Disclosure of Invention
The problem to be solved by the invention is how to reduce the influence on the normal work of the fracturing pump under the condition that the temperature of the plunger can be detected.
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a plunger structure, including a plunger body and a temperature sensor, wherein the plunger body is provided with a first groove and a second groove, a notch of the first groove is located on a side wall of the second groove, and the temperature sensor is arranged in the first groove.
Plunger structure among this technical scheme is through seting up the first recess that is used for installing temperature sensor in plunger body department to this for at plunger body surface connection temperature sensor and set up fixed bolster etc. of fixed temperature sensor, can reduce the running state that external structure changes and cause the influence to the plunger structure, and reduce and cause the influence to the work operation of fracturing pump. In addition, the first groove and the second groove which are communicated are arranged, so that the temperature sensor is arranged at the first groove in the plunger body, the concealment of the installation position of the temperature sensor can be improved, and the influence on the temperature sensor caused by misoperation of site construction personnel can be avoided for a fixing support and the like which are used for connecting the temperature sensor on the outer surface of the plunger body and fixing the temperature sensor, so that the temperature measurement function is lost.
Further, the plunger structure still includes limit structure, limit structure can dismantle set up in first recess department, just limit structure be suitable for with temperature sensor butt.
Plunger structure among this technical scheme includes limit structure, and limit structure can install in first recess department to support to hold spacingly to the mounted position of temperature sensor, in order to ensure the stability of temperature sensor installation.
Further, the limiting structure is suitable for moving towards the direction close to or far away from the groove bottom of the first groove.
According to the technical scheme, the plunger structure and the limiting structure can move in the first groove when being installed in the first groove, so that the detection distance of the temperature sensor is adjusted, the accuracy of temperature detection is ensured, and the temperature sensor is convenient to disassemble and assemble.
Further, limit structure's periphery is provided with first helicitic texture, the inner wall of first recess be provided with first helicitic texture complex second helicitic texture.
Further, the axis of the first groove is perpendicular to the axis of the second groove, or the axis of the first groove is inclined with respect to the axis of the second groove, wherein the inclined direction is a direction away from the notch of the second groove.
In the plunger structure in this technical scheme, the axis of first recess is perpendicular with the axis of second recess, and also first recess is perpendicular for the second recess to this be convenient for limit structure's installation in first recess department, in addition, the axis of first recess for the axis slope of second recess, its direction of slope be keep away from in the direction of the notch of second recess, the concrete expression is when second recess level setting, first recess can be for the form of inclining to the left for the level, thereby be convenient for the sensor to fill in first recess from the second recess, and then the installation of the sensor of being convenient for is fixed.
Further, the minimum distance between the groove bottom of the first groove and the outer wall of the plunger body is greater than or equal to 4mm and less than or equal to 12 mm.
Further, the central line of second recess with the coincidence of the central line of plunger body, plunger structure still includes bearing structure, bearing structure can dismantle set up in the second recess, just bearing structure be suitable for with the inner wall butt of second recess.
Plunger structure among this technical scheme, the central line of second recess and the coincidence of the central line of plunger body, therefore, the fluting form of second recess is the fluting that the middle part of plunger body side goes on to the periphery promptly, reduce the influence of seting up the second recess to plunger body structural strength as far as this, in addition, plunger structure still includes bearing structure, with this, after installation temperature sensor, can put into bearing structure in the second recess, can support the inner wall butt of second recess with this bearing structure, support the second recess with this, and then carry out structural support to the plunger body, with this structural strength who improves plunger structure, promote plunger structure's life.
Further, bearing structure include the connecting block with encircle set up in a plurality of scalable landing leg of connecting block periphery, the inner wall department of second recess is equipped with a plurality of spouts, the spout includes the edge first channel that plunger body length direction extends and edge the second channel that plunger body circumference extends, first channel with the second channel intercommunication, scalable landing leg is suitable for be in first channel with slide in the second channel, work as scalable landing leg slides extremely the second channel is kept away from in when the one end of first channel, scalable landing leg is in the shrink state, just scalable landing leg with the tank bottom butt of second channel.
Plunger structure among this technical scheme, flexible landing leg can slide to the tank bottom or the notch direction of second recess based on each first channel, and when first channel department slides to the intercommunication department of second channel and first channel, can change to slide at second channel department, because the relative plunger body circumference of second channel extends, bearing structure can be at the rotation of second recess this moment, and it rotates to keeping away from of second channel to when the one end of first channel, scalable landing leg is in the shrink state to this scalable landing leg that is in the shrink state promptly with the tank bottom butt of second channel, support with this inner wall to the second recess carries out the butt, and then support after carrying out the fluting to the plunger body promptly, improve the structural strength of plunger body. Because bearing structure's flexible landing leg slides to the second channel along first channel to this flexible landing leg can be by the lateral wall butt of second channel at the length direction of plunger body, thereby when plunger structure activity, can avoid bearing structure's deviating from, with this structural stability who improves plunger structure.
The invention also provides a fracturing pump which comprises the plunger structure.
Further, the fracturing pump also comprises a signal receiving device and a temperature display device which is in communication connection with the signal receiving device, wherein the signal receiving device is in communication connection with the temperature sensor of the plunger structure.
The fracturing pump in this technical scheme, its beneficial effect is similar to the beneficial effect of above-mentioned plunger structure, no longer gives unnecessary details here.
The invention also provides a working temperature monitoring method of the plunger structure, which is based on the plunger structure and comprises the following steps:
acquiring temperature values acquired by a temperature sensor in a plurality of working periods;
calculating an average of a plurality of said temperature values;
determining the outer surface temperature of the plunger structure according to the average value and a preset temperature coefficient;
and judging whether the working temperature of the plunger structure is normal or not according to the outer surface temperature.
Further, the method for monitoring the working temperature of the plug structure further comprises the following steps: determining the actual outer surface temperature of the plunger structure in a plurality of working periods according to the preset temperature coefficient and the plurality of temperature values;
the judging whether the working state of the plunger structure is normal according to the outer surface temperature comprises:
and when the outer surface temperature is greater than or equal to a first preset temperature and a first preset number of actual outer surface temperatures greater than or equal to the first preset temperature exist, judging that the working temperature of the plunger structure is abnormal.
The method for monitoring the working temperature of the plunger structure in the technical scheme has the beneficial effect similar to that of the plunger structure, and can monitor the working temperature of the plunger structure more reasonably and accurately.
Detailed Description
In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
It is noted that the terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present invention and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the invention described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; may be a mechanical connection; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
In the description herein, references to the terms "an embodiment," "one embodiment," and "one implementation," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or implementation is included in at least one embodiment or example implementation of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or implementation. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or implementations.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a plunger structure according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plunger body 1 and a temperature sensor 2, the plunger body 1 is provided with a first groove 101 and a second groove 102, a notch of the first groove 101 is located at a side wall of the second groove 102, and the temperature sensor 2 is disposed in the first groove 101.
In oil and gas fracturing operations, fracturing pumps are typically in high pressure, high strength operating conditions. The plunger is the key structure of fracturing pump hydraulic end to receive the damage easily, in work, the plunger receives the friction for a long time, can lead to its surface to produce higher temperature, if the too high and in time not taking measures of plunger temperature in the work, can lead to the emergence of incident among the fracturing operation process. In the correlation technique, through setting up temperature sensor to carry out fixed connection with the outer wall of plunger to the outer wall to the plunger carries out the temperature measurement, but this kind of temperature sensor's setting mode can change the exterior structure of plunger usually, and change fracturing pump fluid end structure, with this normal work to the fracturing pump causes the influence.
The plunger structure of the embodiment of the invention, which can be applied to a fracturing pump, comprises a plunger body 1, such as a roughly cylindrical structure shown in fig. 1 and 2, and also comprises a temperature sensor 2, wherein the temperature sensor 2 is used for detecting the temperature of the plunger body 1 during operation, a first groove 101 and a second groove 102 are arranged at the plunger body 1, the opening of the second groove 102 is positioned at the outer surface of the plunger body 1, in the embodiment, the second groove 102 is a roughly cylindrical groove which is punched at the core position of the pressure-bearing end of the plunger body 1 and has a diameter of 30-50mm and a depth of 100mm, in addition, the notch of the first groove 101 is positioned at the second groove 102, so that the first groove 101 is communicated with the second groove 102, wherein the first groove 101 is used for installing the temperature sensor 2, therefore, the temperature sensor 2 can detect the temperature of the plunger body 1, in a specific embodiment, the groove bottom of the first groove 101 is close to the outer wall of the plunger body 1, therefore, when the temperature sensor 2 is arranged at the first groove 101, the temperature of the outer surface of the plunger body 1 which is rubbed can be measured more directly. At this time, the first groove 101 is a groove opened in the second groove 102 toward the outer wall of the plunger body 1, the inner diameter of the first groove 101 may be the same as the outer diameter of the temperature sensor 2, or slightly larger than the temperature sensor 2, so as to facilitate the installation of the temperature sensor 2, and when the temperature sensor 2 is installed, the temperature sensor 2 is sent from the second groove 102 to the first groove 101 by a tool, so as to install the temperature sensor 2.
The plunger structure described in this embodiment, through offering the first recess 101 that is used for installing temperature sensor 2 in plunger body 1 department to this for connecting temperature sensor 2 and setting up fixed bolster etc. of fixed temperature sensor 2 at plunger body 1 surface, can reduce the running state that external structure changes the plunger structure and cause the influence, and reduce the work operation that causes the influence to the fracturing pump at plunger body 1 surface. In addition, it can be understood that the first groove 101 and the second groove 102 which are communicated with each other are arranged, and the temperature sensor 2 is further arranged at the first groove 101 inside the plunger body 1, so that the concealment of the installation position of the temperature sensor 2 can be improved, and compared with a fixing bracket and the like which are used for connecting the temperature sensor 2 on the outer surface of the plunger body 1 and fixing the temperature sensor 2, the influence on the temperature sensor 2 caused by misoperation of field construction personnel can be avoided, and the loss of the temperature measuring function can be caused.
The temperature sensor 2 can be a wireless induction type temperature sensor, so that the detected temperature is transmitted to a corresponding signal receiving device through a wireless signal and can be displayed.
In addition, the fracturing pump or the fracturing pump system can further comprise an alarm device, and the alarm device can be in communication connection with the signal receiving device, so that when the detected temperature is higher than a certain preset value, an alarm can be given.
In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the minimum distance between the groove bottom of the first groove 101 and the outer wall of the plunger body 1 is greater than or equal to 4mm and less than or equal to 12 mm.
Referring to fig. 1, a minimum distance between the bottom of the first groove 101 and the outer wall of the plunger body 1, that is, a distance between the bottom of the first groove 101 and the outer wall of the plunger body 1, which is the closest to the plunger body 1, is 4-12mm, preferably 5-10mm, so as to form the first groove 101, and when the temperature sensor 2 is located in the first groove 101 to measure the temperature, the first groove 101 can be closer to the outer wall of the plunger body 1, and the measured temperature corresponds to the temperature of the outer wall, so that the temperature of the outer wall can be measured more intuitively.
In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the plunger structure further includes a limiting structure 4, the limiting structure 4 is detachably disposed at the first groove 101, and the limiting structure 4 is adapted to abut against the temperature sensor 2.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, the plunger structure includes a limiting structure 4, and the limiting structure 4 can be installed at the first groove 101, so as to abut against and limit the installation position of the temperature sensor 2, and ensure the installation stability of the temperature sensor 2.
Wherein limit structure 4 specifically can be a plug structure, sets up in first recess 101 department back at temperature sensor 2, through the plug structure with the notch shutoff of first recess 101 to support to hold spacingly to temperature sensor 2, thereby ensure temperature sensor 2's installation stability, and further improve the disguise of temperature sensor 2 mounted position.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the limiting structure 4 is adapted to move towards or away from the bottom of the first groove 101.
In this embodiment, the limiting structure 4 can move in the first groove 101 when being installed in the first groove 101, and as shown in fig. 1 to 3, it can specifically move in the up-and-down direction of the first groove 101, and further, in the moving process, due to the abutting contact with the temperature sensor 2, the position of the temperature sensor 2 in the first groove 101 can be adjusted, specifically, when the limiting structure 4 moves upward, that is, moves toward the groove bottom direction close to the first groove 101, the temperature sensor 2 is pushed to move toward the groove bottom of the first groove 101, and when the limiting structure 4 moves downward, that is, moves toward the groove bottom far from the first groove 101, due to the disengagement of the limiting structure 4 from the temperature sensor 2, the temperature sensor 2 can move downward, so as to adjust the detection distance of the temperature sensor 2 and further ensure the accuracy in temperature detection, and facilitates the disassembly and assembly of the temperature sensor 2.
In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the outer circumference of the limiting structure 4 is provided with a first thread structure, and the inner wall of the first groove 101 is provided with a second thread structure matched with the first thread structure.
In this embodiment, limit structure 4's periphery and the inner wall of first recess 101 set up first helicitic texture and second helicitic texture respectively, but with this realization limit structure 4 and first recess 101 can dismantle the connection and limit structure 4 and first recess 101 cooperate the removal regulation form, can understand, through rotating limit structure 4, can make limit structure 4 move towards the tank bottom direction that is close to or keeps away from first recess 101, and realize the position after the removal and keep, adopt threaded connection's mode, the limit structure 4 of also being convenient for carries out mobility control and dismouting. It can be understood that the limiting structure 4 can be provided with corresponding clamping grooves, such as an inner hexagonal groove and an outer hexagonal groove, so that the related tool can be conveniently installed, detached and adjusted in a matching manner.
In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the axis of the first groove 101 is perpendicular to the axis of the second groove 102, or the axis of the first groove 101 is inclined with respect to the axis of the second groove 102, wherein the inclined direction is a direction away from the notch of the second groove 102.
In this embodiment, the opening direction of the second groove 102 is parallel to the horizontal plane and horizontally faces to the right, specifically, referring to fig. 1 to 3, in a specific embodiment of the present invention, the axis of the second groove 102 is the central line 3 thereof and is parallel to the horizontal plane, correspondingly, the opening direction of the first groove 101 is vertical to the lower side, the opening direction of the second groove 102 is horizontally faces to the right, at this time, the axis of the first groove 101 is perpendicular to the axis of the second groove 102, at this time, the first groove 101 is in a substantially vertical groove structure, so as to facilitate the installation of the limiting structure 4. In another embodiment, referring to fig. 8, the first groove 101 may be a groove structure that is offset to the left and is in an inclined form, specifically, an axis of the first groove 101 is inclined with respect to an axis of the second groove 102, wherein the inclined direction is a direction away from a notch of the second groove 102, so that the temperature sensor 2 can be conveniently inserted into the first groove 101 by opening the first groove 101 in an inclined form, thereby facilitating the installation of the temperature sensor 2.
In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the centerline of the second groove 102 coincides with the centerline of the plunger body 1, the plunger structure further comprises a support structure 5, the support structure 5 is detachably disposed in the second groove 102, and the support structure 5 is adapted to abut against the inner wall of the second groove 102.
In this embodiment, the cross section of the second groove 102 is substantially circular, so that the second groove 102 is substantially cylindrical, wherein the plunger body 1 is generally cylindrical or has a cylindrical structural portion, at this time, the center line of the second groove 102 coincides with the center line of the plunger body 1, i.e. the center line 3 in fig. 1, so that the slotting form of the second groove 102 is the slotting performed toward the periphery in the middle of the side surface of the plunger body 1, so as to reduce the influence of the second groove 102 on the structural strength of the plunger body 1 as much as possible, in addition, the plunger structure further includes a supporting structure 5, so that after the temperature sensor 2 is installed, the supporting structure 5 can be placed in the second groove 102, so that the supporting structure 5 can abut against the inner wall of the second groove 102 to support the second groove 102, and further structurally support the plunger body 1, so as to improve the structural strength of the plunger structure, the service life of the plunger structure is improved.
In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the supporting structure 5 includes a connecting block 501 and a plurality of retractable legs 502 disposed around the periphery of the connecting block 501, the inner wall of the second groove 102 is provided with a plurality of sliding grooves 122, the sliding grooves 122 include a first channel 1221 extending along the length direction of the plunger body 1 and a second channel 1222 extending along the circumference of the plunger body 1, the first channel 1221 is communicated with the second channel 1222, the retractable legs 502 are adapted to slide in the first channel 1221 and the second channel 1222, when the retractable legs 502 slide to the end of the second channel 1222 far from the first channel 1221, the retractable legs 502 are in a retracted state, and the retractable legs 502 abut against the groove bottoms of the second channels 1222.
Referring to fig. 3 to 7, in the present embodiment, the supporting structure 5 includes a connecting block 501 and a plurality of telescopic legs 502 circumferentially disposed on the connecting block 501, the plurality of telescopic legs 502 are used for abutting and supporting a plurality of positions of an inner wall of the second groove 102, wherein the telescopic legs 502 may include a structural portion made of an elastic material, a structural portion including a spring, or the like, so as to be adaptively deformed and extended, a plurality of sliding grooves 122 are provided at the inner wall of the second groove 102 so as to correspond to the plurality of telescopic legs 502, one end of the telescopic legs 502 slide in the sliding grooves 122, wherein the sliding grooves 122 include first channels 1221 extending in a length direction of the plunger body 1, so that the plurality of telescopic legs 502 can slide in a groove bottom or groove opening direction of the second groove 102 based on the respective first channels 1221, and the sliding grooves 122 include second channels 1222 extending in a circumferential direction of the plunger body 1, the second slot 1222 is in communication with the first slot 1221, so that the telescopic leg 502 can be changed to slide at the second slot 1222 when sliding at the first slot 1221 to the communication point of the second slot 1222 and the first slot 1221, because the second slot 1222 extends circumferentially relative to the plunger body 1, at this time, the support structure 5 can rotate in the second groove 102, i.e. rotate along the sliding of the second slot 1222, when it rotates to the end of the second slot 1222 far from the first slot 1221, the telescopic leg 502 is in the contracted state, so that the telescopic leg 502 in the contracted state abuts against the groove bottom of the second slot 1222, so as to abut against and support the inner wall of the second slot 102, and further support the plunger body 1 after being slotted, and improve the structural strength of the plunger body 1. Because the telescopic leg 502 of the support structure 5 slides along the first channel 1221 to the second channel 1222, the telescopic leg 502 can be abutted by the side wall of the second channel 1222 in the length direction of the plunger body 1, so that the support structure 5 can be prevented from falling out when the plunger structure moves, thereby improving the structural stability of the plunger structure.
The second slot 1222 may be configured such that an end of the second slot 1222 remote from the first slot 1221 protrudes relative to an end of the second slot 1221, so that the telescopic leg 502 is adapted to contract when the telescopic leg 502 slides along the second slot 1222, so as to abut against a bottom of the second slot 1222, i.e. against an inner wall of the second groove 102, when in the contracted state.
A fracturing pump of another embodiment of the invention comprises a plunger structure as described above.
The fracturing pump can further comprise a signal receiving device and a temperature display device in communication connection with the signal receiving device, wherein the signal receiving device is in communication connection with the temperature sensor 2 of the plunger structure.
And the fracturing pump can further comprise an alarm device, and the alarm device is in communication connection with the signal receiving device.
Therefore, the fracturing pump provided by the embodiment of the invention has the advantages similar to those of the plunger structure, and can receive and display the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 2 and give an alarm according to the temperature condition.
Referring to fig. 9, a method for monitoring an operating temperature of a plunger structure according to another embodiment of the present invention is based on the plunger structure, and the method for monitoring an operating temperature of a plunger structure includes:
s1, acquiring temperature values acquired by the temperature sensor 2 in a plurality of working cycles;
s2, calculating the average value of a plurality of temperature values;
s3, determining the outer surface temperature of the plunger structure according to the average value and a preset temperature coefficient;
and S4, judging whether the working temperature of the plunger structure is normal or not according to the outer surface temperature.
The working temperature monitoring method of the plunger structure is based on the plunger structure, when the fracturing pump drives the plunger structure to work, real-time detection is carried out through the temperature sensor 2 in the first groove 101, and specifically, temperature values in a plurality of working cycles are detected, because the temperature sensor 2 is positioned in the first groove 101, the detected temperature value and the outer surface temperature value of the plunger structure possibly have certain difference, on one hand, the working state of the plunger structure in the plurality of working cycles is evaluated according to the average value of the plurality of temperature values so as to avoid misjudgment, and on the other hand, the outer surface temperature of the plunger structure in the plurality of working cycles is determined according to the average value and the preset temperature coefficient, such as the product of the average value and the preset temperature so as to more accurately evaluate the outer surface temperature of the plunger structure, therefore, whether the working temperature of the plunger structure is normal or not is judged according to the outer surface temperature, so that the working temperature of the plunger structure can be monitored more reasonably.
The working temperature of the plunger structure can be judged to be abnormal when the temperature of the outer surface is higher than a certain preset temperature, and then an indication instruction for indicating the abnormality can be generated to the alarm device, if the indication instruction can be sent to the alarm device of the fracturing pump with the plunger structure, the alarm can be given out, and an operator can conveniently process the indication instruction in time.
In addition, the working temperature monitoring method of the plunger structure further comprises the following steps: and generating an indication instruction for displaying a plurality of temperature values and/or the outer surface temperature, and sending the indication instruction to a display device, such as the temperature display device of the fracturing pump with the plunger structure, so as to display the temperature values and/or the outer surface temperature values.
In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the monitoring method for the operating temperature of the plunger structure further includes determining an actual external surface temperature of the plunger structure in a plurality of the operating cycles according to the preset temperature coefficient and a plurality of the temperature values;
the judging whether the working state of the plunger structure is normal according to the outer surface temperature comprises:
and when the outer surface temperature is greater than or equal to a first preset temperature and a first preset number of actual outer surface temperatures greater than or equal to the first preset temperature exist, judging that the working temperature of the plunger structure is abnormal.
In this embodiment, judge according to the surface temperature whether the operating condition of plunger structure is normal, specifically pass through the surface temperature and the actual surface temperature in a plurality of duty cycles are judged, wherein the actual surface temperature is confirmed by presetting the temperature coefficient and the temperature value in each duty cycle, therefore, when the surface temperature is greater than first preset temperature, and when there is a first preset quantity in a plurality of actual surface temperatures and is greater than the numerical value of first preset temperature, show in a plurality of duty cycles, the surface temperature of plunger structure is all higher to this operating temperature of judging the plunger structure is unusual, therefore, the operating temperature monitoring to the plunger structure is reasonable more accurate.
In an optional embodiment, the determining whether the working state of the plunger structure is normal according to the temperature of the outer surface further includes:
when the outer surface temperature is greater than the second preset temperature and less than the first preset temperature, and the second preset number is greater than the third preset temperature, the working temperature of the plunger structure is judged to be abnormal when the real-time surface temperature exists, wherein the third preset temperature is greater than the first preset temperature, and the second preset number is less than the first preset number.
In this embodiment, if the outer surface temperature representing the average temperature is small, but in each working period, a second preset number of real-time surface temperatures exist, and when the temperature values of these real-time surface temperatures are large, it indicates that the plunger structure has a partial extreme working state, and at this time, it is determined that the working temperature of the plunger structure is abnormal, and the monitoring of the working temperature of the plunger structure is more reasonable and accurate.
Although the present disclosure has been described above, the scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one of ordinary skill in the pertinent art without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure, and these changes and modifications are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.