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

Appa Rao Dekka; Abdul R. Beig; Mohammad Salem AlRahis

doi:10.1109/APEC.2012.6166007

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

Appa Rao Dekka
, Abdul R. Beig
, Mohammad Salem AlRahis

Electrical Engineering

National Drilling Company

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

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.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	APEC 2012 - 27th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition
Pages	1424-1430
Number of pages	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2012.6166007
State	Published - 2012
Event	27th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2012 - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: 5 Feb 2012 → 9 Feb 2012

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Name	Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC

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Conference	27th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	5/02/12 → 9/02/12

Keywords

AC-DC power converters
Active filters
Power conversion harmonics
Power harmonic filters
Power quality
Power system harmonics
Total harmonic distortion
Variable speed drives

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Dekka, A. R., Beig, A. R., & AlRahis, M. S. (2012). Retrofitting of harmonic power filters in onshore oil drilling rigs: Challenges & solutions. In APEC 2012 - 27th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (pp. 1424-1430). Article 6166007 (Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC). https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2012.6166007

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Dekka, AR, Beig, AR & AlRahis, MS 2012, Retrofitting of harmonic power filters in onshore oil drilling rigs: Challenges & solutions. in APEC 2012 - 27th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition., 6166007, Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC, pp. 1424-1430, 27th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, APEC 2012, Orlando, FL, United States, 5/02/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/APEC.2012.6166007

Retrofitting of harmonic power filters in onshore oil drilling rigs: Challenges & solutions. / Dekka, Appa Rao; Beig, Abdul R.; AlRahis, Mohammad Salem.
APEC 2012 - 27th Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition. 2012. p. 1424-1430 6166007 (Conference Proceedings - IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition - APEC).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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