Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Equipment and method enabling to directly use powder polymer in hydraulic fracturing
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Application No.: US15049889Application Date: 2016-02-22
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Publication No.: US10253596B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Emmanuel Pich , Marshall Bond
- Applicant: S.P.C.M. SA
- Applicant Address: FR
- Assignee: S.P.C.M. SA
- Current Assignee: S.P.C.M. SA
- Current Assignee Address: FR
- Agency: Forge IP, PLLC
- Priority: FR1558504 20150911
- Main IPC: E21B41/00
- IPC: E21B41/00 ; E21B21/06 ; C09K8/80 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
An installation for the dosing of a powder polymer having a particle size in the range from 100 to 500 micrometers intended to feed a blender in hydraulic fracturing operations, successively including: a powder polymer supply, from a pressurized tilting truck or from big bags emptied by pneumatic conveying, a mechanism for transporting the powder polymer fed by a compressor, and provided with a polymer transportation check valve, a hopper for receiving the powder polymer having a high level and a low level, the hopper being equipped with a pulse jet cleaning dust filter, as well as with a mechanism for controlling the check valve and the compressor according to the high and low levels, a screw feeder for dosing the powder polymer, positioned at the lower end of the hopper, the screw being equipped with a variable-speed motor capable of being remotely controlled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160168955A1 Equipment And Method Enabling To Directly Use Powder Polymer In Hydraulic Fracturing Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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