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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Omar Al Assad, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Rogier Sebastiaan Blom, Balston Lake, NY (US);
Gary Hughes, Missouri City, TX (US);
Justin Edwin Barton, Glenville, NY (US);
Peter Westerkamp, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Ravdos Holdings Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 49/20 (2006.01); F04B 47/02 (2006.01); F04B 53/14 (2006.01); F04B 19/22 (2006.01); F04B 51/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); E21B 47/008 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 49/20 (2013.01); E21B 43/126 (2013.01); E21B 47/008 (2020.05); F04B 19/22 (2013.01); F04B 47/022 (2013.01); F04B 51/00 (2013.01); F04B 53/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller for operating a rod pumping unit at a pump speed. The controller includes a processor configured to operate a pump piston of the rod pumping unit at a first speed. The processor is further configured to determine a pump fillage level for a pump stroke based on a position signal and a load signal. The processor is further configured to reduce the pump speed to a second speed based on the pump fillage level for the pump stroke.