Schlumberger Technology Corporation

Toshiba International Corporation

Services Petroliers Schlumberger

Schlumberger Holdings Limited

Prad Research and Development Limited

Omid Ghoreishi

Obinna Ilochonwu

Adunola Ige

Jeffrey Lim

William Michael Jackson

Kurt Johannes LeDoux

Faruq Rajwani

A fail-safe motorized switching system includes: (a) a motorized loadbreak switch system, the motorized loadbreak switch system adapted for opening and closing contacts between a high voltage power source and a load; (b) an energy storage device connected to the motorized loadbreak switch system; and (c) a controller connected to the energy storage device, the controller programmed with control logic to ensure that the motorized loadbreak switch system opens the contacts between the high voltage power source and the load once the power source is removed.

Fail-open mechanism for motorized switch

A variable frequency drive system for controlling the frequency of a high-voltage power source supplied to a first electric motor includes a transformer section that includes a motorized loadbreak switch system, control power transformers, a controller programmed with control logic to ensure that the motorized loadbreak switch system opens contacts between the high-voltage power source and the variable frequency drive system once the power source is removed, and a tank containing a dielectric fluid, wherein the tank also contains, within the dielectric fluid, a manual isolation switch to supply or remove power to the transformer section, an impedance for use in soft-starting the variable frequency drive system, a primary winding, and a plurality of phase-shifted secondary windings.

Variable frequency drive with dielectric fluid-immersed transformer

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Omid Ghoreishi