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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Jifeng Wang, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Omprakash Samudrala, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Shenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 13/08 (2006.01); F16J 15/46 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 4/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/46 (2013.01); E21B 4/04 (2013.01); E21B 43/128 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seal assembly for a submersible pumping system is presented. The seal assembly includes a housing and a support tube disposed within the housing. Further, the seal assembly includes a shape memory alloy (SMA) foil disposed within the housing, surrounding the support tube to define a first chamber between the shape memory alloy foil and the support tube. The first chamber is configured to store a motor fluid, and wherein the shape memory alloy foil is configured to restrict a flow of a wellbore fluid to the motor fluid.