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Advanced Artificial Lift Methods - PE 571: Chapter 1 - Electrical Submersible Pump
Advanced Artificial Lift Methods - PE 571: Chapter 1 - Electrical Submersible Pump
Casing
Diffusers
Shaft
Thrust washers
Bushing
Impeller
Washer
Diffuser
Impeller
Impeller
Diffuser
Diffuser
What we need now is to find the pressure increment developed by one impeller
as a function of those 3 operational parameters and the fourth one, namely the
fluid density
R + dr
Note that the fluid at the outlet of the impeller has two components: v r and v.
However, the change of vrespect to is zero.
Hence:
constant
Three parameters:
Therefore:
Streamline Trajectory
Hence:
Integrate this equation gives the pressure increase across one stage:
By definition:
Hence:
Field unit:
Head is an indirect measurement of pressure that does not depend on the fluid
density. That means for low viscous fluids, the pump performance can b uniquely
defined in terms of head.
In other words, the pump performance, in pressure, depends on the density of
the fluid being pumped, but when this performance is expressed in head, the
pump performance is independent of the fluid being pumped
Recirculation
Leakage
Electrical Submersible Pump
Theoretical diagram
Diagram with recirculation
Head, H
Leakage/Recirculation losses
Flow rate, Q
Head, H
Hydraulic losses
Flow rate, Q
Head, H
Friction losses
Flow rate, Q
Head, H
Hydraulic losses
Friction losses
Actual Head
Leakage/Recirculation losses
Flow rate, Q