Pilottest av undervanns elektrisk aktuator

The goal of the project is to perform pilot testing of an electric actuator used for subsea applications. This is based on the fact that several oil companies are developing all electric solutions for subsea control systems. This implies that all hydraulically driven/controlled equipment with the associated expensive hydraulic supply lines and control equipment, are replaced with electric cables, with all electric solutions for communication and control of all subsea valves and instruments. An actuator is defined as the device controlling and regulating mechanical components, allowing these to move either through a rotation or as a one-axis movement in two directions. This project witll qualify and test an electric actuator, applied on a subsea choke valve,- used for controlling the flow of oil/gas from each well.

Prosjektet har bidratt til å fremstille en ren elektrisk løsning for lineær bevegelse av komponenter i ventiler og andre mekaniske undervanns komponenter. Dette bidrar til reduserte kostnader gjennom redusert bruk av hydrauliske linjer/koplinger, og er et bidrag i satsingen mot hel-elektriske løsninger for undervannskompletterte brønner. Produktet vil bidra til å styrke konkurranseevnen til selskapet, siden denne type løsninger vil etterspørres i økende grad i tiden fremover.