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US 10,415,332 B2Granted
Hydration-blender transport for fracturing operation
AssigneeTyphon Technology Solutions, LLC
InventorsJeffrey G. Morris, Adrian Benjamin Bodishbaugh, Michael Bateman, Neal Jensen, Corey Holte
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Abstract
A system and a method for producing fracturing fluid, comprising: receiving source fluid from one or more inlet manifolds of a single transport, driving a first pump mounted on the single transport to route the source fluid from the inlet manifolds into a hydration tank mounted on the single transport, driving a second pump mounted on the single transport to route hydrated fluid produced by the hydration tank to a blending tub mounted on the single transport, and discharging fracturing fluid produced by the blending tub to one or more outlet manifolds of the single transport.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a hydration tank;
- a fracturing blender;
- an internal manifold system that couples the hydration tank and the fracturing blender to route fluid to and from the hydration tank and the fracturing blender, wherein the hydration tank is configured to receive a source fluid from the internal manifold system, produce a hydrated fluid based on the source fluid, and output the hydrated fluid to the internal manifold system, and wherein the fracturing blender is configured to receive the hydrated fluid from the internal manifold system, produce a fracturing fluid based on the hydrated fluid, and discharge the fracturing fluid to the internal manifold system, and
- wherein the internal manifold system comprises:
- an under tank manifold system, positioned beneath the hydration tank, comprising:
- a first manifold group and a second manifold group;
- and
- a first valve configured to:
- route the source fluid received from the first manifold group to enter the hydration tank based on setting the first valve to a first position;
- and
- reroute the source fluid received from the first manifold group directly to the second manifold group based on setting the first valve to a second position, wherein the source fluid is rerouted to the second manifold group by bypassing flowing through the hydration tank and the fracturing blender;
- and
- a single transport frame that couples the hydration tank, the fracturing blender, and the internal manifold system to form a single transport.
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A method for producing fracturing fluid, comprising:
- receiving a source fluid from one or more inlet manifolds of a single transport;
- setting a valve of the single transport to a first position, wherein the valve is part of an under tank manifold system positioned beneath a hydration tank;
- driving a first pump mounted on the single transport to route the source fluid from the inlet manifolds into the hydration tank mounted on the single transport based on setting the valve to the first position;
- driving a second pump mounted on the single transport to route a hydrated fluid, produced by the hydration tank based on the source fluid, to a blending tub mounted on the single transport;
- discharging a fracturing fluid, produced by the blending tub based on the hydrated fluid, to one or more outlet manifolds of the single transport;
- setting the valve of the single transport to a second position;
- and
- rerouting the source fluid received from the inlet manifolds to the outlet manifolds based on setting the valve to the second position, wherein the source fluid is rerouted directly to the outlet manifolds by bypassing flowing through the hydration tank and the blending tub.
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A transport comprising:
- a transport frame;
- an internal manifold system coupled to the transport frame;
- a hydration tank coupled to the transport frame and configured to:
- receive a source fluid from the internal manifold system;
- produce a hydrated fluid with a target viscosity based on the source fluid;
- and
- output the hydrated fluid to the internal manifold system;
- a blender coupled on the transport frame, wherein the blender is configured to:
- receive the hydrated fluid from the internal manifold system;
- produce a fracturing fluid based on the hydrated fluid;
- and
- discharge the fracturing fluid to the internal manifold system,
- wherein the internal manifold system comprises an under tank manifold system, positioned beneath the hydration tank, comprising:
- a first manifold group and a second manifold group;
- and
- a first valve configured to:
- route the source fluid received from the first manifold group to enter the hydration tank based on setting the first valve to a first position;
- and
- reroute the source fluid received from the first manifold group directly to the second manifold group based on setting the first valve to a second position, wherein the source fluid is rerouted to the second manifold group by bypassing flowing through the hydration tank and the blender.
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