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US 8,801,837 B2Granted
De-aerator dampener separator and related methods
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorNeil Schexnaider
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Abstract
A de-aerator dampener separator includes a separator with a vortex chamber having at least one vortex chamber entry port. The de-aerator dampener separator further includes a column assembly with a column entry port in fluid communication with the vortex chamber exit port. The de-aerator dampener separator further includes a baffle within the column assembly.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a separator including a vortex chamber having at least one vortex chamber entry port, at least one vortex chamber exit port, the vortex chamber defined in part by a vortex top portion and a vortex bottom portion and a vortex upper side portion there between;
- at least one column assembly including a column extending from a sealed top portion to a bottom portion, the at least one column assembly having a column entry port proximate to the bottom portion, the column entry port in fluid communication with the vortex chamber, the at least one column assembly further including a first column exit port and a second column exit port;
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- a baffle within the column assembly, the baffle defining a first portion of the column assembly and a second portion of the column assembly, the first portion in fluid communication with the column entry port.
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A system comprising:
- an apparatus including a separator including a vortex chamber having at least one vortex chamber entry port, at least one vortex chamber exit port, the vortex chamber defined in part by a vortex top portion and a vortex bottom portion and a vortex upper side portion therebetween, at least one column assembly extending from a sealed top portion to a bottom portion, the at least one column assembly having a column entry port proximate to the bottom portion, the column entry port in fluid communication with the vortex chamber, the at least one column assembly further including a first column exit port and a second column exit port, a baffle within the column assembly, the baffle defining a first portion of the column assembly and a second portion of the column assembly, the first portion in fluid communication with the column entry port;
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- at least one pump including a delivery pump, a solids pump, and a de-aerator pump, the delivery pump coupled with the vortex chamber entry port, the solids pump coupled with the vortex chamber exit port, and the de-aerator pump coupled with the first column exit port.
A method comprising:
- pumping drilling fluid into at least one vortex chamber entry port of an apparatus, the apparatus including a separator including a vortex chamber having the at least one vortex chamber entry port, at least one vortex chamber exit port, the vortex chamber defined in part by a vortex top portion and a vortex bottom portion and a vortex upper side portion therebetween, at least one column assembly extending from a sealed top portion to a bottom portion, the at least one column assembly having a column entry port proximate to the bottom portion, the column entry port in fluid communication with the vortex chamber, the at least one column assembly further including a first column exit port and a second column exit port, a baffle within the column assembly, the baffle defining a first portion of the column assembly and a second portion of the column assembly, the first portion in fluid communication with the column entry port;
- flowing fluid out of the vortex chamber and into the first portion of the column assembly;
- flowing fluid over a top of the baffle into the second portion of the column assembly;
- trapping air and gasses at the top portion of the column assembly;
- pumping air and gasses from the first column exit port;
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- flowing processed drilling fluid through the second column exit port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.