Development and Application of the RCD Dynamic Simulation Test Equipment

Abstract

As the most important wellhead control equipment to implement underbalance/gas drilling and managed pressure drilling, the quality and reliability of rotating control device (RCD) will directly affect the safety and efficiency of the drilling operation. In order to conduct the RCD performance test, maintenance and the new RCD product research and development, the RCD dynamic simulation test equipment is developed. This equipment is mainly composed of mechanical transmission system, hydraulic system, electrical control system, data acquisition and processing system, remote monitoring and control system, which has reasonable structure and enough functions to satisfy the requirements. According to the GB/T 25430-2010 and API 16 RCD, the experimental results show that the equipment can meet the RCD test requirements under various operating conditions. The test equipment can not only test the reliability of the RCD, but also can provide experiment basis to research and develop the new RCD.