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US 2026/0298040 A1Published application
Flow conditioning device for hydraulic fracturing systems and related methods
AssigneeScout Surface Solutions LLC
InventorsJohn A. Chappell, Kirk P. Guidry
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Abstract
A hydraulic fracturing system includes at least one manifold along which a pressurized fracturing fluid is supplied to an injection system for injection of the pressurized fracturing fluid into a wellbore at a well site. The hydraulic fracturing system can include one or more flow conditioning devices positioned along a fluid flow path of the pressurized fracturing fluid through the manifold and injection system. The flow conditioning devices can include an internal structure configured to reduce turbulence in the flow of pressurized fluid and create a substantially laminar flow within a substantially reduced distance.
Claims20
A flow conditioning device comprising:
- a body comprising:
- a first end portion;
- a second end portion;
- and
- a central portion extending between the first end portion and the second end portion, the central portion having a plurality of longitudinally extending bores, each of the bores configured to define a flow path through the body;
- wherein the body is configured to:
- (a) be positioned between an upstream component and a downstream component with the central portion aligned with a flow passage of the upstream component such that a portion of a fracturing fluid moving along the flow passage of the upstream component is received though one or more of the bores;
- and
- (b) have a number of the bores, an arrangement of the bores about the central portion, a diameter of each bore, or combinations thereof, selected to convert a turbulent flow of the fracturing fluid to a substantially laminar flow of the fracturing fluid based on a diameter of the body, a length of the body, a projected particle size of particulates entrained within the fracturing fluid, a maximum flow area, or combinations thereof.
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A hydraulic fracturing system comprising:
- a first component;
- a second component;
- a conduit positioned between the first and second components and to transport a fracturing fluid from the first component to the second component and so that a fluid flow path along which a fracturing fluid is supplied to a wellbore is defined between the first component, the second component, and the conduit;
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- one or more flow conditioning devices positioned along the fluid flow path, each of the one or more flow conditioning devices comprises:
- a body having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a plurality of bores extending longitudinally though the body, each of the plurality of bores positioned to define a separate flow path through the body and positioned to receive a portion of the fracturing fluid flowing through the conduit so as to substantially reduce a turbulence of the fracturing fluid, and so that a diameter of each of the plurality of bores, a number of the plurality of bores, an arrangement of the plurality of bores, or combination thereof, create a substantially laminar flow of the fracturing fluid within a substantially reduced length of an overall flow path of the fracturing fluid between the first and second components, prior to introduction of the fracturing fluid into the second component.
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A method comprising:
- assembling a manifold at a hydraulic fracturing site so that the manifold is positioned to receive and deliver a fracturing fluid to a fracturing tree during a hydraulic fracturing operation;
- connecting an outlet of the manifold to an inlet of at least one fracturing tree coupled to a wellbore at the hydraulic fracturing site;
- and
- locating one or more one flow conditioning devices along a fluid flow path of the fracturing fluid extending from the manifold through the at least one fracturing tree, the one or more flow conditioning devices comprises:
- a body having a plurality of bores, each of the bores defining a flow path extending through the body parallel to the fluid flow path of the fracturing fluid, the bores positioned to create a substantially laminar flow of the fracturing fluid within a substantially reduced length of the fluid flow path along which the fracturing fluid is transported prior to introduction of the fracturing fluid into at least one fracturing tree.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.