# US 12,000,256 B2 · Electric driven hydraulic fracking system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,000,256 B2 - Document ID: US12000256B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/372,967 - Filed: 2023-09-26 - Published: 2024-01-11 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-14 - Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Applicants: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Inventors: John Fischer; John J. Crosetto; David Kubricht; Richard Cheatham; Jeffrey Pollack; Chad Lawman; David Todd; Tyler Nolen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12000256B2 ## CPC - E21B 43/2607: {Surface equipment specially adapted for fracturing operations} - F04D 13/12: Combinations of two or more pumps (combinations with priming pumps or booster pumps to counteract vapour-lock F04D9/04) - F04B 17/03: driven by electric motors - F04B 17/06: Mobile combinations - F04B 47/02: the driving mechanisms being situated at ground level (F04B47/12 takes precedence) - F04D 13/02: Units comprising pumps and their driving means - F04D 13/06: the pump being electrically driven - F04D 13/068: {Battery powered} - H02K 7/18: Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g. with turbines - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS - F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02) - 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) - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) ## Abstract An electric driven hydraulic fracking system is disclosed. A pump configuration that includes the single VFD, the single shaft electric motor, and the single hydraulic pump that is mounted on the single pump trailer. The single VFD converts the electric power of at least 13.8 kV to a VFD rated voltage level of at least 4160 V and drives the single shaft electric motor at the VFD voltage level of up to 4160 V to control the operation of the single shaft electric motor and the single hydraulic pump. The single shaft electric motor drives the single hydraulic pump with the rotation at the rated RPM level of at least 750 RPM. The single hydraulic pump continuously pumps the fracking media into the well at the HP level of at least 5000 HP. The single hydraulic pump operates on a continuous duty cycle to continuously pump the fracking media at the HP level of at least 5000 HP. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electric driven hydraulic fracking system for pumping a fracking media into a well to execute a fracking operation to extract a fluid from the well, comprising: a power distribution trailer that is configured to: distribute electric power generated from a power generation system at a power generation voltage level to a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD), wherein the power generation voltage level is a voltage level that the power generation system is capable of generating, and route a first communication link to a first auxiliary system, wherein the first communication link enables a fracking control center to intervene and control the first auxiliary system; and a pump configuration comprising the VFD, an electric motor, a hydraulic pump, and a second auxiliary system, wherein: the VFD is configured to: convert the electric power distributed from the power distribution trailer at the power generation voltage level to a VFD voltage level and drive the electric motor at the VFD voltage level to control operation of the electric motor to drive the hydraulic pump, wherein the VFD voltage level is a voltage level that is required to drive the electric motor to drive the hydraulic pump, and enable the fracking control center to intervene and control the second auxiliary system and the VFD via a second communication link that is routed by the power distribution trailer to the VFD and the second auxiliary system. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1, wherein the power distribution trailer comprises an auxiliary transformer configured to: convert the electric power generated by the power generation system at the power generation voltage level to an auxiliary voltage level that is less than the power generation voltage level; distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the VFD, wherein the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level enables the fracking control center to intervene and control the VFD via the second communication link; and distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the first auxiliary system, wherein the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level enables the fracking control center to intervene and control first auxiliary system via the first communication link. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 2, wherein the auxiliary transformer is further configured to distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the VFD to enable the VFD to communicate with the fracking control center without the distribution of the electric power generated at the power generation voltage level to the VFD via the second communication link. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 2, wherein the auxiliary transformer is further configured to distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the second auxiliary system to enable the second auxiliary system to communicate with the fracking control center without the distribution of electric power generated at the power generation voltage level to the VFD via the second communication link. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1, wherein the VFD is further configured to map a data map of VFD controls embedded within the VFD to a data map of controls embedded within the fracking control center thereby enabling the fracking control center to control operation of the VFD via the second communication link. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 5, wherein the VFD is further configured to map a data map of auxiliary system controls embedded within the second auxiliary system to the data map of the controls embedded within the fracking control center thereby enabling the fracking control center to control operation of the second auxiliary system via the second communication link. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1, wherein the first auxiliary system comprises a hydration system, a chemical additive system, a blending system, a sand storage and transportation system, or a mixing system. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1, wherein the first auxiliary system comprises auxiliary systems. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1, wherein the second auxiliary system comprises auxiliary systems. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1, wherein the first auxiliary system is disposed apart from the pump configuration. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1, wherein the pump configuration further comprises a pump trailer, and the second auxiliary system is disposed on the pump trailer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 1, wherein the second auxiliary system comprises a motor blower system, a lube oil control system, an oil heater, or a VFD fan. ### Claim 13 A method for an electric driven hydraulic fracking system to pump a fracking media into a well to execute a fracking operation to extract a fluid from the well, comprising: distributing, by a power distribution trailer, electric power generated from a power generation system at a power generation voltage to a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD), wherein the power generation voltage level is a voltage level that the power generation system is capable of generating; routing a communication link to auxiliary systems, wherein the communication link enables a fracking control center to intervene and control each auxiliary system of the auxiliary system; converting the electric power distributed from the power distribution trailer at the power generation voltage level to a VFD voltage level, and driving an electric motor that is associated with the VFD at the VFD voltage level to control operation of the electric motor to drive a hydraulic pump, wherein the VFD voltage level is a voltage level that is required to drive the electric motor to drive the hydraulic pump; and enabling the fracking control center to intervene and control the operation of the electric motor to drive the hydraulic pump via the communication link that is routed by the power distribution trailer to the VFD. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the distributing comprises: converting the electric power generated by the power generation system at the power generation voltage level to an auxiliary voltage level that is less than the power generation voltage level; distributing the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the VFD, wherein the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level enables the fracking control center to intervene and control the VFD via the communication link; and distributing the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to auxiliary system, wherein the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level enables the fracking control center to intervene and control auxiliary system via the communication link. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the distributing further comprises: distributing the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the VFD to enable the VFD to communicate with the fracking control center without the distribution of the electric power generated at the power generation voltage level to the VFD via the communication link. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the distributing further comprises: distributing the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to auxiliary system to enable auxiliary system to communicate with the fracking control center without the distribution of the power generation voltage level to the VFD via the communication link. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: mapping a data map of VFD controls embedded within the VFD to a data map of controls embedded within the fracking control center thereby enabling the fracking control center to control operation of the VFD via the communication link. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising: mapping a data map of auxiliary system controls embedded within each auxiliary system to the data map of the controls embedded within the fracking control center thereby enabling the fracking control center to control operation of auxiliary system via the communication link. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the auxiliary selected from the group consisting of hydration systems, chemical additive systems, blending systems, sand storage and transportation systems, and mixing systems. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the VFD is disposed on a pump trailer, and at least one of the auxiliary systems is disposed apart from the pump trailer. ### Claim 21 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the VFD is disposed on a pump trailer, and at least one of the auxiliary systems is disposed on the pump trailer. ### Claim 22 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the VFD is disposed on a pump trailer, at least one of the auxiliary systems is disposed apart from the pump trailer, and at least another of the auxiliary systems is disposed on the pump trailer. ### Claim 23 An electric driven hydraulic fracking system for pumping a fracking media into a well to execute a fracking operation to extract a fluid from the well, comprising: a power distribution trailer configured to: distribute electric power generated from a power generation system at a power generation voltage level to Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), wherein the power generation voltage level is a voltage level that the power generation system is capable of generating, and route a first communication link to first auxiliary systems, wherein the first communication link enables a fracking control center to intervene and control the first systems; and a pump configuration comprising electric motors, hydraulic pumps, second auxiliary systems, and the VFDs, wherein: VFD of the VFDs is configured to: convert the electric power distributed from the power distribution trailer at the power generation voltage level to a VFD voltage level and drive electric motor of the electric motors at the VFD voltage level to control operation of each electric motor to drive respective hydraulic pump of the hydraulic pumps, wherein the VFD voltage level is a voltage level that is required to drive each electric motor to drive each respective hydraulic pump, and enable the fracking control center to intervene and control the second auxiliary systems and the operation of electric motor to drive each respective hydraulic pump via a second communication link that is routed by the power distribution trailer to VFD and the second auxiliary systems. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 23, wherein the power distribution trailer comprises a-an auxiliary transformer configured to: convert the electric power generated by the power generation system at the power generation voltage level to an auxiliary voltage level that is less than the power generation voltage level; distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to VFD, wherein the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level enables the fracking control center to intervene and control VFD via the second communication link; and distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the first auxiliary systems, wherein the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level enables the fracking control center to intervene and control the first auxiliary systems via the first communication link. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 24, wherein the auxiliary transformer is further configured to distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to VFD to enable VFD to communicate with the fracking control center without the distribution of the power generation voltage level to VFD via the second communication link. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 24, wherein the auxiliary transformer is further configured to distribute the electric power at the auxiliary voltage level to the second auxiliary systems to enable the second auxiliary systems to communicate with the fracking control center without the distribution of electric power generated at the power generation voltage level to VFD via the second communication link. ### Claim 27 (depends on 23) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 23, wherein each VFD is further configured to map a data map of VFD controls embedded within each respective VFD to a data map of controls embedded within the fracking control center thereby enabling the fracking control center to control operation of VFD via the second communication link. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 27, wherein VFD is further configured to map a data map of auxiliary system controls embedded within respective second auxiliary system of the second auxiliary systems to the data map of the controls embedded within the fracking control center thereby enabling the fracking control center to control operation of respective second auxiliary system via the second communication link. ### Claim 29 (depends on 23) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 23, wherein the first communication link comprises communication links. ### Claim 30 (depends on 23) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 23, wherein the second communication link comprises communication links. ### Claim 31 (depends on 23) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 23, wherein the first auxiliary disposed apart from the pump configuration. ### Claim 32 (depends on 23) The electric driven hydraulic fracking system of claim 23, wherein the pump configuration further comprises pump trailers, and second auxiliary system of the second auxiliary systems is disposed on a respective pump trailer of the pump trailers.