ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP / TEST SYSTEMS
Engineering internship project at NOV focused on understanding, documenting, testing, and supporting the modernization of a coiled tubing dynamometer test system.
During my engineering internship at NOV, I worked on the modernization of an existing coiled tubing dynamometer test system.
The project required developing a system-level understanding of the equipment, documenting the existing mechanical and instrumentation architecture, identifying modernization opportunities, and supporting physical system testing.
Overall dyno test system used during the modernization project.
One of the first parts of the project involved understanding how the existing mechanical, hydraulic, instrumentation, and control systems interacted.
This system-level understanding was necessary before meaningful modernization recommendations or updated engineering documentation could be developed.
Mechanical hardware within the existing dyno system.
The dyno stand relies on a larger fluid system containing pumps, motors, piping, hoses, valves, gauges, and supporting equipment.
Understanding the flow path and associated equipment was important when reviewing the system architecture and preparing for operational testing.
Pump, motor, piping, and fluid-system hardware.
Supporting fluid-system equipment.
A major part of the modernization effort involved understanding how field instrumentation connected into the existing control and data-acquisition architecture.
I worked with instrumentation and I/O documentation while reviewing how measurement devices, wiring, control hardware, and system signals were organized.
Existing electrical and I/O hardware.
Pressure measurement and instrumentation hardware.
The modernization project required translating the physical system into clear engineering documentation that could be used to understand the current configuration and plan future improvements.
I also participated in operating the dyno stand and running fluid through the system at different BPM rates.
Data collected during these test runs was reviewed and analyzed to understand how the system responded under different operating conditions and to identify performance trends.
One of the most valuable aspects of the project was working with a real industrial system in which mechanical equipment, instrumentation, controls, fluid systems, testing, and technical documentation all had to work together.
Rather than analyzing one isolated component, the project required understanding how changes to one part of the system could affect other subsystems and the overall test process.
System Engineering: System Architecture, Gap Analysis, Modernization Planning, Technical Documentation
Instrumentation & Controls: I/O Architecture, Instrumentation, P&IDs, Controls Concepts, Data Acquisition
Testing: Test Stand Operation, Pump-Rate Testing, Data Collection, Performance Analysis
Worked alongside fellow interns and engineers throughout the modernization project, gaining experience collaborating across mechanical, controls, instrumentation, and operations teams.
NOV engineering internship team.