# US 12,000,253 B2 · Fracturing apparatus and fracturing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,000,253 B2 - Document ID: US12000253B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/542,330 - Filed: 2021-12-03 - Published: 2022-03-24 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-20 - Assignees: Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Rikui Zhang; Xiance Li; Xincheng Li; Chunqiang Lan; Yipeng Wu; Zhuqing Mao; Sheng Chang; Xiaolei Ji - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12000253B2 ## CPC - E21B 43/2607: {Surface equipment specially adapted for fracturing operations} - E21B 43/26: by forming crevices or fractures - F02C 7/14: of fluids in the plant {, e.g. lubricant or fuel (F02C7/185 takes precedence)} - F02C 7/24: Heat or noise insulation (air intakes having provisions for noise suppression F02C7/045; turbine exhaust heads, chambers, or the like F01D25/30; silencing nozzles of jet-propulsion plants F02K1/00) - F02C 7/26: Starting; Ignition - F04B 17/03: driven by electric motors - F04B 17/05: driven by internal-combustion engines - F04B 53/08: Cooling; Heating; Preventing freezing - F04B 53/18: Lubricating - B01F 2101/49: Mixing drilled material or ingredients for well-drilling, earth-drilling or deep-drilling compositions with liquids to obtain slurries - F04B 17/06: Mobile combinations - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS - F02C: GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B11/00) - F04B: POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F) - B01F: MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING (mixing paints B44D3/06) ## Abstract A fracturing apparatus and a fracturing system are provided. The fracturing apparatus includes: a plunger pump configured to pressurize a fracturing fluid to form a high-pressure fracturing fluid; a turbine engine coupled to the plunger pump and configured to provide a driving force to the plunger pump; an auxiliary unit including a driving electric motor, the auxiliary unit being configured to provide the fracturing apparatus with at least one selected from the group consisting of start-up assist function, lubrication function, cooling function, and air supply function; and a power supply electrically coupled to the driving electric motor of the auxiliary unit to provide driving power. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fracturing apparatus comprising: a plunger pump configured to pressurize a fracturing fluid to form a high-pressure fracturing fluid; a turbine engine coupled to the plunger pump and configured to provide a driving force to the plunger pump, the turbine engine comprising an exhaust pipe and a muffler connected to the exhaust pipe; an auxiliary unit comprising a driving electric motor, a lubricating unit and a cooling unit, the auxiliary unit being configured to provide the fracturing apparatus with at least one of a start-up assist function, a lubrication function, a cooling function, and an air supply function; and a power supply electrically coupled to the driving electric motor of the auxiliary unit to provide driving power; wherein: the cooling unit comprises a cooler for cooling a lubricating oil of the lubricating unit; and the cooler is disposed at a side of the muffler away from the exhaust pipe. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fracturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary unit comprises a start-up unit configured to start up the turbine engine, and the driving electric motor comprises a start-up electric motor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The fracturing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the start-up electric motor is configured to directly start up the turbine engine and directly connected with the turbine engine, and the start-up unit is disposed on the turbine engine. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The fracturing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the driving electric motor further comprises a lubricating electric motor and a cooling electric motor, the lubricating unit further comprises a lubricating pump, and a lubricating oil tank, and the lubricating electric motor is configured to drive the lubricating pump to convey the lubricating oil in the lubricating oil tank to a lubricating point, the cooling electric motor is configured to drive the cooler of the cooling unit to cool the lubricating oil, and the lubricating electric motor is directly connected with the lubricating pump, and the cooling electric motor is directly connected with the cooler. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The fracturing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an air supply unit, wherein the driving electric motor comprises an air supply electric motor, the air supply unit further comprises an air compressor, and the air supply electric motor is configured to drive the air compressor to provide air with a predetermined pressure to the turbine engine, wherein the air supply electric motor is directly connected with the air compressor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fracturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a ventilating unit, wherein the driving electric motor comprises a ventilating electric motor, the ventilating unit further comprises a ventilating part, the ventilating electric motor is configured to drive the ventilating part, and the ventilating electric motor is directly connected with the ventilating part. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fracturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the power supply comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a generator, grid electricity, fuel battery and an energy storage battery, and the power supply is electrically connected with the driving electric motor via a switch cabinet and a transformer substation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fracturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a carrier on which the plunger pump, the turbine engine and at least a part of the auxiliary unit are provided, wherein the plunger pump is detachably fixed on the carrier. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The fracturing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the plunger pump is fixed on a first base provided with a first forklift slot, and the plunger pump is detachably fixed on the carrier through the first base. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The fracturing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the cooler is arranged above the plunger pump. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The fracturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein discharged air from the cooler is directed towards an outside wall of the muffler. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The fracturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an interval is provided between the cooler and the muffler, and an air outlet side of the cooler faces the muffler. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The fracturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a baffle, wherein the baffle is arranged at an outer side of the muffler and is at least partially located between the muffler and the cooler, the baffle comprises a plurality of holes, and a distance between the baffle and the muffler is smaller than a distance between the baffle and the cooler. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The fracturing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the muffler comprises a first side surface, a second side surface, and a third side surface, the first side surface faces the cooler, the second side surface and the third side surface are connected with the first side surface, respectively, and the baffle is located at the outer side of the first side surface, the second side surface, and the third side surface of the muffler. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A fracturing system comprising: a fracturing apparatus according to claim 1; and a peripheral apparatus, the power supply being configured to be connected with the peripheral apparatus to supply electric power to the peripheral apparatus. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The fracturing system according to claim 15, wherein the peripheral apparatus comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a fracturing fluid mixing apparatus, a sand mixing apparatus, and a conveying mechanism. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The fracturing system according to claim 15, wherein a plurality of fracturing apparatuses are provided, wherein the plunger pump of at least one of the plurality of fracturing apparatuses is replaced by an electric generator to form at least a part of the power supply. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The fracturing system according to claim 17, wherein the electric generator is fixed on a second base which is provided with a second forklift slot. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The fracturing system according to claim 15, further comprising a measuring truck, wherein the peripheral apparatus comprises a sand mixing apparatus, a plurality of fracturing apparatuses are provided, and the measuring truck, the sand mixing apparatus, and the plurality of fracturing apparatuses are connected in sequence, wherein a last fracturing apparatus is connected with the measuring truck to form a ring-shaped network. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The fracturing system according to claim 19, wherein the measuring truck comprises a network switch.