Presenters
P.S. Adisoemarta, Texas Tech University, C. Graf, National Instruments, & A.L. Podio, University of Texas at Austin
A novel image acquisition system has been developed that will enhance our knowledge of downhole pumps. This system, comprised of a video camera, digital frame grabber and image processing routines, has been integrated to the downhole pump test fixture at the University of Texas at Austin where in the past pressure at various point of interest around both the standing and travelling valves have been recorded. As the images and pressure information have been recorded at the same exact time, one can now look at the picture of the pump to see the actual valve movement for each interesting