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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kalpesh Singal, Glenville, NY (US);
Shyam Sivaramakrishnan, Edmond, OK (US);
Justin Edwin Barton, Glenville, NY (US);
Ravdos Holdings Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A controller for operating a prime mover of a rod pumping unit includes a processor configured to operate the prime mover over a first stroke and a second stroke. The controller is further configured to compute a first motor torque imbalance value for the first stroke and engage adjustment of a counter-balance. The controller is further configured to estimate a second motor torque imbalance value for the second stroke. The controller is further configured to disengage adjustment of the counter-balance during the second stroke upon the second motor torque imbalance value reaching a first imbalance range.