CHECK VALVE WITH AN INERTIAL MASS FOR PROGRESSIVE CAVITY PUMPS

摘要

The invention concerns a check valve with an inertial mass which is fitted in the base of the production tubing and above the progressive cavity pump (PCP) of an oil well, said valve preventing the hydrostatic column within the production tubing from falling at the moment at which the artificial rise of said column stops as a result of the PCP stopping. Preventing this phenomenon from occurring prevents the PCP from rotating in the sense opposite to that of its normal operation and from becoming blocked by particulate material deposited therein.