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AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsCameron Michael Kramer, Chad A. Fisher
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A method for transferring proppant that has been delivered to a worksite by a transport vehicle to a blender includes creating a pile of the proppant, using an unloader and/or a stacker, at a proppant inlet of a self-feeding conveyor and transferring the proppant, using the self-feeding conveyor without operator interaction and a metering conveyor, from the pile to the blender. The method further includes controlling a mass rate, using the metering conveyor, to vary at least one of a speed of the self-feeding conveyor, a speed of the metering conveyor, or a variable opening onto the self-feeding conveyor and/or the metering conveyor; and supplying the proppant, using the metering conveyor, to the blender at a selected rate.
A method for transferring proppant, delivered to a worksite by a transport vehicle, to a blender, the method comprising:
A system for moving proppant, delivered to a worksite using a transfer vehicle, to a blender, the system comprising:
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