Combination unit for managing fluid
AssigneeMud Maxx, LLC
InventorNorman Bradley Beason
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Abstract
A combination unit for vacuuming, cleaning and conditioning fluids. The unit may comprise a vacuum pump circuit and tank, a mixing tank and a centrifuge system. The invention also includes a combination tank comprising a vacuum tank partially incorporated into a mixing tank. A mixing tank may comprise a system of mixing conduits and mixing apparatuses to shear drilling fluids and additives, the mixing tank including a rounded base and a drain to cycle the fluid back through to the mixing tank.
Claims4
A mobile, combination unit for the intake, storage, cleaning, and conditioning of fluids used in energy drilling and production worksites, the unit having a front and back portion, and a first side and second side, the unit comprising:
- a first suction port and a second suction port located on a first side and second side of the unit for intake or discharge of a fluid of interest,
- a first fluid port and a second fluid port located on a first side and a second side of the unit for intake or discharge of a fluid of interest, the first and second fluid port communicating with a discharge pump capable of creating line pressure at the first fluid port and the second fluid port,
- a vacuum circuit comprising a vacuum pump and vacuum conduit, and a vacuum tank comprising
- a volume capacity,
- an access hatch atop the vacuum tank,
- a vacuum port, the vacuum port communicating with the first and second suction port through pressure generated by the vacuum pump within the vacuum circuit,
- an air line positioned between the top of the vacuum tank and the vacuum pump,
- a float valve located between the air line and the vacuum tank and a float residing within and rising with the fluid inside the vacuum tank, wherein upon reaching the volume capacity of the vacuum tank the float engages the float valve and cuts off the air line pressure,
- a mixing tank having an exterior and an interior, a first side and a second side, a top portion, and a bottom portion, and at its interior bottom portion a rounded base, the mixing tank further comprising
- a first mixing conduit and a second mixing conduit disposed along the interior walls of the mixing tank, the first mixing conduit located on the first side and the second mixing conduit located on the second side,
- a main return line partially disposed within the mixing tank, the main return line having apertures through which fluid may travel within the mixing tank, the main return having a screen, the screen also communicating with the vacuum line,
- a mixing apparatus disposed from the top and into the interior of the mixing tank, the mixing apparatus having an rotating axis supporting a fluid engagement element positioned diagonally and having a leading edge and a trailing edge, the leading edge of the fluid engagement element being lower than the trailing edge,
- a centrifuge system, comprising a centrifuge and a positive pressure pump capable of programming the rate of flow of the fluid to be processed by the centrifuge,
- a matrix system for moving the fluids through the unit,
- a centrifugal pump disposed between the main return line and a roll line that communicates with the first mixing conduit and the second mixing conduit,
- a venturi hopper,
- a post-hopper conduit located between the hopper and mixing tank,
- a screen for capturing and removing large particulates of the fluids,
- a control panel electronically linked to and controlling the mixing apparatuses, the centrifugal pump, the positive pressure pump, the vacuum pump and the discharge pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.