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ACE RELIANCE SENSOR OPERATIONS MANUAL 

Figure 15 

 

4.4 Use the cable cutter to remove a length of the Teflon insulation as per dimensions of the ACE cable strip gauge 
(fig 16)  

 

Figure 16. TEC cable stripping dimensions as per the ACE Downhole strip gauge 

 

4.5 Insert the end of the TEC cable wire into the pin (fig 15). 

Summary of Contents for Reliance 1K

Page 1: ...V2 4 1 P a g e ACE RELIANCE SENSOR OPERATIONS MANUAL ACE Reliance Sensor Operations Manual...

Page 2: ...stallation tools and materials 5 4 TEC cable preparation 9 5 10 kPSI Sensor Model Installation 13 6 1kPSI Sensor Model Installation 18 6 Sensor and cable Integrity testing 19 8 Surface Read Out Unit S...

Page 3: ...ument is a completely sealed welded device The instrument electronics are not exposed to damaging well fluid caused by leaking threads seals O rings or drain fill valves Power to downhole sensor and c...

Page 4: ...o 1 PSI depending on readout 0 0305 psi 0 305 psi 0 305 psi Transducer Type Silicon Strain Gauge Silicon Strain Gauge Silicon Strain Gauge Data sampling frequency 11 sec 11 sec 1 4 sec Temperature Ran...

Page 5: ...deg F 18 deg C 50 deg C 0 deg F 158 deg F 18 deg C 50 deg C 0 deg F 158 deg F 18 deg C 50 deg C Dimensions 9 50 x 5 75 x 1 75 9 50 x 5 75 x 1 75 5 25 x1 x3 3 Weight 2 lbs 2 lbs 2lbs UL Certification...

Page 6: ...s strip gauge is to be used for installing 1 kPSI sensor model WARNING Ensure an appropriate strip gauge is used for 1 000 PSI and for 10 000 PSI sensor models Using a wrong strip gauge will lead to i...

Page 7: ...V2 4 7 P a g e ACE RELIANCE SENSOR OPERATIONS MANUAL Figure 7 Crimp tool cont Figure 8 Wire cutters...

Page 8: ...V2 4 8 P a g e ACE RELIANCE SENSOR OPERATIONS MANUAL Figure 9 Vise grips Figure 10 Tube cutter...

Page 9: ...AL Figure 11 Tube cutter 4 TEC cable preparation 4 1 Use ACE Dual Seal cable strip gauge to measure and mark the cut off length fig 12 Figure 12 Measuring and marking the TEC tube cut off length 4 2 U...

Page 10: ...E RELIANCE SENSOR OPERATIONS MANUAL Figure 13 4 3 Hold the TEC cable with wise grips on both ends of the groove and wiggle until the end section of the tube breaks loose Then remove the tube fig 14 an...

Page 11: ...5 4 4 Use the cable cutter to remove a length of the Teflon insulation as per dimensions of the ACE cable strip gauge fig 16 Figure 16 TEC cable stripping dimensions as per the ACE Downhole strip gaug...

Page 12: ...ELIANCE SENSOR OPERATIONS MANUAL Figure 4 4 6 Terminate with a pin using the crimp tool fig 18 If it is assembled but does not match the gauge then cut off Figure 18 Using the crimp tool to terminate...

Page 13: ...of the terminated end of the TEC cable Figure 19 Dual Seal strip gauge 5 10 kPSI Sensor Model Installation 5 1 Unscrew the cover from the head of the sensor Figure 20 Figure 21 The top cover is unscre...

Page 14: ...OPERATIONS MANUAL Figure 23 Each nut contains a cone and a ferrule 5 2 Slide TEC cable through the nut ferrule and the cone Then slide the TEC cable through the cover Note the correct orientation of t...

Page 15: ...he sensor 5 4 Unscrew the nut and retrieve the TEC cable Inspect the position of the compressed assembly of the ferrule and the cone It must seat on the stainless steel tubing of the TEC cable as show...

Page 16: ...cone is situated on the stainless steel tubing of the TEC cable it means the cable was stripped correctly Insert the cable into the heads of the sensor Tighten the nut finger tight and then apply 1 tu...

Page 17: ...cover finger tight after which tighten it using a and a 11 16 wrenches fig 27 Figure 29 Figure 30 The top cover is installed 5 8 Tighten the nut finger tight and then apply 1 turns with a 9 16 wrench...

Page 18: ...f the 1kPSI sensor model is similar to the one of the 10kPSI one One difference is that the 1kPSI model features fewer components the 1K model does not have the top cover The other difference is that...

Page 19: ...ensor and a failure Please see the pictures of the two types of ACE TEC strip gauges at the beginning of this manual 6 Sensor and cable Integrity testing During pressure testing in the shop after the...

Page 20: ...and single wire connections for ACE Optix 8 2 ACE Downhole offers a GPS receiver If AC mounted in a metallic container it s possible the internal GPS will not receive a signal in this case the ACE Opt...

Page 21: ...nected to ACE Optix SRU 8 3 Power up the ACE Optix SRU It will take a couple of minutes for the SRU to initialize During initialization all LEDs will be blinking Once initialized without errors green...

Page 22: ...set up ACE Optix SRU The software can be downloaded at acedownhole com Figure 38 SRU 2 SRU3 ADCM Configuration and Setup Program on acedownhole com Run ACE SRU configuration program on your PC You hav...

Page 23: ...wrong serial port is selected in the USB Cfg menu Figure 40 The correct port is selected and the PC Serial IP Comm Status is OK Go to the downhole parameters section of the program an select the righ...

Page 24: ...ond to commands from SCADA Once configuration is complete press the Send Config button to push these settings into the SRU Optix Figure 41 The correct port is selected and the PC Serial IP Comm Status...

Page 25: ...eliance sensor of a different model is installed A field service specialist can change Optix settings to work with a different sensor model without the need to connect PC and use ACE RTU Config Progra...

Page 26: ...V2 4 26 P a g e ACE RELIANCE SENSOR OPERATIONS MANUAL Figure 43 SRU Optix set up menu...

Page 27: ...ERATIONS MANUAL Figure 44 Main sensor status screen on the cell phone 9 3 To download a data log file click on Log File Download As the message to confirm download shows up select the day to download...

Page 28: ...8 P a g e ACE RELIANCE SENSOR OPERATIONS MANUAL Figure 45 Downloading log files 9 4 Once the log file is downloaded you can find it and access it in the top right hand side corner of the web browser f...

Page 29: ...assign date and the time stamp to each pressure and temperature reading Please note when ACE Optix SRU is paired with the 150 C 302 C Ace Reliance sensor the system provides a fast data rate of 1 4 se...

Page 30: ...is initiated Fig 44 If GPS staus light is red it means that the GPS signal is not locked and the data logging isn t initiated Fig 45 If the SRU Optix is in the metal container it might be blocking th...

Page 31: ...llation The unit can be mounted inside the rotating cable spool and is electrically connected to the end of the cable inside the spool The Spooler provides electrically limited power to the downhole s...

Page 32: ...apparent within seconds to everyone monitoring the system The unit is battery powered and will typically operate for 15 hours on the field replaceable rechargeable batteries A spare set of batteries a...

Page 33: ...up Data viewing is also the same as for ACE Optix RTU please refer to the SRU Optix instructions in this manual The bare end of TEC cable is inserted into a special grove Tighten up the bolt to secur...

Page 34: ...irst line will be the GPS coordinates when the Spooler was first turned on After that each line will have the date time and the channel readings in the example below the Spooler readings are stored ev...

Page 35: ...5 23 19 09 17 59 72 87 0 98 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 000 05 23 19 09 18 08 73 21 1 37 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 000 05 23 19 09 18 20 73 21 1 37 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 000 05 23 19 09 18 30 73 21 1 04 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 000 E...

Page 36: ...Spooler network ensure they are monitoring the main status screen by clicking Done after making changes on the status screen If different users are both changing items on the setup screen the Spooler...

Page 37: ...d each cell has an output Voltage of approximately 4 15Volts for a total of 16 6 Volts Once the total gets down around 12 5 Volts each cell 3 12 Volts the low battery warning will appear Although the...

Page 38: ...AL shorter battery run times Although users are able to refresh their device screens as quickly as they wish the Spooler defaults to updating each device every 10 seconds unless prompted by a user req...

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