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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2018
Yuh Loh, Cypress, TX (US);
Zhi Yong He, Cypress, TX (US);
Lily Truong, Spring, TX (US);
Felipe Rivero, Humble, TX (US);
Zhiyue Xu, Cypress, TX (US);
Yuh Loh, Cypress, TX (US);
Zhi Yong He, Cypress, TX (US);
Lily Truong, Spring, TX (US);
Felipe Rivero, Humble, TX (US);
Zhiyue Xu, Cypress, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A downhole power generator module having a body with one or more couplings that are configured to connect the body to a downhole tool string positioned downhole in a wellbore. An axial passageway is formed through the outer housing and couplings. The power generator module has a pressure-driven electric generator such as a triboelectric or piezoelectric generator positioned within the body. A port in the body enables communication of well fluids from the wellbore to the generator. Pressure changes in the well fluids are communicated to the pressure-driven electric generator, causing it to autonomously generate electric power downhole. The generated power is provided directly to other downhole tools without intervention from the surface.