Drill Rig Skid Sensor Data Acquisition and Asset Allocation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems for communicating with and monitoring drill rigs do not effectively identify and allocate assets at a specific location on a drill rig for future work projects, limiting their ability to efficiently manage and utilize equipment.

Innovation Solution

A system that includes sensors on drill rig equipment transmitting data to a data acquisition board, which processes and transfers information to a remote database server, allowing for real-time monitoring and asset allocation by generating lists of available and needed assets based on historical project data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If current communication systems are used to monitor drill rig equipment, then basic monitoring is possible, but the ability to identify and allocate assets at specific locations for future projects is limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveasset identification and allocation capabilityVSAvoidasset location and status information

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the drill rig into multiple skids, each equipped with its own sensors and identification systems. This allows individual tracking of assets at specific locations while maintaining overall system monitoring capability, enabling precise asset allocation for future projects

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

A communication system acts as an intermediary between sensors on skids and the central monitoring system. This intermediary transfers asset location and status information to the database server, ensuring complete information flow for accurate asset identification and allocation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If sensors and data acquisition boards are deployed on all skids, then real-time monitoring and asset allocation improve, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveasset management efficiencyVSAvoidsensor and data acquisition system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The data acquisition board is designed as a universal component that can interface with multiple types of sensors on different skids. This multi-functional design enables real-time monitoring of various asset types without requiring separate specialized systems for each, managing complexity while improving productivity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses configurable parameters in the data acquisition board to adapt to different sensor types and skid configurations. By changing software parameters rather than hardware configurations, the system maintains high productivity while minimizing physical complexity variations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11488266B2System for communicating between equipment on a plurality of skids on a drill rig

Publication Date: 2022.11.01 NIELD BARRY J

AI summary

A system for communicating between equipment on a plurality of skids associated with a drill rig and a database server remote from the drill rig includes a data acquisition board on the drill rig. A plurality of sensors on the drill rig are configured to transmit data associated with the equipment on the plurality of skids to the data acquisition board. A processor in communication with the data acquisition board is configured to execute a first logic that causes the processor to receive the data from each sensor within a project area defined by a predetermined distance from an predefined reference point or a predetermined list, format said received data, and transfer the received data to the database server.