Hydration-blender transport for fracturing operation
AssigneeTyphon Technology Solutions, LLC
InventorsJeffrey G. Morris, Adrian Benjamin Bodishbaugh, Michael Bateman, Neal Jensen, Corey Holte
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Abstract
A system and a method for producing fracturing fluid, comprising: receiving source fluid from one or more inlet manifolds of a single transport, driving a first pump mounted on the single transport to route the source fluid from the inlet manifolds into a hydration tank mounted on the single transport, driving a second pump mounted on the single transport to route hydrated fluid produced by the hydration tank to a blending tub mounted on the single transport, and discharging fracturing fluid produced by the blending tub to one or more outlet manifolds of the single transport.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a hydration tank;
- a fracturing blender;
- an internal manifold system that couples the hydration tank and the fracturing blender to route fluid between the hydration tank and the fracturing blender;
- and
- a single transport frame that couples the hydration tank, the fracturing blender, and the internal manifold system to form a single transport.
A method for producing fracturing fluid, comprising:
- receiving source fluid from one or more inlet manifolds of a single transport;
- driving a first pump mounted on the single transport to route the source fluid from the inlet manifolds into a hydration tank mounted on the single transport;
- driving a second pump mounted on the single transport to route hydrated fluid produced by the hydration tank to a blending tub mounted on the single transport;
- and
- discharging fracturing fluid produced by the blending tub to one or more outlet manifolds of the single transport.
A transport comprising:
- a transport frame;
- an internal manifold system coupled to the transport frame;
- a hydration tank coupled to the transport frame and configured to:
- receive a source fluid from the internal manifold system;
- produce a hydrated fluid with a target viscosity based on the source fluid;
- and
- output the hydrated fluid to the internal manifold system;
- a blender coupled on the transport frame, wherein the blender is configured to
- receive the hydrated fluid from the internal manifold system;
- produce a fracturing fluid based on the hydrated fluid;
- and
- discharge the hydrated fluid to the internal manifold system,
- wherein a delivery rate of the hydrated fluid for the hydration tank corresponds to an amount of fracturing fluid the blender provides to one or more fracturing pump transports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.