Methods of filtering a fluid using a portable fluid filtration apparatus
OwnerTimothy Marco, Larry Huppert +1inventors
InventorsTIMOTHY MARCO, LARRY HUPPERT, ROBERT ARIMOND
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Abstract
A recovered fluid may be flowed through a portable fluid filtration apparatus for filtering the recovered fluid and forming a filtered fluid. The portable fluid filtration apparatus may have or include a fluid filtration platform in fluid communication with at least one self-cleaning filter component. The fluid filtration platform may have at least two segments where a first segment is configured to be attachable to a second segment. Each segment may include at least one inlet, at least one outlet, and at least one valve. In a non-limiting embodiment, the portable filtration apparatus may be in fluid communication with an oilfield fluid filtration system.
Claims20
A method for filtering a fluid comprising:
- flowing a recovered fluid through a fluid filtration apparatus comprising a fluid filtration platform configured to be in fluid communication with at least one self-cleaning filter component;
- wherein the fluid filtration platform comprises at least two segments where each segment comprises at least one inlet, at least one outlet, and at least one valve;
- and wherein a first segment is configured to be in fluid communication with a second segment;
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- filtering the recovered fluid to form a filtered fluid.
A method of assembling a water filtration system comprising:
- placing a fluid filtration platform in fluid communication with an oilfield fluid filtration system;
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- placing at least one self-cleaning filter component in fluid communication with the fluid filtration platform to form a fluid filtration apparatus;
- wherein the at least one self-cleaning filter component is placed in fluid communication with the fluid filtration platform before or after the fluid filtration platform is placed in fluid communication with the oilfield fluid filtration system;
- wherein the fluid filtration apparatus weighs less than about 1500 lbs, wherein the fluid filtration platform comprises at least two segments;
- and wherein a first segment is configured to be in fluid communication with a second segment;
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- wherein the method may occur in any order.
A method of assembling a water filtration system comprising:
- placing at least one self-cleaning filter component in fluid communication with a fluid filtration platform to form a fluid filtration apparatus;
- wherein the fluid filtration apparatus comprises at least two segments;
- wherein each segment comprises at least one inlet, at least one outlet, and at least one valve;
- and wherein a first segment is configured to be in fluid communication with a second segment;
- transporting the fluid filtration apparatus to the site of a fluid filtration system;
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- placing the fluid filtration apparatus in fluid communication with the fluid filtration system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.