Method and apparatus for transferring material into a fluid stream
OwnerAdolph Joseph Peskunowicz, Dennis Weinberger +1inventors
InventorsAdolph Joseph Peskunowicz, Dennis Weinberger, Garnet Olson
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for transfer of material such as liquids or fluid like solids into a high-pressure fluid stream to establish a desired flow rate by using a metering device, a reservoir for mixing fluids and solids, a first conduit connected to a top of the reservoir for flowing fluids and controlling atmosphere pressure, a second conduit connected to a top of the reservoir for supplying solids, the metering device connected to the bottom of the reservoir and controlled by a metering controller for controlling pressure of a mixture of fluids and solids, and a cross conduit mounted to the metering device for injecting the mixture of fluids and solids into the fluid stream.
Claims17
An apparatus for transferring material into a fluid stream comprising:
- (a) a reservoir adapted to store the material;
- (b) a first conduit connected to a top portion of the reservoir for flowing fluids and controlling pressure;
- (c) a metering device connected with the reservoir and controlled by a metering controller for controlling the pressure of a fluid stream;
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- (d) a mixing chamber connected with the metering device, said mixing chamber adapted to contact the material with the fluid stream.
A method for transferring material into a fluid stream comprising the steps of:
- (a) adding material into a reservoir;
- (b) flowing a fluid stream to the material;
- (c) controlling pressure of the material and a fluid stream using a metering device;
- (d) creating a pressure differential across the material using an adjustable choke;
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- (e) allowing gravity and the pressure differential to add the material into the fluid stream,
- wherein the metering device may be used to control the rate at which the material is added.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.