Apparatus and method for handling waste
OwnerClinton J. Angelleinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for handling a waste material is disclosed. Generally, the apparatus comprises a container having disposed thereon a rail member. The apparatus also contains a trolley mounted on the rail. The trolley has operatively associated therewith a handling system that has a wiper that extends into the container. The apparatus may also contain an auger, operatively mounted on the container, adapted for removing the waste from the container. A process for handling a discharged waste slurry is also disclosed.
Claims12
A system for handling a waste material comprising:
- a tank containing the waste material from an oil and gas well bore;
- a reciprocating carriage operatively associated with said tank, said reciprocating carriage having a handling member adapted thereto, wherein said handling member has a first end and a second end, and wherein said first end is pivotly attached to said reciprocating carriage, and said second end has disposed therewith a process device for blending, mixing, and dispersing the solids into the fluid phase, said handling member further including a pump means, operatively associated with said handling member, for receiving the waste material from said process device and pumping the waste material from said tank and wherein said pump means contains a series of rotor blades positioned for loading said pump means, said rotor blades comprising a vertically oriented plate member, with the plate member having a concave surface forming a scoop thereon;
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- a motor operatively associated with said handling member so that said handling member may be pivoted within said tank.
A process for handling drilling fluid waste material from an oil and gas well bore comprising:
- placing the drilling fluid waste material within an apparatus for handling the drilling fluid waste material, the apparatus comprising a tank containing a solid phase and a fluid phase of the drilling fluid waste material;
- a reciprocating carriage operatively associated with said tank, said reciprocating carriage having a handling member adapted thereto, with a pump means, operatively associated with said handling member, for pumping the drilling fluid waste material from said tank;
- and wherein said first end is pivotly attached to said reciprocating carriage, and said second end has disposed therewith a process device orientated in a first plane;
- transporting the carriage from a first position to a second position;
- rotating said process device;
- channeling the drilling fluid waste material downward through said process device;
- blending the solid phase into the fluid phase;
- conveying the drilling fluid waste material downward to said pump means via said process device;
- pumping the drilling fluid waste material from the tank;
- terminating the pumping;
- allowing the drilling fluid waste material to separate into the solid phase and the liquid phase;
- transporting the carriage from the second position to a third position so that the solid phase is pushed to the third position;
- removing the solid phase from the tank with said pump means.
An apparatus for handling waste material from an oil and gas well bore, the apparatus comprising:
- a vessel containing the waste material, the waste material including a solid phase and a liquid phase, said vessel containing a rail member;
- a trolley operatively associated with said rail, said trolley having a handling member associated therewith;
- motor means, adapted with said trolley, for moving said trolley on said rail member;
- a pump means, adapted with said trolley, for pumping the waste material from the container;
- reciprocating means, operatively attached to said trolley, for pivoting said handling member within said vessel;
- an impeller assembly operatively associated with said pump assembly, said impeller assembly adapted to feed the waste material into said pump means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.