Flow balanced frac tank farm
AssigneeHydra Heating Industries, LLC
InventorMichael Hoffman
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Abstract
Aspects of a flow balanced frac tank farm are described herein. In one embodiment, the flow balanced frac tank farm includes at least one battery of frac tanks comprising a plurality of frac tank trailers, a header pipe arrangement, and at least one valve between one or more of the frac tank trailers and the header system. The header pipe arrangement may include a header supply pipe to supply water to individual ones of the plurality of frac tank trailers and a header discharge pipe to discharge water from individual ones of the plurality of frac tank trailers. The header pipe arrangement may be relied upon to help balance the flow of heated fluids among the frac tank trailers in frac tank farm.
Claims12
A frac tank farm, comprising:
- a heater;
- at least one battery of frac tanks comprising a plurality of frac tank trailers;
- at least one shield affixed between two of the plurality of frac tank trailers to avoid convective heat loss;
- a header pipe arrangement that provides a fluid loop between the heater and the plurality of frac tank trailers, the header pipe arrangement comprising a header supply pipe to supply fluid heated by the heater to individual ones of the plurality of frac tank trailers and a header discharge pipe to discharge fluid from individual ones of the plurality of frac tank trailers to the heater;
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- a valve between at least one of the plurality of frac tank trailers and the header pipe arrangement.
A frac tank farm, comprising:
- a heater;
- a plurality of batteries of frac tanks;
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- a header pipe arrangement that exchanges fluid between the heater and the plurality of batteries of frac tanks, the header pipe arrangement comprising a header supply pipe to supply fluid heated by the heater to at least one of the plurality of batteries and a header discharge pipe to discharge fluid from at least one of the plurality of batteries to the heater, wherein the header supply pipe comprises a first plurality of pipes that extend along the plurality of batteries, and the header discharge pipe comprises a second plurality of pipes that extend along the plurality of batteries;
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- a plurality of connections to the first plurality of pipes of the header supply pipe, a restrictive orifice of individual ones of the plurality of connections having a predetermined size that causes a balanced flow of fluid through the individual ones of the plurality of connections to individual ones of the plurality of batteries based on the header pipe arrangement.
A frac tank farm, comprising:
- a heater;
- at least one battery of frac tanks comprising a plurality of frac tanks;
- a header pipe arrangement that exchanges fluid between the heater and the plurality of frac tanks, the header pipe arrangement comprising a plurality of supply pipes to supply fluid heated by the heater to individual ones of the plurality of frac tanks and a plurality of discharge pipes to discharge fluid from individual ones of the plurality of frac tanks to the heater;
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- a plurality of connections that connect the plurality of supply pipes to the plurality of frac tanks, a restrictive orifice of individual ones of the plurality of connections having a predetermined size that causes a balanced flow of fluid through the individual ones of the plurality of connections to the individual ones of the plurality of frac tanks based on the header pipe arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.