Stabilization of Gas Lifted Wells Based on State Estimation

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  • Gisle Otto Eikrem
  • Lars Imsland
  • Bjarne Foss
چکیده

This paper treats stabilization of multiphase flow in a gas lifted oil well. Two different controllers are investigated, PI control using the estimated downhole pressure in the well, and nonlinear model based control of the total mass in the system. Both control structures rely on the use of a state estimator, and are able to stabilize the well flow with or without a downhole pressure measurement available. In both cases stabilization of gas lifted wells increases total production significantly. Copyright c °2004 IFAC

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تاریخ انتشار 2003