Downhole Gas Compressor Motor Drive for Production Enhancement from Gas Fields

这项S2B合作专注于设计和开发一种创新的集成电力电子矩阵转换器(IPEMC)，用于驱动高功率密度、高速永磁电机。这是开发井下气体压缩机(DGC)的一项关键技术，该技术旨在提高井下输送压力，潜在地将产量提高28%-42%，增加井的最终采收率，此外还提供在减少废弃压力下运行的技术。IPEMC必须在恶劣的井环境中，在严格受限的空间范围内运行，这需要大量的部件小型化，简化控制系统，并优化从开关元件到散装气体流动的热传递。这项技术将适用于所有工业电机驱动，降低了复杂程度、成本和其他大型且昂贵的控制器的整体尺寸。

This S2B collaboration focusses on the design and development of an innovative Integrated Power Electronics Matrix Converter (IPEMC) for driving high power density, high speed permanent magnet motors. It is a key enabling technology for the development of a Downhole Gas Compressor (DGC), which is intended to boost the well delivery pressure potentially increasing production rates by 28 - 42%, increasing the ultimate recovery from the well, in addition to offering the technology to operate at reduced abandonment presures. The IPEMC must operate in the hostile well environment in a severely restricted space envelope, requiring significant minaturisation of components, simplification of the control system and optimisation of heat transfer from the switching elements to the bulk gas flow. The technology will be applicable for all industrial motor drives, reducing complexity, cost and overall size of otherwise large and expensive controllers.