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US 2026/0054233 A1Published application
Tank design for cement and cement-contaminated wastes prior to subterranean injection
AssigneeAdvantek Waste Management Services, LLC
InventorJared Ives
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Abstract
A storage and processing tank having a jet line with injection nozzles, agitators, and a fluid supply line, is used to maintain cement waste in an injectable form prior to injecting the materials into a subterranean formation for disposal.
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A method of storing and processing cement waste prior to injection of the cement waste into a subterranean formation, comprising:
- input cement waste into a tank;
- input a fluid into the tank through a plurality of nozzles, each of the plurality of nozzles positioned at or near a bottom of the tank and directed towards a discharge side of the tank;
- agitate the cement waste and fluid in the tank using a plurality of agitators positioned in the tank, each of the plurality of agitators having a plurality of impellers;
- output the cement waste and fluid from the tank for injection into the subterranean formation.
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A storing and processing apparatus for cement waste prior to injection of the cement waste into a subterranean formation, comprising:
- a tank for holding a cement waste;
- a jet line for inputting a fluid into the tank, the jet line fluidly connected to a plurality of nozzles, each of the plurality of nozzles positioned at or near a bottom of the tank and directed towards a discharge side of the tank;
- a plurality of agitators positioned in the tank, each of the plurality of agitators having a plurality of impellers, the agitators for agitating the cement waste and the fluid;
- a supply of sugar drinking soda for adding to the cement waste in the tank as a retardant;
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- an output in the tank for flowing the cement waste and fluid from the tank for injection into the subterranean formation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.