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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Albert Hoefel, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Francois Bernard, Houston, TX (US);
Kent David Harms, Richmond, TX (US);
Sylvain Ramshaw, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Shayan Darayan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Taylor Johnson, Houston, TX (US);
Albert Hoefel, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Francois Bernard, Houston, TX (US);
Kent David Harms, Richmond, TX (US);
Sylvain Ramshaw, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Shayan Darayan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Taylor Johnson, Houston, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus including a downhole tool for conveyance in a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation and method of use thereof. The downhole tool may include a turbo-alternator disposed in a passageway for drilling mud, and a controller to: track operating points of the turbo-alternator, determine from the operating points a flow rate of the drilling mud, and control a component of the downhole tool based on the flow rate.