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- Patent Title: Automated diagnostics of electronic instrumentation in a system for fracturing a well and associated methods
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Application No.: US18104365Application Date: 2023-02-01
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Publication No.: US11746638B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Tony Yeung , Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon , Andres Alvarez
- Applicant: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
- Current Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX The Woodlands
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Main IPC: E21B43/26
- IPC: E21B43/26 ; E21B47/07

Abstract:
Systems and methods for identifying a status of components of hydraulic fracturing units including a prime mover and a hydraulic fracturing pump to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead via a manifold may include a diagnostic control assembly. The diagnostic control assembly may include sensors associated with the hydraulic fracturing units or the manifold, and a supervisory control unit to determine whether the sensors are generating signals outside a calibration range, determine whether a fluid parameter associated with an auxiliary system of the hydraulic fracturing units is indicative of a fluid-related problem, determine whether lubrication associated with the prime mover, the hydraulic fracturing pump, or a transmission of the hydraulic fracturing units has a lubrication fluid temperature greater than a maximum lubrication temperature, or determine an extent to which a heat exchanger assembly associated with the hydraulic fracturing units is cooling fluid passing through the heat exchanger assembly.
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