On application of a zone IHMPC to an ESP-lifted oil well system

Raony  M. Fontes; Erbet  A. Costa; Odilon  S. L. Abreu; Márcio  A. F. Martins; Leizer  Schnitman

doi:10.48011/asba.v2i1.1700

Raony M. Fontes Escola Politécnica, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Erbet A. Costa Escola Politécnica, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Odilon S. L. Abreu Escola Politécnica, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Márcio A. F. Martins Escola Politécnica, Universidade Federal da Bahia
Leizer Schnitman Escola Politécnica, Universidade Federal da Bahia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.48011/asba.v2i1.1700

Keywords: Artificial lift, Oil and gas, Electric submersible pump, Model predictive control

Abstract

This paper presents an application of a stabilizing model predictive control (IHMPC) strategy with the underlying guarantee of feasibility to an oil production well system with Electric Submersible Pump (ESP) installation. The proposed controller is compared with a conventional finite-horizon MPC which provides some unfeasible solutions in the presence of an unmeasured disturbance, due to the typical conflict among the ESP-lifted oil well system constraints. The results show IHMPC as a viable choice to improve ESP-lifted well production since it can incorporate the desired requirements and provides stabilizing control actions.