Analysis, Design, and Experimental Verification of a Parallel Wireless Power and Data Transmission Method for Rotary Steering Systems

Abstract

In the rotary steering system of oil drilling, both power and data transmission are needed. This paper presents a parallel power and data transmission method for a rotating steering system with output voltage control. To reduce the size of the system, power and data are transmitted through the same rotational coupling mechanism. A power transfer resonance circuit is used to suppress the influence of the power transfer on data transmission. Therefore, crosstalk interference between the power and the data transmission channel is negligible. The experimental prototype is built, and the feasibility of the data transfer method and the closed-loop control method is verified. The experimental results are in good agreement with the theoretical analysis.

Keywords

• rotary steering system
• wireless power transfer (WPT)
• data transfer
• crosstalk interference