# US 12,180,817 B2 · Debris separator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,180,817 B2 - Document ID: US12180817B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/228,903 - Filed: 2023-08-01 - Published: 2024-02-22 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2022-08-18 - Assignees: Sandbox Enterprises, LLC - Applicants: Sandbox Enterprises, LLC - Inventors: Chad Trueheart; Casey Taylor; George Garcia; Derek Ussery - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12180817B2 ## CPC - E21B 43/2607: {Surface equipment specially adapted for fracturing operations} - B01D 29/15: arranged for inward flow filtration - B01D 29/23: arranged for outward flow filtration - B01D 29/606: {by pressure measuring} - B01D 37/00: Processes of filtration (processes specially adapted for filtering gases B01D46/00) - E21B 43/34: Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) ## Abstract A debris separator may include a housing having an inlet end, an outlet end, and an internal bore therebetween having a tapered discharge transitioning to the outlet end; and a filter basket connected to the housing at the inlet end and extending into the internal bore, thereby forming an annulus between the filter basket and the housing, the filter basket having a mesh size selected to pass a slurry of proppant therethrough and retain solid objects of a larger size than the proppant. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fracking system, comprising: a blender configured to receive proppant and form a slurry of proppant; a manifold located downstream of the blender configured to receive the slurry of proppant from the blender; one or more frac pumps fluidly connected to the manifold, the one or more frac pumps configured to receive the slurry of proppant from the manifold via one or more low pressure lines and discharge the slurry of proppant from the one or more frac pumps under a high pressure to a wellhead via the manifold through one or more high pressure lines; and one or more debris separators located on an inlet of the one or more frac pumps, the one or more debris separators configured to filter the slurry or proppant to remove solid objects of a larger size than the proppant as the slurry of proppant enters the one or more frac pumps from the manifold, where the one or more debris separators comprises: a housing having an inlet end, an outlet end, and an internal bore therebetween having a tapered discharge transitioning to the outlet end; and a filter basket connected to the housing at the inlet end and extending into the internal bore, thereby forming an annulus between the filter basket and the housing, the filter basket having a mesh size selected to pass a slurry of proppant therethrough and retain the solid objects of the larger size than the proppant. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fracking system of claim 1, wherein the slurry of proppant passes through the filter basket and into the annulus, thereby retaining the solid objects within the filter basket. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fracking system of claim 1, wherein the inlet end comprises a plurality of connection ends for receiving a plurality of flows of the slurry of proppant. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fracking system of claim 1, wherein the filter basket is configured to be removed and inserted into the housing using guides located on an internal bore surface of the housing, wherein the guides centralize the filter basket within the housing. ### Claim 5 A fracking system comprising: a blender configured to receive proppant and form a slurry of proppant; a manifold located downstream of the blender configured to receive the slurry of proppant; one or more frac pumps fluidly connected to the manifold, the one or more frac pumps configured to receive the slurry of proppant from the manifold via one or more low pressure lines and discharge the slurry of proppant from the one or more frac pumps under a high pressure to a wellhead via the manifold through one or more high pressure lines; and one or more debris separators located between the blender and the manifold, the one or more debris separators configured to receive the slurry of proppant from the blender, filter the slurry of proppant to remove solid objects of a larger size than the proppant, and deliver the slurry of proppant to the manifold, where the one or more debris separators comprises: a housing having an inlet end, an outlet end, and an internal bore therebetween having a tapered discharge transitioning to the outlet end; and a filter basket connected to the housing at the inlet end and extending into the internal bore, thereby forming an annulus between the filter basket and the housing, the filter basket having a mesh size selected to pass a slurry of proppant therethrough and retain the solid objects of the larger size than the proppant. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The fracking system of claim 5, wherein the one or more debris separators are connected directly to an outlet of the blender. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The fracking system of claim 5, wherein the one or more debris separators comprises an inlet end configured to connect to the blender using a conduit and an outlet end configured to connect to the manifold using a conduit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The fracking system of claim 5, wherein the slurry of proppant passes through the filter basket and into the annulus, thereby retaining the solid objects within the filter basket. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The fracking system of claim 5, wherein the inlet end comprises a plurality of connection ends. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The fracking system of claim 5, wherein the filter basket is configured to be removed and inserted into the housing using guides located on an internal bore surface of the housing, wherein the guides centralize the filter basket within the housing. ### Claim 11 A fracking system comprising: a blender configured to receive proppant and form a slurry of proppant; a manifold located downstream of the blender configured to receive the slurry of proppant from the blender; one or more frac pumps fluidly connected to the manifold, the one or more frac pumps configured to receive the slurry of proppant from the manifold via one or more low pressure lines and discharge the slurry of proppant from the one or more frac pumps under a high pressure to a wellhead via the manifold through one or more high pressure lines; and one or more debris separators located on the manifold, the one or more debris separators configured to filter the slurry of proppant to remove solid objects of a larger size than the proppant prior to the slurry of proppant exiting the manifold to the one or more frac pumps, where the one or more debris separators comprises: a housing having an inlet end, an outlet end, and an internal bore therebetween having a tapered discharge transitioning to the outlet end; and a filter basket connected to the housing at the inlet end and extending into the internal bore, thereby forming an annulus between the filter basket and the housing, the filter basket having a mesh size selected to pass a slurry of proppant therethrough and retain the solid objects of the larger size than the proppant. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The fracking system of claim 11, wherein the one or more debris separators are located at an inlet of the manifold. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The fracking system of claim 11, wherein the one or more debris separators are located on the low pressure lines of the manifold. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The fracking system of claim 11, wherein the slurry of proppant passes through the filter basket and into the annulus, thereby retaining the solid objects within the filter basket. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The fracking system of claim 11, wherein the inlet end comprises a plurality of connection ends for receiving a plurality of flows of the slurry of proppant. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The fracking system of claim 11, wherein the filter basket is configured to be removed and inserted into the housing using guides located on an internal bore surface of the housing, wherein the guides centralize the filter basket within the housing.