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US 11,530,944 B1Granted
Well fluid management systems and methods
AssigneeCovenant Testing Technologies, LLC
InventorsPaul Anderson, Michael W Joacim
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Abstract
A well production particulate measurement system having a stationary frame removably mountable to tank, a hopper coupled to the frame and moveable relative to the frame; a well production inlet configured to receive well production and discharge the particulates and liquid into the hopper, and to strip at least a portion of a gas phase from the well production; and a weight transducer coupled to the system and configured to sense a weight of particulates in the hopper.
Claims20
A well production particulate measurement system, comprising:
- a frame configured to removably engage an upper portion of a tank;
- a hopper coupled to the frame so that the hopper can move relative to the frame along at least a gravitational axis, the hopper configured to continually discharge a liquid component of the well production into the tank to which the frame is engaged, and the hopper configured to receive and hold particulates in the well production and periodically discharge the particulates from the hopper;
- a well production inlet configured to receive the well production and discharge the particulates and liquid component into the hopper such that substantially all of the particulates and liquid are captured by the hopper;
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- a weight transducer coupled to the system and configured to determine a weight of particulates in the hopper.
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A well fluid particulate measurement system, comprising:
- a frame configured to removably couple to an upper portion of a tank;
- a hopper coupled to the frame so that the hopper can move relative to the frame, the hopper configured to continually discharge a liquid component of the well fluid into the tank and the hopper configured to receive and hold particulates in the well fluid and periodically discharge the particulates from the hopper into the tank;
- a well fluid inlet system having an inlet port and at least one outlet port, the inlet system configured to discharge the well fluid into the hopper at velocity less than a velocity of the well fluid at the inlet port;
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- a weight measurement system operatively coupled to the hopper and configured to determine a weight of particulates in the hopper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.