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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2011
Sandeep Verma, Acton, MA (US);
John G. Brisson, Rockport, MA (US);
Eric L. Stabinski, Brookline, MA (US);
Quincy K. Elias, Mattapan, MA (US);
Sandeep Verma, Acton, MA (US);
John G. Brisson, Rockport, MA (US);
Eric L. Stabinski, Brookline, MA (US);
Quincy K. Elias, Mattapan, MA (US);
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of and apparatus for cooling equipment including exposing a fluid to a tool comprising electronic components at a temperature T and pressure P, compressing the fluid to a temperature Tand pressure P, exposing the fluid to a surface in communication with liquid or gas or both external to the tool wherein the fluid after exposure to the surface is at a temperature Tand pressure P, and allowing the fluid to expand to a temperature Tand pressure Pwherein the equipment is a tool in a subterranean formation and T is less than Tand P is less than P. Apparatus and methods for cooling oil field services tools including a fluid that conducts heat from the tool to the fluid, a compressor that, a heat exchanger that accepts fluid from the compressor and that rejects heat from the fluid, and a valve or orifice.