# US 12,006,806 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 12,006,806 B2 - Document ID: US12006806B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/064,150 - Filed: 2022-12-09 - Published: 2023-04-06 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - 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/US12006806B2 ## 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 system comprising a fracturing apparatus, the 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 drive the plunger pump, the turbine engine comprising an exhaust pipe; a lubrication unit configured to deliver lubricant to a plurality of lubrication destinations in the fracturing apparatus; a cooling unit comprising a heat exchanger and configured to cool the lubricant; and a muffler coupled to the exhaust pipe, wherein the heat exchanger is disposed on a side of the muffler and configured to discharge a flow of air due to heat-exchange by the heat exchanger towards the muffler. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fracturing system of claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger is disposed on the side of the muffler that is away from the exhaust pipe. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fracturing system of claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger and the muffler are separated by a gap, and a discharging side of the heat exchanger for the flow of air faces the muffler. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fracturing system of claim 1, wherein the fracturing apparatus further comprises a baffle disposed between the heat exchanger and the muffler, wherein: the baffle comprising a plurality of through holes; and a first separation between the muffler and the baffle is smaller than a second separation between the baffle and the heat exchanger. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The fracturing a system of claim 4, wherein: the muffler comprises a first side, a second side, and a third side, the second side and the third side being connected to the first side; the first side of the muffler faces the heat exchanger; the baffle is disposed outside of the first side, the second side, and the third side of the muffler. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fracturing system of claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger is disposed over the plunger pump. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The fracturing system of claim 6, wherein the heat exchanger is tiltedly disposed from an operation axis of the plunger pump. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fracturing system of claim 1, wherein: the lubrication unit comprises: a lubrication electric motor; a lubricant pump; and a lubricant tank for the lubricant, the lubrication electric motor is coupled the lubrication pump and configured to drive the lubricant pump to deliver the lubricant from the lubricant tank to the plurality of lubrication destinations; and the cooling unit comprises a cooling electric motor coupled to the heat exchanger and configured to drive the heat exchanger for cooling the lubricant. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The fracturing system of claim 8, wherein the fracturing apparatus further comprises a starter configured to start the turbine engine, the starter comprising a starting electric motor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The fracturing system of claim 9, wherein the starter is disposed on the turbine engine and the starting electric motor is coupled to the turbine engine and configured to start the turbine engine. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The fracturing system of claim 9, wherein the fracturing apparatus further comprises a combustion air supply unit, the combustion air supply unit comprising an air compressor and an air supply electric motor, wherein the air supply electric motor is coupled to the air compressor and configured to drive the air compressor to supply air with a predetermined pressure to the turbine engine. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The fracturing system of claim 11, wherein the fracturing apparatus further comprises a ventilation unit, the ventilation unit comprising a ventilation electric motor and a ventilator, wherein the ventilation electric motor is coupled to the ventilator to drive the ventilator. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The fracturing apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a power supply coupled to the lubrication electric motor, the cooling electric motor, the starting electric motor, the air supply electric motor, and the ventilation electric motor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The fracturing system of claim 1, further comprising a set of peripheral components and an electric power source to supply power to the set of peripheral components. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The fracturing system of claim 14, wherein: the set of peripheral components comprise at least one of a fracturing fluid mixer, a sand mixer, and a conveyer; the fracturing fluid mixer is configured to mix a base fluid for the fracturing fluid; the sand mixer is configured to mix the base fluid with a proppant to generate the fracturing fluid; and the conveyer is configured to deliver the proppant stored in a proppant silo to the sand mixer. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The fracturing system of claim 15, further comprising a plurality of fracturing apparatuses of claim 15. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The fracturing system of claim 16, wherein the set of peripheral components further comprise a measuring truck, wherein the measuring truck, the sand mixer, the fracturing fluid mixer, and the plurality of fracturing apparatuses are connected in sequence to form a ring-shaped network. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The fracturing system of claim 17, the measuring truck comprises a network switch, wherein the network switch of the measuring truck is configured to serve as a network communication manager to manage communication of the ring-shaped network in real time. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The fracturing system of claim 1, wherein the fracturing apparatus further comprises a carrier on which the plunger pump, the turbine engine, the cooling unit, and the lubrication unit are disposed. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The fracturing system of claim 19, wherein the plunger pump is detachably fixed on the carrier.