Abstract

When the plunger moves downwards, the local hydraulic resistance in the injection system causes a hydraulic force from the bottom upwards, which prevents the plunger from falling freely in the cylinder and is the source of the bending of the pump rod column. For this reason, the plunger takes an eccentric position in the cylinder and presses against it, delaying the plunger fall from the head of the balancer of the rocking machine and disturbing coaxial connection of the stock-discharge valve-plunger. These complications lead to increased wear of the plunger-cylinder pair, breakage of the injection valve cell, broken pump rod column, loss of the plunger stroke, etc. It should be noted, however, that in these tests, the flow factor μ is taken as the hydraulic resistance for determining the pressure loss in the valve assembly, and the valve seat cross-section is calculated. When calculating the friction force in the plunger-pressure valve system, the loss of pressure in it is taken to be equal to the loss of pressure of the valve unit. As is known, the downhole pump suction and injection system is a complex system of local resistance, as it consists of different combinations of elements that strongly affect the overall hydraulic resistance of the unit. It is therefore advisable to adopt the local hydraulic resistance coefficient as the hydraulic resistance of the respective unit. The reliability of downhole pumps in general and their individual components is ensured during their design and manufacture and depends on the design features, the quality of manufacturing of components thereof, assembly of the downhole pump in general and their components, as well as a number of other process indicators.

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