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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2018
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Yunzheng Chen, Garching, DE;

Yi Liao, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Saijun Mao, Shanghai, CN;

Ming Xue, Shanghai, CN;

Stewart Blake Brazil, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Xuele Qi, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/02 (2006.01); F03B 15/00 (2006.01); H02P 9/04 (2006.01); H02P 101/10 (2015.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0085 (2013.01); F03B 13/02 (2013.01); F03B 15/00 (2013.01); H02P 9/04 (2013.01); F05B 2220/7062 (2013.01); H02P 2101/10 (2015.01);
Abstract

A downhole power generation system is disclosed, which includes a turbine generator system. The turbine generator system includes a turbine, a generator coupled with the turbine and having an AC-DC rectifier, and an optimized power control unit. The turbine is driven by flow of a downhole fluid to rotate. The generator converts rotational energy from the turbine to electrical energy and outputting a direct current voltage. The turbine generator system is coupled to a load via the optimized power control unit. The optimized power control unit controls to regulate an output voltage of the generator and provides a regulated output voltage to the load so that the turbine generator system has an optimized power output. An optimized power control method for a downhole power generation system is also disclosed.


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