Pumping wells super flexible closed-loop control technology research and testing applications

In the late period of oilfield development, beam pumping is the most common artificial lifting method. With many problems such as high energy consumption, low efficiency and poor working condition, conventional drive control and production management mode can hardly meet the need of development. In this paper, a method of super flexible closed-loop control for beam pumps is proposed. With coupling analysis of loads, power and position of crank in a pump cycle and calculating, motor speed and corresponding frequency output curve can be obtained. Thus, variable motor speed with very little change on power mode is achieved. Through the driving frequency output and the drive power change, the variation of loads, torque and power of the whole beam pumping system can be reduced. In this way, working condition and efficiency of the pump can be improved and the abrasion of rod string and energy consumption can be reduced, meanwhile, service life of the whole system can be prolonged. After field test, the result of energy saving and efficiency improving can be seen.