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US 12,631,076 B2Granted
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.
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A method of separating a gas and a well-born fluid, comprising:
- receiving the gas and the well-born fluid in a vertical circulation separator;
- continuously receiving a recirculated sand from one or more recirculation hoppers i) into the vertical circulation separator, ii) across a bottom discharge line of the vertical circulation separator, or iii) into the vertical circulation separator and across the bottom discharge line of the vertical circulation separator;
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- while continuously receiving the recirculated sand, separating the gas from the well-born fluid in the vertical circulation separator,
- wherein the gas and the well-born fluid are flowback.
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