DocumentCode
1544663
Title
Attitude control system for directional drilling bottom hole assemblies
Author
Panchal, N. ; Bayliss, M.T. ; Whidborne, James F.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Eng., Cranfield Univ., Cranfield, UK
Volume
6
Issue
7
fYear
2012
Firstpage
884
Lastpage
892
Abstract
A general approach for the attitude control of directional drilling tools for the oil and gas industry is proposed. The attitude is represented by a unit vector, thus the non-linearities introduced by Euler angle representations are avoided. Three control laws are proposed, and their stability is proven. Their behaviour is tested by numerical simulation. The merits of the laws from an engineering perspective are highlighted, and some details for the implementation of the laws on directional drilling tools are provided.
Keywords
attitude control; drilling; gas industry; numerical analysis; petroleum industry; stability; Euler angle representations; attitude control system; directional drilling bottom hole assemblies; directional drilling tools; engineering perspective; gas industry; general approach; numerical simulation; oil industry; stability; unit vector;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Control Theory & Applications, IET
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1751-8644
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/iet-cta.2011.0438
Filename
6221042
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