Apparatus and system for well site sand storage and handling
AssigneeWet Sand Solutions, LLC
InventorJacob Michael Roemen
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for improving sand storage at a well site, and a system and method are provided for using the apparatus. The apparatus, which may be referred to as a portable tunnel structure, include a hopper having a perimeter edge and surfaces that are sloped downward and inward to a plurality of hopper outlets, a conveyor system having a conveyor belt disposed below the plurality of hopper outlets, and a support framework including a horizontal base structure for supporting the support framework on a load bearing stratum, horizontal hopper reinforcement beams secured along the outer perimeter edge of the hopper, and outer vertical support beams extending between the horizontal base structure and the horizontal beams.
Claims21
An apparatus, comprising:
- a hopper having an open top, a perimeter edge and surfaces that are sloped downward and inward to a plurality of hopper outlets;
- a conveyor system having a conveyor belt disposed below the plurality of hopper outlets;
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- a support framework including a horizontal base structure for supporting the support framework on a load bearing stratum, horizontal hopper reinforcement beams secured along the outer perimeter edge of the hopper, and outer vertical support beams extending between the horizontal base structure and the horizontal beams.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of portable tunnel structures positioned in a side-by-side configuration with no more than a minimal gap between adjacent portable tunnel structures, wherein each portable tunnel structure includes a hopper having a rectangular storage area, and wherein the side-by-side configuration of the plurality of portable tunnel structures forms a collective storage area that is the sum of the rectangular storage areas of each portable tunnel structure;
- wherein each portable tunnel structure further includes an open top, a perimeter edge and surfaces that are sloped downward and inward to a plurality of hopper outlets, a conveyor system having a conveyor belt disposed below the plurality of hopper outlets, and a support framework, wherein the support framework includes a horizontal base structure for supporting the support framework on a load bearing stratum, horizontal hopper reinforcement beams secured along the outer perimeter edge of the hopper, and outer vertical support beams extending between the horizontal base structure and the horizontal beams.
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