New low-speed high-torque motor experience in Europe
New low-speed high-torque motor experience in Europe
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欧洲低速大扭矩电机新体验
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发表时间:
1982
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通讯作者:
J. Forrest
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作者:
A. Beswick;J. Forrest
A new generation of multi-lobe positive displacement mud motors designed in the USSR has been used in Europe since early 1981. A comprehensive range of experience has already demonstrated the importance and potential of this development for a wide variety of drilling applications. This paper describes the design concept of the motor which operates on the Moineau principle and discusses the performance with reference to a number of recent applications including straight hole drilling, directional drilling and coring. The slow-speed, high-torque characteristics, which permit sustained high bit weights, give near rotary conditions at the bit for the first time with a downhole motor, offering many advantages in drilling. The references to case histories include a summary of the comprehensive use of the motors for directional drilling in two 7000 ft deep wells in granite for a hot dry rock geothermal energy research project in Cornwall, UK. In addition comments on the use of the motors with polycrystalline diamond and tricone bits for straight hole drilling are presented, together with a number of references to coring applications. The technical improvements to the original design based on early operational experience are outlined and future potential applications discussed.