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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. 26, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2020
Applicant:

National Oilwell Varco, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Reza Rahmani, The Woodlands, TX (US);

Afshin Babaie Aghdam, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

National Oilwell Varco, L.P., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/20 (2020.01); E21B 47/013 (2012.01); E21B 45/00 (2006.01); E21B 10/06 (2006.01); E21B 10/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/20 (2020.01); E21B 10/16 (2013.01); E21B 45/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/013 (2020.05);
Abstract

A method includes receiving a drill bit design. The design specifies a design parameter for a plurality of cutter elements of a drill bit. The method also includes estimating a temperature value for the cutter elements based on the design parameter and a drilling parameter; estimating a wear value for the cutter elements based on the design parameter and the temperature value; updating a value of the design parameter for at least one of the cutter elements based on the wear value and a time period; and using the updated design parameter value, repeating the steps of estimating the temperature value, estimating the wear value, and updating the design parameter value until the design parameter value for the at least one of the cutter elements reaches a threshold value.


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