Proppant metering and loading in a hydraulic fracturing blender
AssigneeTy-Crop Manufacturing Ltd.
InventorsGary Wayne TEICHROB, Ian BREEWEG, Kevin James STANDEVEN
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Abstract
A proppant metering and loading apparatus for a hydraulic fracturing blender unit is provided. A continuous loop conveyor belt receives proppant from a source location on the blender, such as a hopper, and delivers the proppant to a blender device of the blender. A measurement device (e.g. weigh scale) measures and provides an indication of amount (e.g. weight, volume and/or density) of the proppant delivered to the blender device by the conveyor belt.
Claims19
A proppant metering and loading apparatus for a hydraulic fracturing blender unit, comprising:
- a continuous loop conveyor belt at the hydraulic fracturing blender unit and configured to receive proppant from a source location at the hydraulic fracturing blender unit and deliver the proppant to a blender device at the hydraulic fracturing blender unit;
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- a measurement device operatively coupled to the continuous loop conveyor belt and configured to provide an indication of an amount of the proppant delivered to the blender device by the continuous loop conveyor belt.
A method for loading proppant to a blender device of a hydraulic fracturing blender unit, the method comprising:
- transporting proppant from a source location at the hydraulic fracturing blender unit to a blender device at the hydraulic fracturing blender unit, using a continuous loop conveyor belt at the hydraulic fracturing blender unit;
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- measuring, using a measurement device operatively coupled to the continuous loop conveyor belt, an amount of the proppant delivered to the blender device by the continuous loop conveyor belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.