Fuel delivery system and method
AssigneeFrac Shack Inc.
InventorsJ. Todd Van Vliet, Scott M. Van Vliet, Glen M. Brotzel
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Abstract
A fuel delivery system and method for reducing the likelihood that a fuel tank of equipment at a well site during fracturing of a well will run out of fuel. A fuel source has plural fuel outlets, a hose on each fuel outlet of the plural fuel outlets, each hose being connected to a fuel cap on a respective one of the fuel tanks for delivery of fuel to the fuel tank. At least a manually controlled valve at each fuel outlet controls fluid flow through the hose at the respective fuel outlet.
Claims12
A fuel delivery system for fuel delivery to multiple pieces of equipment at a work site, comprising:
- a fuel source comprising one or more manifolds, the one or more manifolds being connectable to a fuel supply;
- each manifold of the one or more manifolds having multiple fuel outlets, each fuel outlet of the multiple fuel outlets having a hose connection;
- plural hoses, each hose having a first end and a second end and being connected at the first end of the hose to a corresponding one of the multiple fuel outlets and having a fuel delivery connection at the second end of the hose for securing the second end of the hose to a corresponding one of the multiple pieces of equipment to which fuel is to be delivered;
- an electrically operable valve responsive to electronic control signals on each fuel outlet;
- a sensor associated with each combination of fuel outlet, hose and fuel delivery connection, each sensor being configured to detect a low fuel condition associated with each of the multiple pieces of equipment to which fuel is to be delivered;
- a controller responsive to signals supplied from each sensor through respective communication channels, the controller being configured to provide control signals to open and close the respective electrically operable valves;
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- in which the controller is responsive to the detection of the low fuel condition, to display an indication of the low fuel condition or to open at least one of the electrically operable valves for each of the multiple pieces of equipment that is associated with the low fuel condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.