Mobile flowback and produced water re-use system
AssigneeHEP Shalewater Solutions, LLC
InventorsJames Chance Richie, Anthony Gutta
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Abstract
A mobile water re-use system can include a chemical treatment apparatus, at least one weir tank in fluid communication with the chemical treatment apparatus, and two or more settling tanks in fluid communication with each other and at least one of the settling tanks in fluid communication with the weir tank. The weir tank can have a first end, a second end, an internal chamber, and a plurality of baffles that induce turbulent flow of fluid through the internal chamber. The settling tanks can provide, promote, facilitate, result in, and/or induce laminar flow of fluid through at least a portion of the internal chamber. Weir tanks, settling tanks, and method of treating flowback and produced water are also described.
Claims16
A mobile water re-use system, comprising:
- a chemical treatment apparatus;
- at least one weir tank in fluid communication with the chemical treatment apparatus, the weir tank comprising a first end, a second end, an internal chamber, and a plurality of baffles that induce turbulent flow of fluid through the internal chamber;
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- two or more settling tanks in fluid communication with each other, wherein at least one of the settling tanks is in fluid communication with the weir tank, and wherein the settling tanks provide laminar flow of fluid through at least one internal chamber of the settlinq tanks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.