LAND DRILLING RIG – SUPPLY SCR DRIVES – Provided ABB DCS800 SCR drives to operate at the North Slope
- Engineering challenges included environmental, space constraints, input voltage constraints, harmonic levels
- Packaged drives to operate on 480 VAC input but able to produce 750 VDC and 1100 Hp on GE 752 Hi Torque Motor
LAND DRILLING RIG – COMPLETE RIG PACKAGE – VFD AND CONTROL HOUSE – Engineered, designed and manufactured a VFD control house for a 2000HP land rig
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Modern generator controls using Woodward GCP controls; Basler DECS200 voltage regulators - interfacing to Caterpillar C32engines; a split DC bus arrangement with 4000 ADC rectifiers; SevenSiemens 1000 HP inverters; Square D MCC; Siemens PLC and HMI system; a Drillers Console; Dynamic Braking; Integrated control system with Kinetic Energy Management “Crown and Floor Saver”
- Features of the control system included AutoDrill for all drilling operations
LAND DRILLING RIG – RETROFIT SCR HOUSE – Engineered and designed a SCR control house for retrofitting on an existing dessert land rig
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The new SCR system consisted of: - A Ross Hill Model 1400 system (3X4)
- An Allen Bradley Control Logix PLC control system
- Allen Bradley Panel View for diagnostics and operational control
- A GE MCC (Motor Control Center)
- Designed for extreme temperature duty of 55 degree C ambient