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Turbogenerator power control system
Assignee: Capstone Green Energy Corp
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Filing: 1999-05-22
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Granted: 2001-12-04
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Expires: 2019-05-22
Abstract
Abstract A power control system for a turbogenerator which provides electrical power to one or more pump-jack oil wells. When the induction motor of a pump-jack oil well is powered by three-phase utility power, the speed of the pump-jack shaft varies only slightly over the pumping cycle but the utility power requirements can vary by four times the average pumping power. This power variation makes it impractical to power a pump-jack oil well with a stand-alone turbogenerator controlled by a conventional power control system. This power control system comprises a turbogenerator inverter, a load inverter, and a central processing unit which controls the frequency and voltage/current of each inverter. Throughout the oil well's pumping cycle, the central processing unit increases or decreases the frequency of the load inverter in order to axially accelerate and decelerate the masses of the down hole steel pump rods and oil, and to rotationally accelerate and decelerate the masses of the motor rotors and counter balance weights. This allows kinetic energy to be alternately stored in and extracted from the moving masses of the oil well and allows the oil pumping power to be precisely controlled. Historical data on the load inverter's frequency versus time profile throughout previous pumping cycles, which resulted in nearly constant turbogenerator power requirements, is utilized to further reduce variations in power.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert W. Bosley
- 👤 Edward C. Edelman
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02C; F02C9/00; F02C9/48; F02C9/56; E; E21; E21B; E21B47/00; E21B47/008; E21B47/009; F04; F04B; F04B47/00; F04B47/02; F04B47/022; H; H02; H02P; H02P9/00; H02P9/04; F05; F05D; F05D2200/00; F05D2200/10; F05D2200/15
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 92
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator; a cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to said motor; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor based on historical machine cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data to provide a substantially constant power level to said electric motor.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
77 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator; a cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to said motor; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor based on historical machine cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data to provide a substantially constant power level to said electric motor.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
132 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator; a cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to said motor; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor based on historical machine cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data to provide a substantially constant power level to said electric motor, wherein said variable frequency time profile is established by four control loops, one control loop providing a temperature safety limit, one control loop providing a speed safety limit, one control loop providing a power variation minimizing control based on instantaneous data and one control loop providing power variation minimizing control based on said historical data.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
132 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator; a cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to said motor; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor based on historical machine cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data to provide a substantially constant power level to said electric motor, wherein said variable frequency time profile is established by four control loops, one control loop providing a temperature safety limit, one control loop providing a speed safety limit, one control loop providing a power variation minimizing control based on instantaneous data and one control loop providing power variation minimizing control based on said historical data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
The system of claim 2 wherein said controller includes: a high frequency inverter synchronously connected to said turbogenerator; a direct current bus electrically connecting said high frequency inverter with said load inverter; and a processor to control the frequency and voltage/current of said high frequency inverter and said load inverter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
74 words
The system of claim 3 wherein said control loop providing a power variation minimizing control based on instantaneous data includes a first control loop to adjust fuel flow to said turbogenerator to match the power generated by said turbogenerator with the current power requirements of said electric motor, and a second control loop to adjust said load inverter frequency so that said electric motor power requirements match the current power generated by said turbogenerator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
67 words
The system of claim 3 wherein said cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor is a pump-jack oil well having axially moving and rotationally moving masses, and said processor varies the frequency of said load inverter to accelerate and decelerate said axially moving and rotationally moving masses of said pump-jack oil well to control the power requirements of said electric motor driving said pump-jack oil well.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
The system of claim 5 wherein the frequency of said load inverter is varied to minimize variations in the power requirements of said electric motor driving said pump-jack oil well over the operating cycle of said pump-jack oil well.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of claim 5 wherein the frequency of said load inverter is established to match the oil pumping rate of said pump-jack oil well with the rate at which oil seeps into the oil well.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 3 wherein said cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor is a pump-jack oil well, and said processor varies the instantaneous frequency of said load inverter over the operating cycle of said pump-jack oil well.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 3 wherein said cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor is a pump-jack oil well, and said processor varies the instantaneous voltage of said load inverter over the operating cycle of said pump-jack oil well.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 3 wherein said cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor is a pump-jack oil well, and said processor varies the instantaneous current of said load inverter over the operating cycle of said pump-jack oil well.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
55 words
The system of claim 3 wherein said cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor is a pump-jack oil well, and said processor varies the frequency of said load inverter over the operating cycle of said pump-jack oil well to reduce variations in the power requirements of said electric motor driving said pump-jack oil well.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
54 words
The system of claim 3 wherein said cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor is a pump-jack oil well, and said processor varies the voltage or current of said load inverter over the operating cycle of said pump-jack oil well to control the slip of said electric motor driving said pump-jack oil well.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
55 words
The system of claim 3 wherein said cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor is a pump-jack oil well, and, over the operating cycle of said pump-jack oil well, said processor controls the instantaneous pumping work performed by said pump-jack oil well and the instantaneous pumping work being extracted from said pump-jack oil well.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 3 wherein said cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor is a pump-jack oil well, and said processor causes the total of instantaneous pumping energy required or produced by said pump-jack oil well, and the instantaneous kinetic energy extracted from or inserted into said pump-jack oil well, to be substantially constant over the operating cycle of said pump-jack oil well.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
97 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator; a plurality of cyclic motion machines each driven by an electric motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to each of said motors; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said load inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor of each of said plurality of machines based on historical machine cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data for each of said plurality of machines to provide a substantially constant total power level to said motors.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
97 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator; a plurality of cyclic motion machines each driven by an electric motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to each of said motors; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said load inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor of each of said plurality of machines based on historical machine cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data for each of said plurality of machines to provide a substantially constant total power level to said motors.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
150 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator; a plurality of cyclic motion machines each driven by an electric motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to said motor; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said load inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor of each of said plurality of machines based on historical machine cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data for each of said plurality of machines to provide a substantially constant total power level to said motors, wherein said variable frequency time profile is established by four control loops, one control loop providing a temperature safety limit, one control loop providing a speed safety limit, one control loop providing a power variation minimizing control based on instantaneous data and one control loop providing power variation minimizing control based on said historical data.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
150 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator; a plurality of cyclic motion machines each driven by an electric motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to said motor; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said load inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor of each of said plurality of machines based on historical machine cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data for each of said plurality of machines to provide a substantially constant total power level to said motors, wherein said variable frequency time profile is established by four control loops, one control loop providing a temperature safety limit, one control loop providing a speed safety limit, one control loop providing a power variation minimizing control based on instantaneous data and one control loop providing power variation minimizing control based on said historical data.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
151 words
The system of claim 16 wherein: said plurality of cyclic motion machines each driven by an electric motor are a plurality of pump-jack oil wells; said controller includes a high frequency inverter synchronously connected to said turbogenerator, a direct current bus electrically connecting said high frequency inverter with said load inverter, and a processor to control the frequency and voltage/current of said high frequency inverter and said load inverter; and said control loop providing a power variation minimizing control based on instantaneous data includes a first control loop to adjust fuel flow to said turbogenerator to match the power generated by said turbogenerator with the current power requirements of said plurality of pump-jack oil well's electric motors, and a second control loop to adjust said load inverter frequency so that the power requirements of said plurality of pump jack oil well's electric motors match the current power generated by said turbogenerator.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
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A system, comprising: a turbogenerator including a permanent magnet generator/motor, a compressor, and a gas turbine having a combustor; at least one pump-jack oil well driven by an electric induction motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to said motor; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said load inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric induction motor of said pump-jack oil well based on historical pump-jack oil well cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data to provide a substantially constant power level to said motor.
Claim 23
Independent Claim
102 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator including a permanent magnet generator/motor, a compressor, and a gas turbine having a combustor; at least one pump-jack oil well driven by an electric induction motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to said motor; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said load inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric induction motor of said pump-jack oil well based on historical pump-jack oil well cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data to provide a substantially constant power level to said motor.
Claim 24
Independent Claim
112 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator including a permanent magnet generator/motor, a compressor, and a gas turbine having a combustor; at least one pump-jack oil well driven by an electric induction motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to said motor; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said load inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric induction motor of said pump-jack oil well based on historical pump-jack oil well cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data to provide a substantially constant power level to said motor, wherein said controller includes a plurality of primary control loops.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
112 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator including a permanent magnet generator/motor, a compressor, and a gas turbine having a combustor; at least one pump-jack oil well driven by an electric induction motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to said motor; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said load inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric induction motor of said pump-jack oil well based on historical pump-jack oil well cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data to provide a substantially constant power level to said motor, wherein said controller includes a plurality of primary control loops.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 19 wherein one of said primary control loops is a turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 19 wherein one of said primary control loops is a turbogenerator speed control loop.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 19 wherein one of said primary control loops is a power control loop.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 19 wherein said primary control loops include a turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop and a turbogenerator speed control loop.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 19 wherein said primary control loops include a turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop and a power control loop.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 19 wherein said primary control loops include a power control loop and a turbogenerator speed control loop.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 19 wherein said primary control loops include a turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop, a turbogenerator speed control loop, and a power control loop.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 26 wherein said turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop and said turbogenerator speed control loop command fuel input to the turbogenerator combustor.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 27 , further comprising: a selector to select the minimum fuel command from said turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop and said turbogenerator speed control loop.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 26 wherein said controller further comprises a turbogenerator speed command control loop and a turbogenerator power command control loop.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 26 wherein said controller further comprises a maximum turbogenerator speed control loop and a maximum turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop.
Claim 37
Independent Claim
143 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator including a permanent magnet generator/motor, a compressor, and a gas turbine having a combustor; at least one pump-jack oil well driven by an electric induction motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to said motor; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said load inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric induction motor of said pump-jack oil well based on historical pump-jack oil well cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data to provide a substantially constant power level to said motor; a high frequency inverter synchronously connected to said turbogenerator; a direct current bus electrically connecting said high frequency inverter with said load inverter; and a processor to control the frequency and voltage/current of said high frequency inverter and said load inverter.
Claim 38
Independent Claim
143 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator including a permanent magnet generator/motor, a compressor, and a gas turbine having a combustor; at least one pump-jack oil well driven by an electric induction motor; a load inverter connected to said turbogenerator to deliver power to said motor; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to vary the frequency of said load inverter in accordance with a variable frequency time profile for said electric induction motor of said pump-jack oil well based on historical pump-jack oil well cycle position and corresponding inverter frequency data to provide a substantially constant power level to said motor; a high frequency inverter synchronously connected to said turbogenerator; a direct current bus electrically connecting said high frequency inverter with said load inverter; and a processor to control the frequency and voltage/current of said high frequency inverter and said load inverter.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 31 wherein said processor includes a plurality of primary control loops.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 32 wherein one of said primary control loops is a turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 32 wherein one of said primary control loops is a turbogenerator speed control loop.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 32 wherein one of said primary control loops is a power control loop.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 32 wherein said primary control loops include a turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop and a turbogenerator speed control loop.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 32 wherein said primary control loops include a turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop and a power control loop.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system of claim 32 wherein said primary control loops include a power control loop and a turbogenerator speed control loop.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 32 wherein said primary control loops include a turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop, a turbogenerator speed control loop, and a power control 3 loop.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system of claim 39 wherein said turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop and said turbogenerator speed control loop command fuel output to the turbogenerator combustor.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
30 words
The system of claim 40 , further comprising: a selector to select the minimum fuel command from said turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop and said turbogenerator speed control loop.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 39 wherein said controller additionally includes a turbogenerator speed command control loop and a turbogenerator power command control loop.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 39 wherein said controller additionally includes a maximum turbogenerator speed control loop and a maximum turbine exhaust gas temperature control loop.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 31 wherein said processor utilizes a once per pumping cycle signal generated by each pump-jack oil well that is powered by said turbogenerator to synchronize said historical inverter frequency versus time data with said pump-jack oil well's pumping cycle position.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 31 wherein said processor comprises shift registers to store the average load inverter frequency data to be frequency and phase locked to the pumping cycle of each said pump-jack oil well being powered by said turbogenerator.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 31 wherein said processor computes the average historical frequency of the load inverter for any point within a pumping cycle for each said pump-jack oil being powered by said turbogenerator.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
74 words
The system of claim 31 wherein said processor computes the substantially best frequency for the load inverter at any point in time to minimize the variations in turbogenerator power requirements of one or more pump-jack oil wells powered by said turbogenerator, said processor computing the substantially best frequency based on historical frequency versus time data for the load inverter and once per pump cycle signals from said pump-jack oil wells powered by said turbogenerator.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
50 words
The system of claim 31 wherein said processor includes a frequency computer for each pump-jack oil well supplied with electrical power by said turbogenerator, said frequency computer receiving a once per pump cycle signal from its associated pump-jack oil well and computing the substantially best frequency for the load inverter.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 48 wherein said processor additionally includes an averager to receive the computed frequencies from said frequency computer for each pump-jack oil well and to calculate a compromise frequency for each pump-jack oil well.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 48 wherein each frequency computer includes a plurality of inverter pulse registers.
Claim 58
Dependent Claim
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The system of claim 48 wherein each frequency computer includes a plurality of inverter pulse registers and a plurality of motor slip pulse registers.
Claim 59
Independent Claim
120 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator including a permanent magnet generator/motor, a compressor, and a gas turbine having a combustor; a plurality of pump-jack oil wells each driven by an electric induction motor; a load inverter connected to said generator to deliver power to said induction motors; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to establish a variable frequency time profile for each said electric induction motor of each said plurality of pump-jack oil wells, said controller utilizing pump-jack oil well cycle position data and historical data on the variable frequency versus pump-jack oil well cycle position profile of each of said plurality of pump-jack oil wells to provide a substantially constant total power level to said induction motors.
Claim 60
Independent Claim
120 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator including a permanent magnet generator/motor, a compressor, and a gas turbine having a combustor; a plurality of pump-jack oil wells each driven by an electric induction motor; a load inverter connected to said generator to deliver power to said induction motors; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to establish a variable frequency time profile for each said electric induction motor of each said plurality of pump-jack oil wells, said controller utilizing pump-jack oil well cycle position data and historical data on the variable frequency versus pump-jack oil well cycle position profile of each of said plurality of pump-jack oil wells to provide a substantially constant total power level to said induction motors.
Claim 61
Independent Claim
174 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator including a permanent magnet generator/motor, a compressor, and a gas turbine having a combustor; a plurality of pump-jack oil wells each driven by an electric induction motor; a load inverter connected to said generator to deliver power to said induction motors; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to establish a variable frequency time profile for each said electric induction motor of each said plurality of pump-jack oil wells, said controller utilizing pump-jack oil well cycle position data and historical data on the variable frequency versus pump-jack oil well cycle position profile of each of said plurality of pump-jack oil wells to provide a substantially constant total power level to said induction motors, wherein said variable frequency time profile is established by four control loops, one control loop providing a temperature safety limit, one control loop providing a speed safety limit, one control loop providing a power variation minimizing control based on instantaneous data and one control loop providing power variation minimizing control based on historical data.
Claim 62
Independent Claim
174 words
A system, comprising: a turbogenerator including a permanent magnet generator/motor, a compressor, and a gas turbine having a combustor; a plurality of pump-jack oil wells each driven by an electric induction motor; a load inverter connected to said generator to deliver power to said induction motors; and a controller controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to establish a variable frequency time profile for each said electric induction motor of each said plurality of pump-jack oil wells, said controller utilizing pump-jack oil well cycle position data and historical data on the variable frequency versus pump-jack oil well cycle position profile of each of said plurality of pump-jack oil wells to provide a substantially constant total power level to said induction motors, wherein said variable frequency time profile is established by four control loops, one control loop providing a temperature safety limit, one control loop providing a speed safety limit, one control loop providing a power variation minimizing control based on instantaneous data and one control loop providing power variation minimizing control based on historical data.
Claim 63
Independent Claim
97 words
A method of controlling a system including a turbogenerator and a cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor, comprising: providing electrical power from said turbogenerator to said electric motor of said cyclic motion machine; controlling said turbogenerator and said cyclic motion machine to establish a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor of said cyclic motion machine; and utilizing cyclic motion machine cycle position data and historical data on the variable frequency versus cyclic motion machine cycle position profile to provide a substantially constant power level to said electric motor during repetitive cyclic motion cycles.
Claim 64
Independent Claim
97 words
A method of controlling a system including a turbogenerator and a cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor, comprising: providing electrical power from said turbogenerator to said electric motor of said cyclic motion machine; controlling said turbogenerator and said cyclic motion machine to establish a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor of said cyclic motion machine; and utilizing cyclic motion machine cycle position data and historical data on the variable frequency versus cyclic motion machine cycle position profile to provide a substantially constant power level to said electric motor during repetitive cyclic motion cycles.
Claim 65
Independent Claim
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A method of controlling a system including a turbogenerator and a cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor, comprising: providing electrical power from said turbogenerator to said electric motor of said cyclic motion machine; controlling said turbogenerator and said cyclic motion machine to establish a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor of said cyclic motion machine; and utilizing instantaneous data on power and historical data on power to provide a substantially constant power level requirement for said turbogenerator during current repetitive cyclic motion cycles.
Claim 66
Independent Claim
87 words
A method of controlling a system including a turbogenerator and a cyclic motion machine driven by an electric motor, comprising: providing electrical power from said turbogenerator to said electric motor of said cyclic motion machine; controlling said turbogenerator and said cyclic motion machine to establish a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor of said cyclic motion machine; and utilizing instantaneous data on power and historical data on power to provide a substantially constant power level requirement for said turbogenerator during current repetitive cyclic motion cycles.
Claim 67
Independent Claim
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A method of controlling a system including a turbogenerator and a plurality of cyclic motion machines each driven by an electric motor, comprising: providing electrical power from said turbogenerator to said electric motor of each of said plurality of cyclic motion machines through a load inverter connected to each said electric motor; controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to establish a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor of each of said plurality of cyclic motion machines; and utilizing cyclic motion machine cycle position data and historical data on the variable frequency versus cyclic motion machine cycle position profile to provide a substantially constant total power level to said electric motors during current repetitive cyclic motion cycles.
Claim 68
Independent Claim
118 words
A method of controlling a system including a turbogenerator and a plurality of cyclic motion machines each driven by an electric motor, comprising: providing electrical power from said turbogenerator to said electric motor of each of said plurality of cyclic motion machines through a load inverter connected to each said electric motor; controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to establish a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor of each of said plurality of cyclic motion machines; and utilizing cyclic motion machine cycle position data and historical data on the variable frequency versus cyclic motion machine cycle position profile to provide a substantially constant total power level to said electric motors during current repetitive cyclic motion cycles.
Claim 69
Independent Claim
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A method of controlling a system including a turbogenerator and a plurality of cyclic motion machines each driven by an electric motor, comprising: providing electrical power from said turbogenerator to said electric motor of each of said plurality of cyclic motion machines through a load inverter connected to each said electric motor; controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to establish a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor of each of said plurality of cyclic motion machines, said variable frequency time profile being established by four control loops, one control loop providing a temperature safety limit, one control loop providing a speed safety limit, one control loop providing a power variation minimizing control based on instantaneous data and one control loop providing power variation minimizing control based on historical data; and utilizing cyclic motion machine cycle position data and historical data on the variable frequency versus cyclic motion machine cycle position profile to provide a substantially constant total power level to said electric motors during current repetitive cyclic motion cycles.
Claim 70
Independent Claim
171 words
A method of controlling a system including a turbogenerator and a plurality of cyclic motion machines each driven by an electric motor, comprising: providing electrical power from said turbogenerator to said electric motor of each of said plurality of cyclic motion machines through a load inverter connected to each said electric motor; controlling said turbogenerator and said inverter to establish a variable frequency time profile for said electric motor of each of said plurality of cyclic motion machines, said variable frequency time profile being established by four control loops, one control loop providing a temperature safety limit, one control loop providing a speed safety limit, one control loop providing a power variation minimizing control based on instantaneous data and one control loop providing power variation minimizing control based on historical data; and utilizing cyclic motion machine cycle position data and historical data on the variable frequency versus cyclic motion machine cycle position profile to provide a substantially constant total power level to said electric motors during current repetitive cyclic motion cycles.
Claim 71
Independent Claim
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A method to reduce variations in the power level provided to a cyclic motion machine having cyclically varying power requirements, comprising: connecting an induction motor to the cyclic motion machine to drive the machine; connecting a load inverter to the motor to provide power to the motor; monitoring the inverter frequency at a preselected number of machine positions during a machine cycle for a predetermined number of machine cycles to accumulate historical data; and varying the load inverter frequency over each machine cycle in accordance with the historical data to reduce variations in the power level required by the motor.
Claim 72
Independent Claim
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A method to reduce variations in the power level provided to a cyclic motion machine having cyclically varying power requirements, comprising: connecting an induction motor to the cyclic motion machine to drive the machine; connecting a load inverter to the motor to provide power to the motor; monitoring the inverter frequency at a preselected number of machine positions during a machine cycle for a predetermined number of machine cycles to accumulate historical data; and varying the load inverter frequency over each machine cycle in accordance with the historical data to reduce variations in the power level required by the motor.
Claim 73
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 58 , wherein varying the load inverter frequency comprises: varying the load inverter frequency to accelerate the motor over preselected ranges of each machine cycle to reduce variations in the power level required by the motor.
Claim 74
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 59 , wherein varying the load inverter frequency to accelerate the motor over preselected ranges of each machine cycle comprises: varying the load inverter frequency to accelerate the motor during periods of reduced machine load over each machine cycle to insert kinetic energy into the machine and reduce variations in the power level required by the motor.
Claim 75
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 58 , wherein varying the load inverter frequency comprises: varying the load inverter frequency and the load inverter voltage.
Claim 76
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 61 , wherein varying the load inverter frequency and the load inverter voltage comprises: varying the load inverter voltage approximately with the square root of the load inverter frequency.
Claim 77
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 58 , further comprising: connecting a turbogenerator to the load inverter to provide power to the load inverter.
Claim 78
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 63 , further comprising: controlling the speed of the turbogenerator.
Claim 79
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 64 , wherein controlling the speed of the turbogenerator comprises: maintaining the speed of the turbogenerator at a generally constant level.
Claim 80
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The method of claim 65 , wherein maintaining the speed of the turbogenerator at a generally constant level comprises: maintaining the speed of the turbogenerator generally at a level required to produce the power supplied by the load inverter to the motor.
Claim 81
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 64 , wherein controlling the speed of the turbogenerator comprises: maintaining the speed of the turbogenerator generally at a level required to maintain the average frequency of the load inverter substantially at a preselected level.
Claim 82
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 67 , wherein maintaining the speed of the turbogenerator generally at a level required to maintain the average frequency of the load inverter substantially at a preselected level further comprises: measuring the instantaneous power provided by the load inverter to the motor; and varying the load inverter frequency in response to the difference between the measured instantaneous power and a preselected motor power level.
Claim 83
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 58 , wherein varying the load inverter frequency comprises: maintaining the average frequency of the load inverter generally at the frequency of a utility grid connected to the load inverter.
Claim 84
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 58 , wherein the machine is an oil well pump-jack, and varying the load inverter frequency comprises: maintaining the average frequency of the load inverter generally at the frequency required to match the pumping rate of the pump-jack to the seepage rate of oil into the oil well.
Claim 85
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 58 , further comprising: connecting a controller to the load inverter to monitor and vary the load inverter frequency.
Claim 86
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 71 , wherein connecting the controller further comprises: providing a controller registry to accumulate the historical data.
Claim 87
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 72 , wherein providing the controller registry comprises: providing a controller registry to accumulate the historical data at each of a preselected number of machine positions during each machine cycle for a predetermined number of machine cycles.
Claim 88
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 73 , wherein providing the controller registry comprises: providing the controller registry to store the historical data to be frequency and phase locked to the cycles of the machine.
Claim 89
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 58 , further comprising: connecting an energy storage device to the inverter; and controlling the inverter to transfer excess energy produced by the machine from the motor to the energy storage device.
Claim 90
Independent Claim
108 words
A method to reduce variations in the total power level provided to a plurality of cyclic motion machines having cyclically varying power requirements, comprising: connecting an induction motor to each cyclic motion machine to drive the respective machine; connecting a load inverter to the motors to provide power to the motors; monitoring the inverter frequency at a preselected number of machine positions during a machine cycle for each machine over a predetermined number of machine cycles to accumulate historical data; and varying the load inverter frequency during the machines' cycles in accordance with the historical data to reduce variations in the total power level required by the motors.
Claim 91
Independent Claim
108 words
A method to reduce variations in the total power level provided to a plurality of cyclic motion machines having cyclically varying power requirements, comprising: connecting an induction motor to each cyclic motion machine to drive the respective machine; connecting a load inverter to the motors to provide power to the motors; monitoring the inverter frequency at a preselected number of machine positions during a machine cycle for each machine over a predetermined number of machine cycles to accumulate historical data; and varying the load inverter frequency during the machines' cycles in accordance with the historical data to reduce variations in the total power level required by the motors.
Claim 92
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 76 , wherein varying the load inverter frequency comprises: varying the load inverter frequency in accordance with the average value of the historical data accumulated for the plurality of machines at each machine position.
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