Electrical submersible pump and pump system including additively manufactured structures and method of manufacture

a technology of additive manufacturing and submersible pumps, which is applied in the direction of machines/engines, earthwork drilling and mining, and well accessories, etc., can solve the problems of shortening the life of the pump, the inclusion of coatings and or wear resistant components is considerably more expensive than the conventional pump stage components, and the pump may potentially have to be removed earlier than the usual li

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-03-05
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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If a fluid being pumped contains a significant amount of contaminants, and more particularly entrained abrasive contaminants, such as sand, the abrasive particles will abrade and/or erode the components, and in particular the pump impellers and diffusers, and thereby shortening the life of the pump.
However, inclusion of these coating and or wear resistant components is considera...

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[0020]The disclosure will be described for the purposes of illustration only in connection with certain embodiments; however, it is to be understood that other objects and advantages of the present disclosure will be made apparent by the following description of the drawings according to the disclosure. While preferred embodiments are disclosed, they are not intended to be limiting. Rather, the general principles set forth herein are considered to be merely illustrative of the scope of the present disclosure and it is to be further understood that numerous changes may be made without straying from the scope of the present disclosure.

[0021]As described in detail below, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for monolithic design and manufacture of an electric submersible pump. The present disclosure further provides embodiments of a system and method for monolithic design and manufacture of an electric submersible pump manufactured via additive manufacturin...

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An electric submersible pump and pump system including additively manufactures structures and method of manufacture are disclosed. The pump system including the electric submersible pump and an electric motor configured to operate the electric submersible pump. The electric submersible pump including a housing, at least one impeller and at least one diffuser disposed within the housing in cooperative engagement. The housing, the at least one impeller, and the at least one diffuser defining an internal volume configured to receive a fluid. At least one of the at least one impeller and the at least one diffuser configured as a monolithic additively manufactured structure comprised of a metal matrix composite. Also provided is an electric submersible pump including an impeller and a diffuser, wherein at least one of the impeller and the diffuser is configured as a monolithic additively manufactured structure comprised of a tungsten carbide (WC) dispersed in a metal matrix.

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BACKGROUND[0001]The present disclosure relates to electric submersible pumps. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to electric submersible pumps configured to provide improved contaminant tolerance and resulting increase in life span of the pump and pump components.[0002]Electric submersible pump systems are used in a wide variety of environments, including wellbore applications for pumping production fluids, such as water or petroleum. Electric submersible pump systems typically include, among other components, a submersible pump that provides for the pumping of high volumes of fluid, such as for use in oil wells which produce large quantities of water, or high volume water wells and a submersible motor for operating the electric submersible pump.[0003]A typical electric submersible pump utilizes numerous stages of diffusers and impellers, referred to as pump stages, for pumping fluid to the surface from the well. During operation, the impellers are configured to rotat...

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IPC IPC(8): E21B43/12B22F3/105B22F3/00
CPCE21B43/128B22F2003/1057B22F3/1055B22F3/008F04D13/10F04D29/026F04D29/2227F04D29/448C22C1/0433C22C1/10C22C32/00C22C32/0026C22C32/0047C22C33/02C22C2200/02F05D2300/2263F05D2230/31F05D2300/20F05D2300/6032F05D2300/10Y02P10/25B22F10/28B22F10/80
Inventor SHILPIEKANDULA, VIJAYSEARS, JAMES WILLIAMYANG, YANZHESUN, HONGQINGGHASRIPOOR, FARSHAD
Owner GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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