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DYNFeaturesinTAM

TableofContents:

I. DYNAnalysisWindowsa. CardViewb. RawDataViewc. PumpAnalysisViewd. ValveTestView

II. SelectingStrokesinDYNIII. DYNReplay

a. Controlsb. SelectingaStrokeRangec. MakingaMovie

IV. DYNAnnotationsa. OverlayingStrokesfromPreviousTests

V. DYNFineTunea. DampingFactorb. Derampingc. ValveOpen/ClosePointsd. ReprocessTest

VI. DYNPlotInteractiona. FollowDotb. RightClickMenu

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I.DYNAnalysisWindows

ForDYN,therearefourdifferentanalysiswindowsthatausermaysee:thetraditionalcardview,raw

dataview,pumpanalysisview,andvalvetestview(ifavalvetestwasperformed).

CardViewThedefaultviewfortheDYNmoduleisthetraditionaltwocardview(Figure1). Inadditiontoshowing

boththesurfaceandpumpcards,thisscreenalsodisplaysapumpanimation,tubingpressuregauge

(whenpressurewasacquired),anddigitalsshowingvalueslikefillageandpumpdisplacement. Onthis

screen,theusercanalsomanuallyadjustastrokesfillagebysimplyclickinganddraggingtheEPTcursor

onthescreen.

Figure1:DYNCardView

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RawDataViewInsomecases,usersmaywishtoseetherawdatathatwasacquiredfromthesensors. Userscanswitch

betweenthecardviewandrawdataviewbyclickingthebuttoninthetoprightcorner,directlyunder

thereportbutton(seeFigure2). Onthisscreen,userscanviewtherawloadandaccelerationdata.

Theyalsohavetheoptionstoviewpressure(whenacquired),position,andvelocity. Filterscanalsobe

usedto

apply

smoothing

to

the

displayed

curves.

Engineering

units

versus

raw

units

(mV/V)

can

be

toggledusingtheEngUnitsbuttoninthetopleftcorneroftheanalysisscreen.

Figure2:DYNRawDataView

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PumpAnalysisViewUserscanswitchbetweenthecardviewandpumpanalysisviewbyclickingtheviewbuttonunderneath

therawdataviewsswitchbutton,asseeninFigure3. Withthisscreen,theusercanviewnotonlythe

loadofthepumpcardandtheplungermoves,butalsoviewthechamberpressure. Thepump

animationisalsoexpandedtoshowanaxisindicatingthemovementofthestandingvalve. Additional

annotationslike

discharge

pressure

of

pump

intake

pressure

are

also

present

on

this

screen

and

can

be

turnedonandoffusingtheAnnotationsdialog(SectionIV).

Figure3:DYNPumpAnalysisView

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ValveTestViewIftheuserperformedavalvetestwhileacquiringdynamometerdata,thenhemayviewthevalvetest

screenbyselectingavalvetestfromthestrokeviewercontrol(SectionII). Oneofthenovelfeaturesof

TAMistheabilitytoautomaticallydetecttheoccurrenceofvalvetestsduringthenormalacquisitionof

aDYNtest;nomodeshiftisrequired. Onthevalvetestscreentheuserwillbeshownaplotcontaining

theload

values

acquired

over

time

(Figure

4).

Candidate

intervals

for

valve

tests

will

be

shown

in

gray.

TheusercandirectlymanipulatethesizeandpositionoftheyellowTVregiontospecifyaleakage

intervalforthetravelingvalveandcanmovetheSVcursortothepositionwhereitscorrespondingload

shouldbemeasured. Resultsareshowninthedigitalsbelowtheplot.

Figure4:DYNValveTestView

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II.SelectingStrokesinDYNStrokesareselectedinDYNviathestrokeviewercontrol,whichcanbeaccessedthroughthebuttonin

thetoprightoftheanalysisscreen,directlybesidetherawdatabutton(Figure5). Toswitchtoa

differentstroke,simplyclickit. ClickingoncellslabeledwithaTVorSVwilltakeyoutothevalvetest

screen.

YoucanalsooverlaymultiplestrokesontopofoneanotherbyholdingCtrlwhileyouareclicking

strokes. IfyouclickwhileholdingShift,youwillbeabletoselectarangeofstrokes. Rightclickingona

strokewillgiveyoutheoptiontoLockorUnlockastroke. Whenastrokeislocked,itwillalwaysbe

selectedasanoverlayasyouclickthroughotherstrokes. Finally,youcanselectallstrokesbyhitting

Ctrl+Aonthekeyboard,orbyrightclickingastrokeandselectingSelectAll. ClickingonacelllabeledVTwilltakeyoutothevalvetestscreenforthetest.

Figure5:StrokeViewerControl

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III.DYNReplayClickingontheReplaybuttonontheDYNanalysiswindowwillopenupreplaycontrols. These

controlswillallowyoutoviewtheincomingstrokesasifyouwereviewingthemoriginallyduring

acquisition.

ControlsFigure6showsthereplaycontrolsdialog. Someofthebasiccontrolsincludeplay,stop,pause,and

rewind. Thereisalsoaloopbutton(circulararrow)thatwillallowreplaytocontinueindefinitelyuntil

theuserdecidestostopreplay. Belowthesebuttonsareplusandminusbuttonsthatcanbeusedto

controltheplaybackspeed. Playbackspeedinclude:0.25xspeed,0.5xspeed,1xspeed,2xspeed,4x

speed,and8xspeed. Theusercanalsospecifyastrokerangetouseforreplaybyenteringtherange

intotheprovidedtextboxesandclickingUpdate.

Figure6:DYNReplayControls

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SelectingaStrokeRangeInadditiontomanuallyenteringinarangeinthetextboxesofthereplaydialog,theusercanalsospecify

arangebyopeningupthestrokevieweralongsidethereplaydialog,asseeninFigure7. Onthestroke

viewer,atransparentblueareawillappearontheselectedstrokerange. Theendsofthisboxcanbe

clickedanddraggedtospecifyanewrange. Additionally,aredlinewillappearonthestrokeviewerto

indicatethe

current

replay

position.

Figure7:Openingthestrokevieweralongsidereplay.

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MakingaMovieAnotheroptionallowedbythereplaycontrolsistheabilitytomakeamoviefileofstrokeplayback.

SimplyclickMakeMovieandasavedialogwillappear,allowingtheusertospecifyasavelocationof

themoviefile(Figure8). Themoviewillbegeneratedusingthestrokerangeandspeedsettings

specifiedinthereplaydialog. Moviegenerationoccursinthebackgroundoftheapplication,sotheuser

canstill

work

in

TAM

while

amovie

file

is

being

created.

Figure8:DYNMovieGeneration

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IV.DYNAnnotationsEachDYNanalysisscreenhasacertainsetofannotationsthatcanbeturnedonandoffdependingon

thelevelofdetailtheuserisinterestedinseeing. Mostoftheseannotationsappearascursorsonthe

plotsofparticularviews. Toturnannotationsonoroff,simplyclicktheAnnotationsbuttononthe

cardorpumpanalysisview(Figure9). TableIshowsabriefoverviewofwhateachoptioninthe

annotationsdialogdoes,aswellastheDYNviewsthatareaffectedbyit.

Figure9:AnnotationsDialog

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Label View(s)Affected

Description

SurfaceandPumpCardsonOnePlot Card Displayscardonasingle,continuousplotinsteadoftwo

Rod/TubingStretch

on

Surface

Card

Card

Displays

the

Kr

line

on

the

surface

card

plot

TubingStretchonPumpCard Card,Pump

AnalysisDisplaystheKtlineonthepumpcardplot

MeasuredLoadTV Card DisplaysthemeasuredTVloadonthesurfacecardplot(ifvalvetestperformed)

MeasuredLoadSV Card DisplaysthemeasuredSVloadonthesurfacecardplot(ifvalvetestperformed)

CalculatedBuoyantRodWeight+FluidMax

Card DisplaystheWrf+FoMaxloadvalueonthesurfacecardplot

CalculatedBuoyantRodWeight Card DisplaystheWrfloadvalueonthesurfacecardplotFoMaxLine Card,Pump

AnalysisDisplaystheFoMaxloadvalueonthepumpcard

FoCalculatedFromPIPofFluidLevelAnalysis

Card Focomputedfrompumpintakepressurefoundduringarecentfluidleveltest

FoCalculatedFromValveCheckAnalysis

Card FocomputedfromthedifferenceinmeasuredTVandSVloads(ifvalvetestperformed)

ValveOpen/ClosePoints Card,PumpAnalysis

DisplaystheTVandSVopeningandclosingpointsusedforthepumpanimation

ZeroAxis Card DisplaysasolidcursoratzeroloadofthepumpcardEffectivePlunger(PumpFillage)Stroke Card DisplaystheEPTcursoratfillagepositiononthepumpcardMaximumPlungerTravel Card DisplaystheMPTcursoratthemaxpositionofthepumpcardShowPressure Card Displaysacquiredpressurevs.positionoverlayonthesurfacecardPumpIntakePressure Pump

AnalysisDisplaysthePIPcursoronthepumpcardplotandPIPvalueshownatthebottomofthepumpanimation

PumpDischargePressure PumpAnalysis

DisplaysthedischargepressurecursoronthepumpcardandDPvalueshownatthetopofthepumpanimation

PumpIntakePressureFluidLevel PumpAnalysis

DisplaysthePIPFLcursoronthepumpcardplotandPIPFLvalueshownatthebottomofthepumpanimation

Table1:Listofannotations

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OverlayingStrokesfromPreviousTestsInadditiontotheseannotations,theusercanalsoclickonthePreviousStrokesbuttontooverlay

strokesfromaprevioustestontotheplot. Thisissimilartooverlayingmultiplestrokesontopof

anotherusingthestrokeviewer. ClickingthePreviousStrokesbuttonwillbringupadialogthatis

similartotheadvancedsearchdialog. Ausercanchoosetooverlaythestrokesfromuptofivedifferent

testsby

clicking

the

checkbox

next

to

each

test

they

wish

to

overlay

(see

Figure

10).

Figure10:Overlayingstrokesfromothertests

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V.DYNFineTuneTheFineTunedialogcanbeaccessedthroughtheFineTunebuttononthecardorpumpanalysisview

(Figure11). Currently,thisdialogonlyallowstheusertomodifythedampingfactorusedforcard

calculation. Theusercanmodifythedampingfactorusedforcardcalculation,choosetoderampthe

cards,resetvalveopen/closepoints,orreprocesstheentiretest.

Figure11:DYNFineTunedialog(inexperimentalmode)DampingFactorTheusercanchangethedampingfactoroftherodstring.Doingsochangesthecalculationforthepump

card. Asliderisavailabletoquicklyviewthechangeinpumpcardsbasedonavaryingdegreeof

dampingfactor.

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DerampingTheusercanchoosetoderamptheirpumpcards.Thiscorrectstiltedpumpcardscausedbyincorrectly

installedPRTs.

Figure12:Pumpcardbeforederamping

Figure13:Pumpcardafterderamping

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ValveOpen/ClosePointsTheusercanchoosetomanuallymovethepointsonapumpcardwherethetravelingvalveand

standingvalveopenandclose.Simplymouseoverthepointtomoveandclickanddragtothedesired

position.Thefinetunescreenprovidesabuttontoresetthepositions.

Figure14:MovingTVOpenvalvepoint

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ReprocessingTheuserisallowedtocompletelyreprocessatest.Thisrecalculateswherestrokesandvalvetestsstart

andstop,andwithnewerversionsofTAMcanresultinfindingmorestrokesandvalvetests.The

drawbacktothisisthatanyanalysissettings,suchasvalveopen/closepoints,selectedstrokes,and

valveanalysis,arelost.

Figure15:Atestinthemiddleofreprocessing

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VI.DYNPlotInteractionThereareseveralinterestingaspectstobenotedwhendealingwithplotinteractiononthecardview

andpumpanalysisDYNscreens.

FollowDotFirst,areddotwillfollowtheusersmousecursoraroundashetracesthecurvesofthecardplots

(Figure12). Thecursorwilldisplaythecurrentpositionandloadvaluenexttothereddotandwillalso

updatethepumpanimationandtubingpressuregauges. Ifauserwishestolockthedotinplaceand

haveitnolongerfollowthemousecursor,theycandosobysimplyrightclickingitandselectingthe

Lockoption. RepeatingtheprocessandchoosingUnlockwillreenablethedot. Atanypoint,the

usercanalsocontrolthefollowdotusingtheleftandrightarrowkeysonthekeyboard.

Figure16:FollowcursoronDYNcardplots

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RightClickMenuAdditionalplotoptionscanbefoundbyrightclickinginsidetheplotarea. Thiswillbringupthepopup

menuseeninFigure13withthefollowingoptions:

PrintImage:sendsanimageoftheplottotheprinter CopyImagetoClipboard:copiestheplotimagetothesystemclipboard CopyDatatoClipboard:copiestheposition,load,andpressure(ifacquired)valuesofthe

selectedstrokestothesystemclipboard

ExportDatatoFile:savestheposition,load,andpressurevaluesoftheselectedstrokesouttofile(whichcanbeloadedintospreadsheetprogramslikeExcel)

AddNote:addanote/annotationtotheplot(seePlotNotessectioninTAMFeaturesdocument)

Figure17:DYNplotsrightclickmenu