Patents by Inventor Jinhai ZHAO
Jinhai ZHAO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11946374Abstract: The disclosure relates to an omni-directional horizontally oriented deflecting tool for a coiled tubing, which includes an inner central pipe, an outer central pipe, a conical outer cylinder, a piston outer cylinder, an anchoring mechanism, a sealing mechanism, a reversing mechanism and a steering mechanism. The anchoring mechanism includes a cone, an O-shaped sealing ring I, a cone spring, a slip, a slip spring, a slip seat, a claw I and a pin shaft I, and the sealing mechanism includes a piston, an O-shaped sealing ring II, a claw II, a pin shaft II, an upper rubber cylinder seat, a rubber cylinder, a connecting cylinder, a lower rubber cylinder seat and a gasket.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Southwest Petroleum UniversityInventors: Yang Tang, Miantao Guan, Yulin Zhang, Peng Zhao, Guorong Wang, Jinhai Zhao, Qingyou Liu, Jinzhong Wang, Xiang Gao, Yufa He, Hu Deng, Liming Fan, Rutao Ma
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Publication number: 20240044211Abstract: The disclosure relates to an omni-directional horizontally oriented deflecting tool for a coiled tubing, which includes an inner central pipe, an outer central pipe, a conical outer cylinder, a piston outer cylinder, an anchoring mechanism, a sealing mechanism, a reversing mechanism and a steering mechanism. The anchoring mechanism includes a cone, an O-shaped sealing ring I, a cone spring, a slip, a slip spring, a slip seat, a claw I and a pin shaft I, and the sealing mechanism includes a piston, an O-shaped sealing ring II, a claw II, a pin shaft II, an upper rubber cylinder seat, a rubber cylinder, a connecting cylinder, a lower rubber cylinder seat and a gasket.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Yang TANG, Miantao GUAN, Yulin ZHANG, Peng ZHAO, Guorong WANG, Jinhai ZHAO, Qingyou LIU, Jinzhong WANG, Xiang GAO, Yufa HE, Hu DENG, Liming FAN, Rutao MA
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Publication number: 20240003473Abstract: A pure electric modular subsea test tree is provided, which includes a connect-disconnect device, wherein the first channel is formed in the connect-disconnect device; the connect-disconnect device is provided with a locking assembly and a connection drive mechanism for driving the locking assembly, and the first electrical connection plug is embedded in the connect-disconnect device, and the connection drive mechanism is electrically connected with the first electrical connection plug; a shear-seal assembly, wherein a second channel communicated with the first channel is formed in the shear-seal assembly; the shear-seal assembly includes at least one shear-seal device capable of plugging the second channel; a connection part is formed on the shear-seal assembly; a heating device is arranged at one end of the shear-seal device far from the connection part. The disclosure relates to a pure electric modular subsea test tree, which has fast response speed and high operation safety.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Yang TANG, Yulin ZHANG, Guorong WANG, Yufa HE, Jianfei WEI, Jinhai ZHAO, Zeliang LI, Jinzhong WANG, Wang LI, Wujun TONG, Jie WANG
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Patent number: 11828177Abstract: The present disclosure provides a comprehensive utilization method and test equipment for surface water, a goaf and geothermal energy in a coal mining subsidence area. The method comprises the following steps: determining a geothermal water collection area, arranging heat energy exchange equipment in a main roadway, and arranging a geothermal water extraction system, wherein the geothermal water extraction system comprises geothermal wells, extraction pipelines and tail water reinjection pipelines, the extraction pipelines are connected with the heat energy exchange equipment, and the tail water reinjection pipelines are connected with a water outlet of the heat energy exchange equipment; arranging a water channel on the surface, and arranging a drainage system on a subsidence trough to guide surface water to flow underground; and controlling directional and ordered flow of surface water through the coal mining subsidence area formed by ground mining to achieve sustainable mining of underground water.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Shandong University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jinhai Zhao, Liming Yin, Xinguo Zhang, Wenbin Sun, Changjian Zhou, Juntao Chen, Shichuan Zhang, Ning Jiang, Yangyang Li, Yin Liu, Yunzhao Zhang, Shupeng Zhang, Zhixue Zhang, Yang Qiao, Dan Kang
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Patent number: 11746640Abstract: The disclosure discloses a solid fluidization tubular separator for marine natural gas hydrate, which includes a first separator and a second separator, wherein the first separator includes the first separation sleeve, the power liquid pipe, the swirl baffle, the recovery mechanism and the sand discharge mechanism. After the hydrate is sucked into the first separation sleeve to generate a circumferential velocity, so that the mud and sand with high density are separated to the pipe wall of the first separation sleeve, and the mud and sand separated to the pipe wall are settled down from the gap between the swirl baffle and the pipe wall along the pipe wall. The hydrate swirl flows into the recovery mechanism, and then leaves the first separation sleeve and enters the second separator, so as to realize the separation of mud and sand and natural gas hydrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong, Southwest Petroleum UniversityInventors: Yang Tang, Zeliang Li, Xushen Li, Jiang Lu, Xiaoyu Fang, Guorong Wang, Pu Yang, Jinhai Zhao, Xiaolong Ma, Dongqing Xia, Lin Zhong, Yufa He, Qingping Li, Yanjun Li, Hexing Liu, Peng Zhao
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Patent number: 11732551Abstract: A fully electrically controlled intelligent subsurface safety valve is provided, including an upper joint, a lower joint, a magnetic switch, an upper electromagnetic suction module, a central flow pipe, a magnetic piston ring, a lower electromagnetic suction module, a rebound flap valve mechanism, a displacement sensor, a temperature and pressure sensor, a flow sensor, and a power communication composite cable connector. With the magnetic assisted reset of the two electromagnetic suction modules, the safety valve closes more quickly in emergency situations, improving the reliability of the safety valve. By using a magnetic excitation switch, the safety valve can be quickly opened and closed, and the open or close state can be maintained independently, saving energy consumption in the control system. The present disclosure can better meet the needs of onshore and offshore oil and gas production operations and gas storage operations.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Southwest Petroleum UniversityInventors: Yang Tang, Na Xie, Minghai Zhou, Jinhai Zhao, Guangjie Yuan, Guohai Yuan, Jinzhong Wang, Chenglin Wang, Xiang Gao, Guorong Wang, Fu Deng, Liming Fan, Rutao Ma
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Publication number: 20230003123Abstract: The present disclosure provides a comprehensive utilization method and test equipment for surface water, a goaf and geothermal energy in a coal mining subsidence area. The method comprises the following steps: determining a geothermal water collection area, arranging heat energy exchange equipment in a main roadway, and arranging a geothermal water extraction system, wherein the geothermal water extraction system comprises geothermal wells, extraction pipelines and tail water reinjection pipelines, the extraction pipelines are connected with the heat energy exchange equipment, and the tail water reinjection pipelines are connected with a water outlet of the heat energy exchange equipment; arranging a water channel on the surface, and arranging a drainage system on a subsidence trough to guide surface water to flow underground; and controlling directional and ordered flow of surface water through the coal mining subsidence area formed by ground mining to achieve sustainable mining of underground water.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Jinhai ZHAO, Liming YIN, Xinguo ZHANG, Wenbin SUN, Changjian ZHOU, Juntao CHEN, Shichuan ZHANG, Ning JIANG, Yangyang LI, Yin LIU, Yunzhao ZHANG, Shupeng ZHANG, Zhixue ZHANG, Yang QIAO, Dan KANG
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Patent number: 11542789Abstract: A cavity creation tool by crushing with multi-stage controllable water jet, it is used in natural gas hydrate development and mainly consists of an inner tube upper joint, an inner tube lower joint, an intermediate sleeve, an inner structure consisting of a coaxial throttle push rod, an outer layer sleeve, an outer layer structure consisting of a supporting ring, a jet head mounted to the intermediate sleeve and threading the outer layer sleeve, and a jet crushing structure consisting of a single-stage telescopic jet head and a two-stage telescopic jet head.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Southwest Petroleum University, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhanjiang)Inventors: Yang Tang, Peng Zhao, Guorong Wang, Jinhai Zhao, Qingyou Liu, Jinzhong Wang, Guangjie Yuan, Yufa He, Qingping Li, Xushen Li, Xiaoyu Fang, Zeliang Li, Xin Jing
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Patent number: 11506033Abstract: Disclosed is an oil extraction and gas production method capable of in-situ sand control and removal by downhole hydraulic lift achieved by downhole oil extraction and gas production system and ground oil extraction and gas production system. The downhole systems mainly comprises a double-layer tube, a double-layer tube reducing joint, a double-layer tube packer, a hydrodynamic turbine motor, a sludge screw pump, a soil-sand separator and a negative pressure absorber; the ground system comprises a power fluid pressurizing module and a mix fluid treatment module. The present application lowers the difficulty of pumping and lifting downhole formation fluid; achieves downhole and in-situ sand control and sand discharge, alleviates the blockage and erosion of sand particles on equipments and reduces energy consumption; decreases the production cost and improves the operation efficiency, therefore is suitable for oil extraction and gas production in high sand content wells.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Southwest Petroleum UniversityInventors: Yang Tang, Haoyu Xiong, Guorong Wang, Jinzhong Wang, Jinhai Zhao, Guangjie Yuan, Zhidong Zhang, Xushen Li, Yufa He, Jie Wu, Xin Jing, Peng Zhao, Zeliang Li
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Patent number: 11434727Abstract: An in situ exploitation-separation-backfilling integration apparatus for natural gas hydrates is disclosed, consisting of a cyclonic suction device for coarse fraction, a jet flow device for sand discharge and a spiral cyclone device for fine fraction. The cyclonic suction device for coarse fraction is provided with a vortex trough and a cyclonic auxiliary flow channel; the jet flow device for sand discharge mainly consists of a sand discharge sliding sleeve, a sand discharge jet cylinder and a spring, wherein the sand discharge sliding sleeve can control the spraying out of hydraulic fluid and it is provided with a sand discharge butting head; inside the spiral cyclone device for fine fraction is a tapered structure and its upper portion is provided with a centering bracket.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventors: Yang Tang, Zeliang Li, Guorong Wang, Qingyou Liu, Jinhai Zhao, Guangjie Yuan, Jinzhong Wang, Yufa He, Qingping Li, Chuanhua Ma, Yuan Huang
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Publication number: 20220268132Abstract: Disclosed is a cavity creation tool by crushing with multi-stage controllable water jet, which is used in natural gas hydrate development. The tool mainly consists of an inner tube upper joint, an inner tube lower joint, an intermediate sleeve, an inner structure consisting of a coaxial throttle push rod, an outer layer sleeve, an outer layer structure consisting of a supporting ring, a jet head mounted to the intermediate sleeve and threading the outer layer sleeve, and a jet crushing structure consisting of a single stage telescopic jet head and a second stage telescopic jet head.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Yang TANG, Peng ZHAO, Guorong WANG, Jinhai ZHAO, Qingyou LIU, Jinzhong WANG, Guangjie YUAN, Yufa HE, Qingping LI, Xushen LI, Xiaoyu FANG, Zeliang LI, Xin JING
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Publication number: 20220243564Abstract: An in situ exploitation-separation-backfilling integration apparatus for natural gas hydrates is disclosed, consisting of a cyclonic inhalation device for coarse fraction, a jet flow device for sand discharge and a spiral cyclone device for fine fraction. The cyclonic inhalation device for coarse fraction is provided with a vortex trough and a cyclonic auxiliary flow channel; the jet flow device for sand discharge mainly consists of a sand discharge sliding sleeve, a sand discharge jet cylinder and a spring, wherein the sand discharge sliding sleeve can control the spraying out of hydraulic fluid and it is provided with a sand discharge butting head; inside the spiral cyclone device for fine fraction is a tapered structure and its upper portion is provided with a centering bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Yang TANG, Zeliang LI, Guorong WANG, Qingyou LIU, Jinhai ZHAO, Guangjie YUAN, Jinzhong WANG, Yufa HE, Qingping LI, Chuanhua MA, Yuan HUANG
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Publication number: 20220205347Abstract: Disclosed is an oil extraction and gas production method capable of in-situ sand control and removal by downhole hydraulic lift achieved by downhole oil extraction and gas production system and ground oil extraction and gas production system. The downhole systems mainly comprises a double-layer tube, a double-layer tube reducing joint, a double-layer tube packer, a hydrodynamic turbine motor, a sludge screw pump, a soil-sand separator and a negative pressure absorber; the ground system comprises a power fluid pressurizing module and a mix fluid treatment module. The present application lowers the difficulty of pumping and lifting downhole formation fluid; achieves downhole and in-situ sand control and sand discharge, alleviates the blockage and erosion of sand particles on equipments and reduces energy consumption; decreases the production cost and improves the operation efficiency, therefore is suitable for oil extraction and gas production in high sand content wells.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Yang TANG, Haoyu XIONG, Guorong WANG, Jinzhong WANG, Jinhai ZHAO, Guangjie YUAN, Zhidong ZHANG, Xushen LI, Yufa HE, Jie WU, Xin JING, Peng ZHAO, Zeliang LI
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Patent number: 11372128Abstract: A method and a system implementing the method, are disclosed for computing magnetic interferences in measurement while drilling operations, using the retrieved lateral, and axial magnetic interferences of the measurement while drilling downhole tool system. With the disclosed method and system of implementing the method, it can be determined whether the source of the magnetic interference is from the measurement while drilling downhole tool system lateral direction or its axial direction. When magnetic field strength is abnormal, the lateral and axial magnetic interferences are monitored, and then compared against their values before the abnormal magnetic field strength. This way the direction of the magnetic interference is analyzed to eliminate or judge the cause of the interference, and properly guide the measurement while drilling downhole tool system towards its reservoir or well location.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Han, Sheng Zhan, Fengtao Hu, Jinhai Zhao
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Patent number: 11225863Abstract: A drilling system that includes a mud pump disposed on an earth surface and a drill string with a bottom hole assembly (BHA) in a borehole. The drilling system can be controlled by turning the mud pump ON or OFF according to a pre-determined sequence so that the mud flow in the borehole fluctuates between high and low. The mud pulser in the bottom hole assembly senses the fluctuation in the mud flow and generates a binary signal accordingly. The mud pulser further sends the binary signal to a measurement-while-drilling (MWD) tool in the bottom hole assembly. The binary signal executes one or more firmware in the MWD tool.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: China Petroleum & Chemical CorporationInventors: Jun Han, Sheng Zhan, Fengtao Hu, Jinhai Zhao
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Patent number: 11225864Abstract: A method for controlling a MWD tool in a bottom hole assembly in a borehole includes the steps of installing a plurality of firmware in the MWD tool, turning a mud pump on an earth surface ON or OFF according to a pre-determined sequence; determining a mud flow in the borehole to be ON or OFF so as to form a binary signal; and sending the binary signal to the MWD tool. The plurality of firmware are pre-programmed to perform a plurality of tasks while the binary signal executes one of the plurality of firmware in the MWD tool.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: China Petroleum & Chemical CorporationInventors: Jun Han, Sheng Zhan, Fengtao Hu, Jinhai Zhao
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Patent number: 11187076Abstract: An apparatus for collecting and storing sensor data for an oil drilling system is disclosed. The apparatus for collecting and storing sensor data may include a drill string including a bottom whole assembly which includes a drill bit and a measurement-while-drilling (MWD) assembly; a master board including a master board micro controller unit (MCU) in the MWD assembly; a plurality of sensor boards to sense and collect sensor data; a removable central storage unit, including a central storage unit MCU in the MWD assembly, to store sensor data collected by the plurality of sensor boards; and an internal bus coupled to the master board, the plurality of sensor boards, and the removable central storage unit to carry sensor data from the plurality of sensor boards to the removable central storage unit for storage by the removable central storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: China Petroleum & Chemical CorporationInventors: Jun Han, Sheng Zhan, Fengtao Hu, Jinhai Zhao
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Patent number: 11180965Abstract: An apparatus for traveling between an earth surface and a wellbore in an earth formation contains an instrument sub, a thruster for generating a motive force, and a power source that provides power to the instrument sub and the thruster. The instrument sub contains well logging instruments. The instrument sub, the thruster, and the power source are connected to form or are disposed in a substantially tubular body. The apparatus further contains a buoyance-generating device.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Jinhai Zhao, Sheng Zhan, Jun Han
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Publication number: 20210356620Abstract: A method and a system implementing the method, are disclosed for computing magnetic interferences in measurement while drilling operations, using the retrieved lateral, and axial magnetic interferences of the measurement while drilling downhole tool system. With the disclosed method and system of implementing the method, it can be determined whether the source of the magnetic interference is from the measurement while drilling downhole tool system lateral direction or its axial direction. When magnetic field strength is abnormal, the lateral and axial magnetic interferences are monitored, and then compared against their values before the abnormal magnetic field strength. This way the direction of the magnetic interference is analyzed to eliminate or judge the cause of the interference, and properly guide the measurement while drilling downhole tool system towards its reservoir or well location.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicants: Sinopec Tech HoustonInventors: Jun Han, Sheng Zhan, Fengtao Hu, Jinhai Zhao
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Patent number: 11112777Abstract: A data sampling and collection system in an oil drilling system includes a data acquirer installed in the measurement sub to transmit a sampling collector identification signal to one of a plurality of sampling collectors coupled to the data acquirer. Each sampling collector includes a sensor and a plurality of random access memory (RAM) pages to store sensor data received from the sensor. When one of the sampling collectors receives the enable signal from the data acquirer, a current RAM page currently receiving sensor data from the sensor continues to receive sensor data without interruption and an immediately preceding RAM page storing a last completed page of received sensor data is transmitted from the one sampling collector to a memory of the data acquirer and from there to a surface computing system. As such, recent data is retrieved and transmitted for processing without interrupting the continuous collection of sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Han, Sheng Zhan, Fengtao Hu, Jinhai Zhao