Abstract: An electrical penetrator employs metal-sheathed insulated conductors that extend completely through and are sealed within a tubular housing. A filler block is disposed centrally within the housing and is surrounded by elastomeric material of a sealing member. Plugs are inserted into opposite ends of the housing so as to compress the elastomeric material and are sealed within the housing. Hollow end caps threaded into the opposite ends of the housing urge the plugs toward the elastomeric material. The metal-sheathed conductors extend through the hollow end caps and through longitudinal passages in the plugs and the sealing member. The conductors are sealed in the sealing member by the elastomeric material, are sealed in the plugs by tube fitting assemblies threaded into the plugs about the conductors, and are sealed in the hollow end caps by potting material.

Abstract: A centrifugal liquid-gas separator apparatus which is particularly adapted for use downhole with a submergible pump comprises an elongated hub having disposed on its periphery helical blades defining a screw-type inducer for pressurizing a liquid-gas fluid mixture entering the apparatus, axially extending vanes defining a centrifugal separator for separating the liquid and gas components of the fluid mixture, and smoothly curved blade segments disposed intermediate the blades and the vanes for providing a smooth transition for the fluid mixture flowing from the inducer to the centrifugal separator. The apparatus is capable of maintaining a substantially constant flow rate over a large range of volumetric ratios of gas to liquid.

Abstract: Efficient downhole cooling of the electric pump motor, motor protector, and thrust bearing of a submergible pump assembly in a high temperature environment is accomplished without significant modification of the pump assembly itself. Coolant flows through an insulated shroud as a high velocity annular fluid sheet surrounding the components to be cooled. In a closed loop system, coolant from a heat exchanger is supplied to the shroud via insulated supply tubing, which contains a cable for energizing the motor, is injected into the shroud by a coolant discharge head from which the pump assembly is suspended, and returns to the heat exchanger via insulated return tubing. The walls of the shroud and tubing include expansion element which accommodate the difference between interior and exterior temperatures.