Fluid and solid material separator
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorRichard Bingham
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a materials separator that includes a continuous filter belt disposed around a plurality of rollers. The apparatus also includes a pressure differential system operatively coupled to the separator and configured to adjust a pressure differential across the continuous filter belt. A vacuum is applied to the continuous filter belt and a fluid portion of the slurry on the continuous filter belt is drawn through the continuous filter belt. An apparatus includes a materials separator having a first deck with a first continuous filter belt and a second deck with a second continuous filter belt.
Claims10
An apparatus comprising:
- a materials separator having a frame, an inlet, and an outlet, the materials separator comprising:
- a continuous filter belt disposed around a plurality of rollers;
- a continuous carrier belt disposed underneath the continuous filter belt, wherein at least some of the plurality of rollers separate the filter belt from the carrier belt;
- a motor operatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of rollers;
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- a pressure differential system operatively coupled to the separator and configured to adjust a pressure differential across the continuous filter belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.