Subsea Pumping Skid With Modular Units
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing subsea pumping equipment is difficult and expensive to construct and deploy, making it inadequate for boosting pumping capacity in various subsea applications.
Innovation Solution
A self-contained pumping module with removable units mounted on a skid, featuring hydraulic and electrical connectors for easy connection and deployment, allowing for flexible configuration and reduced complexity and cost, enabling easy installation and operation on the sea floor.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If existing subsea pumping equipment is used for boosting pumping capacity, then pumping capacity is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The pumping system is divided into modular pumping units that can be independently installed and removed from the skid. Each pumping unit is a self-contained module with its own motor and pump components, allowing the system to be configured in different arrangements (series or parallel) to achieve desired pumping capacity without requiring a completely different system design.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows dynamic reconfiguration of pumping units on the skid to adapt to varying pumping requirements. Units can be added or removed based on flow rate and pressure demands, enabling the system to maintain optimal performance across different operating conditions without fixed, over-engineered capacity.
2Productivity
If existing subsea pumping equipment is used for boosting pumping capacity, then pumping capacity is improved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the pumping system into standardized modular units, manufacturing costs are reduced through economies of scale. Each module can be manufactured independently using the same design and components, allowing for batch production and standardized assembly procedures rather than custom-building entire pumping systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The modular pumping units are designed with universal mounting interfaces and standardized components that can be used across different skid configurations. This universality allows the same basic module to serve multiple pumping capacity requirements, reducing the need for specialized components and lowering overall manufacturing costs.
3Ease of operation
If removable pumping units are mounted on a skid for easy deployment, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple pumping units are merged onto a single skid platform that provides common mounting structures, hydraulic connections, and electrical interfaces. This consolidation reduces the overall complexity compared to having separate pumping systems, as the skid serves as an integrated base that simplifies installation and interconnection of the modular units.
Data Source
AI summary
A system can include a skid, a support structure to support the skid on a sea floor, mounts connected to the skid, an electrical connector for each of the mounts to power an electric submersible pump housed by a tubular housing, fluid connectors for each of the mounts, tubular housing fluid isolation valves for each of the mounts, at least one fluid bypass that comprises a fluid bypass isolation valve, and a subsea control module for control of the tubular housing fluid isolation valves, the fluid bypass isolation valve and electricity to each of the electrical connectors. Various other devices, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.