Wellhead Gas Heater
AssigneeAdler Hot Oil Service, LLC
InventorPaul Briggs
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed that may include providing a wellhead gas burner to burn wellhead gas produced from a wellhead to heat water and/or other chemicals used in hydrocarbon production and/or well completion processes, including, but not limited to hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The wellhead gas burner may include a pressure regulator and an expansion chamber that permit the wellhead gas burner to continuously operate and accommodate wellhead gas pressure fluctuations. The wellhead gas burner may also be configured as a primary heat source and integrated with a traditional propane/diesel gas burner system configured as a supplemental heat source. The wellhead gas burner may also be mounted to a mobile superheater truck.
Claims30
A wellhead gas burner, comprising:
- a supply line configured to couple to a wellhead gas source and configured to flow wellhead gas at a first velocity;
- an expansion chamber in fluid communication with the supply line and configured to flow wellhead gas at a second velocity that is less than the first velocity;
- a fuel rail in fluid communication with the expansion chamber;
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- at least one fuel rail finger in fluid communication to the fuel rail, wherein the at least one fuel rail finger comprises a plurality of combustion chambers, and wherein each combustion chamber comprises a combustion tube holder that at least partially envelopes a combustion tube.
A wellhead gas burner, comprising:
- a supply line configured to couple to a wellhead gas source and configured to flow wellhead gas at a first pressure;
- an expansion chamber in fluid communication with the supply line and configured to flow wellhead gas at a second pressure that is less than the first pressure;
- a first fuel rail in fluid communication with the expansion chamber;
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- at least one fuel rail finger connected in fluid communication to the first fuel rail, wherein the at least one fuel rail finger comprises a plurality of combustion chambers, wherein each combustion chamber comprises a combustion tube holder that at least partially envelopes a combustion tube, and wherein the plurality of fuel rail fingers are configured to integrate with a traditional gas burner.
A method of burning wellhead gas, comprising:
- receiving wellhead gas from a wellhead;
- expanding the wellhead gas;
- distributing the expanded wellhead gas;
- combusting the distributed wellhead gas;
- heating a wellbore treatment fluid with heat produced by the combustion of the distributed wellhead gas;
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- treating a wellbore with the heated wellbore treatment fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.