DYN

Features in TAM
Table of Contents:
I. DYNAnalysisWindows a. CardView b. RawDataView c. PumpAnalysisView d. ValveTestView SelectingStrokesinDYN DYNReplay a. Controls b. SelectingaStrokeRange c. MakingaMovie DYNAnnotations a. OverlayingStrokesfromPreviousTests DYNFineTune a. DampingFactor b. Deramping c. ValveOpen/ClosePoints d. ReprocessTest DYNPlotInteraction a. FollowDot b. RightClickMenu

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IV.

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VI.

I. DYN Analysis Windows

ForDYN,therearefourdifferentanalysiswindowsthatausermaysee:thetraditionalcardview,raw dataview,pumpanalysisview,andvalvetestview(ifavalvetestwasperformed).

Card View
ThedefaultviewfortheDYNmoduleisthetraditionaltwocardview(Figure1).Inadditiontoshowing boththesurfaceandpumpcards,thisscreenalsodisplaysapumpanimation,tubingpressuregauge (whenpressurewasacquired),anddigitalsshowingvalueslikefillageandpumpdisplacement.Onthis screen,theusercanalsomanuallyadjustastrokesfillagebysimplyclickinganddraggingtheEPTcursor onthescreen.

Figure1:DYNCardView

Raw Data View

Insomecases,usersmaywishtoseetherawdatathatwasacquiredfromthesensors.Userscanswitch betweenthecardviewandrawdataviewbyclickingthebuttoninthetoprightcorner,directlyunder thereportbutton(seeFigure2).Onthisscreen,userscanviewtherawloadandaccelerationdata. Theyalsohavetheoptionstoviewpressure(whenacquired),position,andvelocity.Filterscanalsobe usedtoapplysmoothingtothedisplayedcurves.Engineeringunitsversusrawunits(mV/V)canbe toggledusingtheEngUnitsbuttoninthetopleftcorneroftheanalysisscreen.

Figure2:DYNRawDataView

Pump Analysis View

Userscanswitchbetweenthecardviewandpumpanalysisviewbyclickingtheviewbuttonunderneath therawdataviewsswitchbutton,asseeninFigure3.Withthisscreen,theusercanviewnotonlythe loadofthepumpcardandtheplungermoves,butalsoviewthechamberpressure.Thepump animationisalsoexpandedtoshowanaxisindicatingthemovementofthestandingvalve.Additional annotationslikedischargepressureofpumpintakepressurearealsopresentonthisscreenandcanbe turnedonandoffusingtheAnnotationsdialog(SectionIV).

Figure3:DYNPumpAnalysisView

Valve Test View

Iftheuserperformedavalvetestwhileacquiringdynamometerdata,thenhemayviewthevalvetest screenbyselectingavalvetestfromthestrokeviewercontrol(SectionII).Oneofthenovelfeaturesof TAMistheabilitytoautomaticallydetecttheoccurrenceofvalvetestsduringthenormalacquisitionof aDYNtest;nomodeshiftisrequired.Onthevalvetestscreentheuserwillbeshownaplotcontaining theloadvaluesacquiredovertime(Figure4).Candidateintervalsforvalvetestswillbeshowningray. TheusercandirectlymanipulatethesizeandpositionoftheyellowTVregiontospecifyaleakage intervalforthetravelingvalveandcanmovetheSVcursortothepositionwhereitscorrespondingload shouldbemeasured.Resultsareshowninthedigitalsbelowtheplot.

Figure4:DYNValveTestView

II. Selecting Strokes in DYN

StrokesareselectedinDYNviathestrokeviewercontrol,whichcanbeaccessedthroughthebuttonin thetoprightoftheanalysisscreen,directlybesidetherawdatabutton(Figure5).Toswitchtoa differentstroke,simplyclickit.ClickingoncellslabeledwithaTVorSVwilltakeyoutothevalvetest screen. YoucanalsooverlaymultiplestrokesontopofoneanotherbyholdingCtrlwhileyouareclicking strokes.IfyouclickwhileholdingShift,youwillbeabletoselectarangeofstrokes.Rightclickingona strokewillgiveyoutheoptiontoLockorUnlockastroke.Whenastrokeislocked,itwillalwaysbe selectedasanoverlayasyouclickthroughotherstrokes.Finally,youcanselectallstrokesbyhitting Ctrl+Aonthekeyboard,orbyrightclickingastrokeandselectingSelectAll.Clickingonacelllabeled VTwilltakeyoutothevalvetestscreenforthetest.

Figure5:StrokeViewerControl

III. DYN Replay

ClickingontheReplaybuttonontheDYNanalysiswindowwillopenupreplaycontrols.These controlswillallowyoutoviewtheincomingstrokesasifyouwereviewingthemoriginallyduring acquisition.

Controls
Figure6showsthereplaycontrolsdialog.Someofthebasiccontrolsincludeplay,stop,pause,and rewind.Thereisalsoaloopbutton(circulararrow)thatwillallowreplaytocontinueindefinitelyuntil theuserdecidestostopreplay.Belowthesebuttonsareplusandminusbuttonsthatcanbeusedto controltheplaybackspeed.Playbackspeedinclude:0.25xspeed,0.5xspeed,1xspeed,2xspeed,4x speed,and8xspeed.Theusercanalsospecifyastrokerangetouseforreplaybyenteringtherange intotheprovidedtextboxesandclickingUpdate.

Figure6:DYNReplayControls

Selecting a Stroke Range

Inadditiontomanuallyenteringinarangeinthetextboxesofthereplaydialog,theusercanalsospecify arangebyopeningupthestrokevieweralongsidethereplaydialog,asseeninFigure7.Onthestroke viewer,atransparentblueareawillappearontheselectedstrokerange.Theendsofthisboxcanbe clickedanddraggedtospecifyanewrange.Additionally,aredlinewillappearonthestrokeviewerto indicatethecurrentreplayposition.

Figure7:Openingthestrokevieweralongsidereplay.

Making a Movie
Anotheroptionallowedbythereplaycontrolsistheabilitytomakeamoviefileofstrokeplayback. SimplyclickMakeMovieandasavedialogwillappear,allowingtheusertospecifyasavelocationof themoviefile(Figure8).Themoviewillbegeneratedusingthestrokerangeandspeedsettings specifiedinthereplaydialog.Moviegenerationoccursinthebackgroundoftheapplication,sotheuser canstillworkinTAMwhileamoviefileisbeingcreated.

Figure8:DYNMovieGeneration

IV. DYN Annotations

EachDYNanalysisscreenhasacertainsetofannotationsthatcanbeturnedonandoffdependingon thelevelofdetailtheuserisinterestedinseeing.Mostoftheseannotationsappearascursorsonthe plotsofparticularviews.Toturnannotationsonoroff,simplyclicktheAnnotationsbuttononthe cardorpumpanalysisview(Figure9).TableIshowsabriefoverviewofwhateachoptioninthe annotationsdialogdoes,aswellastheDYNviewsthatareaffectedbyit.

Figure9:AnnotationsDialog

Label

View(s) Affected
Card Card Card,Pump Analysis Card

Description

SurfaceandPumpCardsonOnePlot Rod/TubingStretchonSurfaceCard TubingStretchonPumpCard

Displayscardonasingle,continuousplotinsteadoftwo DisplaystheKrlineonthesurfacecardplot DisplaystheKtlineonthepumpcardplot

MeasuredLoadTV

DisplaysthemeasuredTVloadonthesurfacecardplot(ifvalve testperformed) DisplaysthemeasuredSVloadonthesurfacecardplot(ifvalve testperformed) DisplaystheWrf+FoMaxloadvalueonthesurfacecardplot

MeasuredLoadSV

Card

CalculatedBuoyantRodWeight+Fluid Max CalculatedBuoyantRodWeight FoMaxLine

Card

Card Card,Pump Analysis Card

DisplaystheWrfloadvalueonthesurfacecardplot DisplaystheFoMaxloadvalueonthepumpcard

FoCalculatedFromPIPofFluidLevel Analysis FoCalculatedFromValveCheck Analysis ValveOpen/ClosePoints

Focomputedfrompumpintakepressurefoundduringarecent fluidleveltest FocomputedfromthedifferenceinmeasuredTVandSVloads(if valvetestperformed) DisplaystheTVandSVopeningandclosingpointsusedforthe pumpanimation Displaysasolidcursoratzeroloadofthepumpcard DisplaystheEPTcursoratfillagepositiononthepumpcard DisplaystheMPTcursoratthemaxpositionofthepumpcard Displaysacquiredpressurevs.positionoverlayonthesurfacecard DisplaysthePIPcursoronthepumpcardplotandPIPvalueshown atthebottomofthepumpanimation DisplaysthedischargepressurecursoronthepumpcardandDP valueshownatthetopofthepumpanimation DisplaysthePIPFLcursoronthepumpcardplotandPIPFLvalue shownatthebottomofthepumpanimation

Card

Card,Pump Analysis Card Card Card Card Pump Analysis Pump Analysis Pump Analysis

ZeroAxis EffectivePlunger(PumpFillage)Stroke MaximumPlungerTravel ShowPressure PumpIntakePressure

PumpDischargePressure

PumpIntakePressureFluidLevel

Table1:Listofannotations

Overlaying Strokes from Previous Tests

Inadditiontotheseannotations,theusercanalsoclickonthePreviousStrokesbuttontooverlay strokesfromaprevioustestontotheplot.Thisissimilartooverlayingmultiplestrokesontopof anotherusingthestrokeviewer.ClickingthePreviousStrokesbuttonwillbringupadialogthatis similartotheadvancedsearchdialog.Ausercanchoosetooverlaythestrokesfromuptofivedifferent testsbyclickingthecheckboxnexttoeachtesttheywishtooverlay(seeFigure10).

Figure10:Overlayingstrokesfromothertests

V. DYN Fine Tune

TheFineTunedialogcanbeaccessedthroughtheFineTunebuttononthecardorpumpanalysisview (Figure11).Currently,thisdialogonlyallowstheusertomodifythedampingfactorusedforcard calculation.Theusercanmodifythedampingfactorusedforcardcalculation,choosetoderampthe cards,resetvalveopen/closepoints,orreprocesstheentiretest.

Figure11:DYNFineTunedialog(inexperimentalmode)

Damping Factor
Theusercanchangethedampingfactoroftherodstring.Doingsochangesthecalculationforthepump card.Asliderisavailabletoquicklyviewthechangeinpumpcardsbasedonavaryingdegreeof dampingfactor.

Deramping
Theusercanchoosetoderamptheirpumpcards.Thiscorrectstiltedpumpcardscausedbyincorrectly installedPRTs.

Figure12:Pumpcardbeforederamping

Figure13:Pumpcardafterderamping

Valve Open/Close Points

Theusercanchoosetomanuallymovethepointsonapumpcardwherethetravelingvalveand standingvalveopenandclose.Simplymouseoverthepointtomoveandclickanddragtothedesired position.Thefinetunescreenprovidesabuttontoresetthepositions.

Figure14:MovingTVOpenvalvepoint

Reprocessing
Theuserisallowedtocompletelyreprocessatest.Thisrecalculateswherestrokesandvalvetestsstart andstop,andwithnewerversionsofTAMcanresultinfindingmorestrokesandvalvetests.The drawbacktothisisthatanyanalysissettings,suchasvalveopen/closepoints,selectedstrokes,and valveanalysis,arelost.

Figure15:Atestinthemiddleofreprocessing

VI. DYN Plot Interaction

Thereareseveralinterestingaspectstobenotedwhendealingwithplotinteractiononthecardview andpumpanalysisDYNscreens.

Follow Dot
First,areddotwillfollowtheusersmousecursoraroundashetracesthecurvesofthecardplots (Figure12).Thecursorwilldisplaythecurrentpositionandloadvaluenexttothereddotandwillalso updatethepumpanimationandtubingpressuregauges.Ifauserwishestolockthedotinplaceand haveitnolongerfollowthemousecursor,theycandosobysimplyrightclickingitandselectingthe Lockoption.RepeatingtheprocessandchoosingUnlockwillreenablethedot.Atanypoint,the usercanalsocontrolthefollowdotusingtheleftandrightarrowkeysonthekeyboard.

Figure16:FollowcursoronDYNcardplots

Right Click Menu

Additionalplotoptionscanbefoundbyrightclickinginsidetheplotarea.Thiswillbringupthepopup menuseeninFigure13withthefollowingoptions: PrintImage:sendsanimageoftheplottotheprinter CopyImagetoClipboard:copiestheplotimagetothesystemclipboard CopyDatatoClipboard:copiestheposition,load,andpressure(ifacquired)valuesofthe selectedstrokestothesystemclipboard ExportDatatoFile:savestheposition,load,andpressurevaluesoftheselectedstrokesoutto file(whichcanbeloadedintospreadsheetprogramslikeExcel) AddNote:addanote/annotationtotheplot(seePlotNotessectioninTAMFeatures document)

Figure17:DYNplotsrightclickmenu