US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on March 31 for "Regenerative dynamometer for use with an electrical submersible pump" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,530, issued on March 31, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Regenerative dynamometer for use with an electrical submersible pump" was invented by Daniel Wayne Merriott (Broken Arrow, Okla.), Charles Collins (Oklahoma City), Nicholas Phelps (Broken Arrow, Okla.), Christopher Brunner (Owasso, Okla.) and Taoridi Ademoye (Tulsa, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dynamometer is used to dynamically evaluate an electrical submersible pump ("ESP") motor while both are inside of a well. The dynamometer includes a ESP dyno that is mechanically coupled to the ESP motor. The ESP motor and ESP dyno can be a per...