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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Nagaraja K. Pai, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 4/04 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); H02K 16/00 (2006.01); H02K 21/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 41/0085 (2013.01); H02K 16/00 (2013.01); H02K 21/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A downhole drilling system is disclosed. The downhole drilling system may include an axial-field multi-armature alternator system, mechanically driven by a turbine; a pulse-generating circuit electrically coupled to the axial-field multi-armature alternator system, the pulse-generating circuit receiving power from the axial-field multi-armature alternator system to provide an electric pulse; and a drill bit including a first electrode and a second electrode electrically coupled to the pulse-generating circuit to receive the electric pulse from the pulse-generating circuit.