Parameter monitoring and control for an electric driven hydraulic fracking system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12385336-B2
Application number	US-202418625554-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2024
Priority date	Feb 14, 2019
Publication date	Aug 12, 2025
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025

Abstract

An electric driven hydraulic fracking system is disclosed. A pump configuration includes the single VFD, the single shaft electric motor, and the single hydraulic pump mounted on the single pump trailer. A controller associated with the single VFD and is mounted on the single pump trailer. The controller monitors operation parameters associated with an operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system as each component of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system operates to determine whether the operation parameters deviate beyond a corresponding operation parameter threshold. Each of the operation parameters provides an indicator as to an operation status of a corresponding component of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system. The controller initiates corrected actions when each operation parameter deviates beyond the corresponding operation threshold. Initiating the corrected actions when each operation parameter deviates beyond the corresponding operation threshold maintains the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric driven hydraulic fracking system for pumping a fracking media into a well, comprising:
a variable frequency drive (VFD) configured to drive an electric motor to control the electric motor to drive a hydraulic pump; and
a controller associated with the VFD and configured to:
monitor a pump speed parameter associated with an operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system as the electric driven hydraulic fracking system operates to determine whether the pump speed parameter deviates beyond a pump speed parameter threshold, and
initiate a corrective action, in response to the pump speed parameter deviating beyond the pump speed parameter threshold, to maintain the operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the pump speed parameter is detected using a pump speed sensor configured to detect pump speed of the hydraulic pump.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein a pump pressure output by the hydraulic pump is based on the pump speed, and wherein the system further comprises a pressure sensor configured to detect the pump pressure.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine a pump pressure parameter based on the pump pressure detected by the pressure sensor.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to monitor the pump pressure parameter which is generated from a leak pressure that is applied by the hydraulic pump as the leak pressure is increased to a pump pressure threshold, and determine whether a leak is present based on the pump pressure parameter.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to monitor the pump pressure parameter generated from the leak pressure that is applied by the hydraulic pump as the leak pressure is increased to the pump pressure threshold as the hydraulic pump executes positive displacement, and automatically apply torque to the hydraulic pump to a torque threshold as the hydraulic pump executes the positive displacement.

7. A method for pumping a fracking media into a well, comprising:
driving, by a variable frequency drive (VFD), an electric motor associated with the VFD to control the electric motor to drive a hydraulic pump in an operation of hydraulic fracturing;
monitoring, by a controller, a pump speed parameter associated with the operation of hydraulic fracturing to determine whether the pump speed parameter deviates beyond a pump speed parameter threshold; and
initiating, by the controller, a corrective action, in response to the pump speed parameter deviating beyond the pump speed parameter threshold, to maintain the operation of hydraulic fracturing.

8. An electric driven hydraulic fracking system for pumping a fracking media into a well, comprising:
a variable frequency drive (VFD) for driving an electric motor at a VFD voltage level to control operation of the electric motor to drive a hydraulic pump; and
a controller associated with the VFD and configured to
determine whether a cable connecting a feeder of a power distribution system to a connection associated with the VFD is correctly plugged in based on a pulse train sent from the feeder, and
generate an alert, in response to determining that the VFD is not correctly plugged in.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the pulse train is sent from the feeder to the controller via the cable.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to verify that another cable connecting another feeder to the connection is correctly plugged in, in response to determining that another pulse train sent from the other feeder is associated with the other feeder.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the cable is not correctly plugged in, in response to determining that the pulse train is from the feeder which is intended to be connected to another VFD by the cable.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether another cable connecting the feeder to the connector is correctly plugged in based on another pulse train sent from the feeder.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the other pulse train is sent from the feeder to the controller via the other cable.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the pulse train corresponds to the other pulse train.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the cable is a cable for transmitting electrical power at a power generation voltage level.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the other cable is a cable for transmitting electrical power at an auxiliary voltage level.

17. The system of claim 8 , wherein the cable is a cable for transmitting an electrical signal for a communication link.

18. A method for pumping a fracking media into a well, comprising:
providing a variable frequency drive (VFD) for driving an electric motor at a VFD voltage level to control operation of the electric motor to drive a hydraulic pump; and
determining, by a controller, whether a cable connecting a feeder of a power distribution system to a connection associated with the VFD is correctly plugged in based on a pulse train sent from the feeder; and
generating, by the controller, an alert, in response to determining that the VFD is not correctly plugged in.

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Fischer John
• Crosetto John J
• Kubricht David
• Cheatham Richard
• Pollack Jeffrey
• Lawman Chad
• Todd David
• Nolen Tyler

Classifications

• H02J13/34

  the equipment being switches, relays or circuit breakers · CPC title

• F04D13/0686

  Mechanical details of the pump control unit (pump control F04D15/00) · CPC title

• E21B7/022

  Control of the drilling operation; Hydraulic or pneumatic means for activation or operation (control circuits for drilling masts E21B15/045) · CPC title

• E21B43/2605

  using gas or liquefied gas · CPC title

• H02B5/00

  Non-enclosed substations; Substations with enclosed and non-enclosed equipment · CPC title