Power distribution trailer for an electric driven hydraulic fracking system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12385378-B2
Application number	US-202418663929-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 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 that includes the single VFD, the single shaft electric motor, and the single hydraulic pump that is mounted on the single pump trailer. A power distribution trailer distributes the electric power generated by the power generation system at the power generation voltage level to the single VFD and converts the electric power at a power generation voltage level to a VFD voltage level and controls the operation of the single shaft electric motor and the single hydraulic pump. The power distribution trailer converts the electric power generated by the power generation system at the power generation level to an auxiliary voltage level that is less than the power generation voltage level. The power distribution trailer distributes the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the single VFD that controls an operation of the of the auxiliary systems.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hydraulic fracking system, comprising:
gas turbine generators configured to output electric power;
a power distribution system configured to receive electric power from the gas turbine generators, and distribute the electric power;
variable frequency drives (VFDs) each configured to receive electric power from the power distribution system, and use the electric power to respectively drive an electric motor mechanically coupled to a hydraulic pump to execute a hydraulic fracking operation; and
a controller configured to, in response to detecting a failure of a gas turbine generator of the gas turbine generators, execute a load sharing operation to maintain the hydraulic fracking operation by determining an amount of electric power being output by remaining gas turbine generators of the gas turbine generators, determining an amount of electric power being consumed by the VFDs, and reducing the amount of electric power being consumed by the VFDs based on the determined amount of electric power being output by the remaining gas turbine generators.

2. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to detect the failure based on a signal from the gas turbine generator.

3. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the load sharing operation comprises the remaining gas turbine generators of the gas turbine generators continuing to output electric power and the VFDs fading back.

4. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the load sharing operation comprises fading back the VFDs to avoid a brown out.

5. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the load sharing operation comprises fading back the VFDs to avoid a black out.

6. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to execute the load sharing operation by fading back the VFDs to an extent based on a combined electric power output of the remaining gas turbine generators.

7. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 1 , wherein the gas turbine generators are configured to output the electric power at a first voltage level, and wherein the power distribution system comprises
switchgears configured to respectively distribute electric power at the first voltage level to the VFDs, and
a switchgear transformer configured to convert electric power at the first voltage level to electric power at a second voltage level, and distribute the electric power at the second voltage level to auxiliary systems configured to respectively cool the VFDs.

8. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 7 , wherein the switchgears and the switchgear transformer are disposed on a trailer.

9. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 7 , wherein the VFDs and the auxiliary systems are disposed on trailers such that each trailer supports one of the VFDs and one of the auxiliary systems.

10. The hydraulic fracturing system of claim 7 , wherein the auxiliary systems comprise fans.

11. A hydraulic fracking system, comprising:
gas turbine generators configured to output electric power;
a power distribution system configured to receive electric power from the gas turbine generators, and distribute the electric power;
variable frequency drives (VFDs) each configured to receive electric power from the power distribution system, and use the electric power to respectively drive an electric motor mechanically coupled to a hydraulic pump to execute a hydraulic fracking operation; and
a controller configured to, in response to detecting a failure of a gas turbine generator of the gas turbine generators, execute a load sharing operation to maintain the hydraulic fracking operation by fading back the VFDs to an extent based on a combined electric power output of operational gas turbine generators of the gas turbine generators.

12. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to detect the failure based on a signal from the gas turbine generator.

13. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 11 , wherein the load sharing operation comprises the operational gas turbine generators continuing to output electric power and the VFDs fading back.

14. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 12 , wherein the controller is further configured to execute the load sharing operation by determining an amount of electric power being output by the operational gas turbine generators, determining an amount of electric power being consumed by the VFDs, and reducing the amount of electric power being consumed by the VFDs based on the determined amount of electric power being output by the operational gas turbine generators.

15. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 11 , wherein the load sharing operation comprises fading back the VFDs to avoid a brown out.

16. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 11 , wherein the load sharing operation comprises fading back the VFDs to avoid a black out.

17. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 11 , wherein the gas turbine generators are configured to output the electric power at a first voltage level, and wherein the power distribution system comprises
switchgears configured to respectively distribute electric power at the first voltage level to the VFDs, and
a switchgear transformer configured to convert electric power at the first voltage level to electric power at a second voltage level, and distribute the electric power at the second voltage level to auxiliary systems configured to respectively cool the VFDs.

18. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 17 , wherein the switchgears and the switchgear transformer are disposed on a trailer.

19. The hydraulic fracking system of claim 17 , wherein the VFDs and the auxiliary systems are disposed on trailers such that each trailer supports one of the VFDs and one of the auxiliary systems.

20. The hydraulic fracturing system of claim 17 , wherein the auxiliary systems comprise fans.

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

• H02P27/04

  using variable-frequency supply voltage, e.g. inverter or converter supply voltage · CPC title

• H02K7/18

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

• F04D13/0686

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

• F04B17/06

  Mobile combinations · CPC title