Methods for preparing coating compositions for protecting oilfield operational components
AssigneeS+S Industries Technology LLC
InventorsGreg Andrews, George D. Andrews, Jeff Capell
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Abstract
Coating compositions for coating an oilfield operational component, and related methods, may include in some aspects a coating composition having a trifunctional silane, a silanol, and a filler. The coating composition may be applied to a surface of the oilfield operational component that is configured to be exposed to a fluid. The coating composition may be applied to at least partially cover or coat the surface. The coating composition may be configured to chemically bond with a cured primer composition that includes an epoxy.
Claims28
A method to prepare a coating composition for application to at least a portion of a component to reduce damage to the component, the method comprising:
- combining trifunctional silane, silanol fluid, titanium dioxide, and a filler;
- and
- mixing the trifunctional silane, the silanol fluid, the titanium dioxide, and the filler to obtain the coating composition, the trifunctional silane comprising from about 0.01 wt. % to about 20 weight percent (wt. %) of the coating composition, silanol fluid comprising from about 40 wt. % to about 99 wt. % of the coating composition, and the filler comprising from about 0.01 wt. % to about 25 wt. % of the coating composition, the coating composition being operable to form a coating layer on an inner surface of the at least a portion of the component, and the coating layer operable to dissipate kinetic energy associated with an impact of particles on the inner surface of the component.
A method to prepare a coating composition for application to at least a portion of a component to reduce damage induced by flow of a fluid within the component when passing therethrough, the method comprising:
- combining trifunctional silane, silanol fluid, titanium dioxide, a pigment, and a filler;
- and
- mixing the trifunctional silane, the silanol fluid, the titanium dioxide, the pigment, and the filler to obtain the coating composition, the trifunctional silane comprising from about 0.01 weight percent (wt. %) to about 20 wt. % of the coating composition, silanol fluid comprising from about 40 wt. % to about 99 wt. % of the coating composition, and the filler comprising from about 0.01 wt. % to about 25 wt. % of the coating composition, the coating composition comprising from about 1.0 wt. % to about 5.0 wt. % of the pigment and being operable to form a coating layer on an inner surface of the at least a portion of the component, the coating layer operable to dissipate kinetic energy associated with an impact of particles mixed within the fluid on the inner surface.
A method to prepare a coating composition for application to at least a portion of a fluid handling system component to reduce damage induced by the flow of a fluid therethrough, the method comprising:
- combining trifunctional silane, silanol fluid, titanium dioxide, and a filler;
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- mixing the trifunctional silane, the silanol fluid, the titanium dioxide, and the filler to obtain the coating composition, the coating composition operable to form a coating layer on an inner surface of the at least a at least a portion of the fluid handling system component, the coating layer operable to reduce damage to the fluid handling system component induced by flow of a fracturing fluid passing therethrough, the fluid handling system component selected from the group consisting of a goat head, a fluid end, a frac iron, an elbow, a valve, a pump impeller, a seal, a pipeline, a pipeline segment, and a pipeline pump.
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