
the pulse control module is configured to monitor continuous change in a waveform of each phase in the three-phase AC voltage signal output by the power generation module, and switch off the controllable load when the signal is detected to be in a first state,
wherein a first-state waveform consists of a plurality of first waveforms with a full period of t1 and a second waveform with a full period of t2, the first waveform being generated when the narrow blade passes through the stator openings, and the second waveform and pulses in the uplink pulse signal being generated when the wide blade passes through the stator openings.

9. The mud pulse generation system according to claim 8 , characterized in that,
the pulse control module is further configured to identify the uplink information obtained from a downhole measurement and control system, determine a time-interval coding strategy combination according to the uplink information, and generate the uplink pulse signal with variable time intervals at the turbine stator according to a mode of switching on and off the controllable load corresponding to each state element indicated in the time-interval coding strategy combination, thereby realizing transmission of the uplink information to the ground,
wherein said time-interval coding strategy combination comprises different types of state elements arranged in a specified state sequence generated based on the uplink information, said state elements including a first state and different types of first-state altered states, each of the first-state altered states being a state of the three-phase AC voltage signal generated when the pulse control module replaces at least one first waveform in the first-state waveform with another waveform through switching on the controllable load.

10. The mud pulse generation system according to claim 7 , characterized in that the master device further comprises: a decoding module configured to monitor change in voltage amplitude of said three-phase AC voltage signal, decode, when the voltage signal is detected as containing downlink information, a current three-phase AC voltage signal to extract the downlink information, so that the downlink information is transmitted to a downhole measurement and control system.

11. The mud pulse generation system according to claim 7 , characterized in that the master device further comprises:
a rectifying module, connected to a three-phase AC output end of the power generation module, and configured to obtain and rectify the three-phase AC voltage signal output by the power generation module, in order to supply power to the controllable load of the power generation module; and
a DC voltage conversion module, connected to an output end of the rectifying module, and configured to convert rectified output voltage signal into DC voltage, in order to generate power signals of different DC voltage levels, thereby supplying power to the downhole measurement and control system, as well as the decoding module and the pulse control module within the master device.

12. The mud pulse generation system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the change in amplitude of the three-phase AC voltage signal is realized by controlling change in mud displacement.

Assignees

• China Petroleum & Chem Corp
• Sinopec Petroleum Engineering Tech Service Co Ltd
• Sinopec Matrix Corp
• Geosteering & Logging Res Institute Sinopec Matrix Corporation

Inventors

• Wu Baizhi
• Chen Wei
• Ma Qingming
• Yang Ningning
• Hou Shugang
• Xiao Hongbing
• Li Shan
• Liu Qinglong
• Liu Wenting

Classifications

• H04L67/125

  involving control of end-device applications over a network · CPC title

• E21B47/18 Primary

  through the well fluid {, e.g. mud pressure pulse telemetry} · CPC title

• Y02E10/20

  Hydro energy · CPC title

• H02K7/18

  Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g. with turbines · CPC title

• E21B47/20 Primary

  by modulation of mud waves, e.g. by continuous modulation · CPC title