Separator system and method
OwnerTroy Bollom, Jon Paul Rountree +1inventors
InventorsTroy Bollom, Jon Paul Rountree, Joe Don Selman
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Abstract
A separator system and method may provide a four-way separator that may separate a material and remove a hazardous material. The hazardous material may include gas and sand that may be removed by the four-way separator. The separator system and method may further provide a main unit that may include three chambers or recirculation hoppers, an auger sand extractor, and a strap tank. The separator system and method may provide a faster rig-up time and may be exclusively driven by hydraulics.
Claims13
A separator system comprising:
- a main unit comprising:
- a plurality of recirculation chambers arranged to separate a portion of a material including water and sand, each of the plurality of recirculation chambers having internal angled sides and a suction port through which the sand is continuously circulated to a vertical circulation separator;
- at least one internal baffle provided between one or more of the plurality of recirculation chambers over which the material flows forcing sand down to the suction port in each of the plurality of recirculation chambers;
- a tank within the main unit formed by a partition;
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- a hopper arranged to receive the material from the vertical circulation separator, wherein the plurality of recirculation chambers trap the portion of the material that escapes the hopper.
A method of separating a material in a separator system, comprising:
- receiving a material comprising a hazardous material, water, and sand into a hopper;
- trapping a portion of the material that escapes the hopper in a plurality of recirculation chambers, each of the plurality of recirculation chambers having internal angled sides and a suction port positioned at a crux of the internal angled sides;
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- continuously recirculating a residual sand from the suction port to a vertical circulation separator and then to the hopper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.