Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optimizing operations of a hydraulic fracturing system
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Application No.: US17692948Application Date: 2022-03-11
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Publication No.: US11746635B1Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Todd R. Kabrich , Andy Publes , Casey A. Otten , Brandon J. Mabe , Perry D. Converse , Jason T. Herlehy , Joseph C. Bufkin
- Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IL Peoria
- Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Peoria
- Agency: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
- Main IPC: E21B43/26
- IPC: E21B43/26 ; F04B49/00 ; F04B49/06

Abstract:
A method may include receiving information related to operation or a configuration of a hydraulic fracturing system, The hydraulic fracturing system may include one or more fracturing rigs, one or more blending equipment, and one or more power sources electrically connected to a first subset of the one or more fracturing rigs, or one or more fuel sources fluidly connected to a second subset of the one or more fracturing rigs. The hydraulic fracturing system may further include one or more missile valves, one or more zipper valves, one or more well head valves, and one or more well heads. The method may further include optimizing the operation of one or more subsystems of the hydraulic fracturing system using a particle swarm algorithm. The method may further include outputting one or more control signals to the one or more subsystems based on optimizing the operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230287777A1 OPTIMIZING OPERATIONS OF A HYDRAULIC FRACTURING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2023-09-14
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