Filters with dynamic pore sizes
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsKevin G. Kleinguetl, Brice Aaron Jackson, Lawrence Joseph Herskowitz, Adam Dotson
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Abstract
A filtration assembly comprising can include a housing in fluid communication with an inlet for receiving waste water from a wellbore. The assembly can also include a filter device for filtering a substances from the waste water. The filtering device can include a plurality of pores that are sized and shaped to define first dimensions. The filter device may be configurable in response to stimulus for altering the dimensions of the plurality of pores of the filter device to define a second area that is different from the first area.
Claims20
A filter assembly comprising:
- a housing in fluid communication with an inlet for receiving a waste water from a wellbore;
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- a filter device for filtering a substances from the waste water, the filtering device comprising a plurality of pores having dimensions defining a first area, wherein the filter device is configurable in response to stimulus for altering the dimensions of the plurality of pores of the filter device to define a second area that is different from the first area.
A filtration system comprising:
- a signal-processing module for filtering substances from a fluid from a wellbore, the signal-processing module being coupled to a filter device having a plurality of pores having dimensions defining a first area, the signal-processing module having a non-transitory, computer-readable medium on which is code that is executable to cause the signal-processing module to:
- transmit a stimulus to the filter device for altering the dimensions of the plurality of pores to define a second area that is different from the first area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.