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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilhelmus Hubertus Paulus Maria Heijnen, Nienhagen, DE;
John Foreman Stewart, Rijswijk, NL;
Robert Nicholas Worrall, Rijswijk, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/528 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/528 ;
Abstract
A device for generating electric power in a wellbore formed in an earth formation, the wellbore being provided with a conduit for passage of a stream of hydrocarbon fluid produced from the earth formation, the power generator comprising a mandrel adapted to be incorporated in the conduit, the mandrel being provided with a side pocket arranged to receive a thermoelectric power generator having a first wall in thermal contact with the stream of hydrocarbon fluid and a second wall in thermal contact with the earth formation surrounding the wellbore.