Retrofitting of harmonic power filters in onshore oil drilling rigs: Challenges & solutions

Author

Dekka, A.R. ; Beig, Abdul Rahiman ; AlRahis, Mohammad Salem

Author_Institution

Pet. Inst., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

fYear

2012

fDate

5-9 Feb. 2012

Firstpage

1424

Lastpage

1430

Abstract

Bulk of the load in oil drilling rigs consists of nonlinear loads. This results in power quality problems like harmonic distortion and low power factor. The onshore oil drilling rigs operate in remote fields. This paper addresses the harmonic problems in onshore rigs that are commissioned in early period of semiconductor technology and use dc drives. Different power filtering solutions are considered. These are compared with the practical constraints such as space limitations, reliability, cost, ease of maintenance and THD. The comparative results are presented.

Keywords

electric drives; harmonic distortion; oil drilling; power factor; power harmonic filters; power supply quality; THD; dc drives; harmonic distortion; harmonic power filters; nonlinear loads; onshore oil drilling rigs; power factor; power quality problem; semiconductor technology; total harmonic distortion; Active filters; Generators; Harmonic analysis; Inductors; Passive filters; Power harmonic filters; AC-DC power converters; Active filters; Power conversion harmonics; Power harmonic filters; Power quality; Power system harmonics; Total harmonic distortion; Variable speed drives;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2012 Twenty-Seventh Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1215-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-1214-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2012.6166007

Filename

6166007