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Cyclone Pump
System
The answer for pumping wells with damaging solids
The
Cyclone Plunger system represents a true advancement in
down-hole pump technology. Sand, grit, iron sulfide, and
other fines which normally contaminate the produced oil
and water can now quickly pass through the pump
assembly. No longer are residual concentrations of these
particulates allowed to collect between barrel and
plunger.
Clearance between conventional pump plungers and barrels
permit some fluid bypass, or slippage between these
surfaces. Within this void space, sand, formation fines,
and other particulates can accumulate. During the normal
up-and-down motions of the plunger, these accumulations
cause rapid wear, usually in the form of vertical
scoring, to both the plunger and barrel surfaces.
Moreover, frictional forces generated by these
accumulations cause excessive stresses to be generated
throughout the pump and rod-string which often result in
a stuck pump, automatic shut-down of the pumping unit,
or a parted rod string.
Repairs necessitated by the above forms of damage, plus
revenues lost during resulting downtime, cost the oil
and gas industry tens of millions of dollars each year.
By incorporating the Cyclone Plunger system within the
pump assembly, stuck plungers and premature wear of
barrel and plunger surfaces can be eliminated. Costly
well servicing and pump replacements can be reduced to a
minimum.
How is this possible? During the down-stroke the Cyclone
Plunger, along with the Cyclone Seat Plug forces any
entrained particulates collected within the space
between barrel and plunger inward through the axial
evacuation ports and into the center of the plunger.
Here, they commingle with other fluids entering the pump
and are displaced into the tubing. Throughout the
up-stroke particulates are also collected within the
tapered neck of the Cyclone Plunger, where, during the
downstroke, they are flushed upward and enter the tubing
through the Cyclone Top Plunger Adapter.
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