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Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013

Filed:

Aug. 25, 2010
Applicant:

Fergus Hopwood, Houston, TX (US);

Inventor:

Fergus Hopwood, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A power limiting control system includes at least one power generator configured to provide power to a plurality of tools on a drilling rig; and a power limiting controller configured to control the provision of power from the power generator to the plurality of tools. The power limiting controller is adapted to perform a method including determining an individual power consumption for each of the plurality of tools; calculating a total power consumption from each respective individual power consumption of the plurality of tools; comparing the total power consumption of the plurality of tools to a total available power; ranking each respective individual power consumption by load size; and reducing power consumption of at least one of the plurality of tools based on rank when the total power consumption exceeds the total available power.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hopwood, Fergus. (2013). Power limiting control for multiple drilling rig tools (U.S. Patent No. 8604639). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8604639

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