Fluid and Solid Material Separator
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorRichard Bingham
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a materials separator that includes a continuous filter belt disposed around a plurality of rollers. The apparatus also includes a pressure differential system operatively coupled to the separator and configured to adjust a pressure differential across the continuous filter belt. A vacuum is applied to the continuous filter belt and a fluid portion of the slurry on the continuous filter belt is drawn through the continuous filter belt. An apparatus includes a materials separator having a first deck with a first continuous filter belt and a second deck with a second continuous filter belt.
Claims3
An apparatus comprising:
- a materials separator having a frame, an inlet, and an outlet, the materials separator comprising:
- a first deck comprising a first continuous filter belt disposed around a first set of rollers;
- a second deck disposed below a portion of the first deck, the second deck comprising a second continuous filter belt disposed around a second set of rollers;
- and
- a drive device configured to rotate at least one roller of each of the first and second sets of rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.