Electric motor driven transportation mechanisms for fracturing blenders
AssigneeU.S. Well Services, LLC
InventorsAlexander Christinzio, Brandon Hinderliter, Lon Robinson, Jared Oehring
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Abstract
A system for electric-motor driven transportation mechanism for fracturing operations is disclosed. The system includes at least one transportation mechanism to transport blender components for a blender fluid from a first tub that may be a proppant hopper to a second tub that may be a blender tub and that may be associated with a fracturing blender; an electric motor and a control unit associated with the at least one transportation mechanism; and at least one variable frequency drive (VFD) associated with the electric motors for real time control of a speed associated with the at least one transportation mechanism.
Claims20
A fracturing system comprising at least one transportation mechanism to transport blending components from a first tub to a second tub through chutes that are provided in side areas between the first tub and the second tub and that comprises the at least one transportation mechanism, wherein the at least one transportation mechanism is subject to real-time control of a frequency or speed based in part on input from at least one variable frequency drive (VFD) to an electric motor and a control unit that is associated with the at least one transportation mechanism.
A method comprising:
- providing a fracturing system which comprises at least one transportation mechanism to transport blending components from a first tub to a second tub through chutes that are provided in side areas between the first tub and the second tub and that comprises the at least one transportation mechanism;
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- providing real-time control of a frequency or speed for the at least one transportation mechanism based in part on input from at least one variable frequency drive (VFD) to an electric motor and a control unit that is associated with the at least one transportation mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.