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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Rahul Dixit, Lafayette, LA (US);
Mukesh Kapila, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Yanling Wu, Grand Island, NY (US);
Rahul Dixit, Lafayette, LA (US);
Mukesh Kapila, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Yanling Wu, Grand Island, NY (US);
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for separating solids from fluid including a solid-laden fluid may include a base fluid, a first separator configured to receive the solid-laden fluid and separate the fluid into a solids portion and an effluent, and a membrane separator configured to receive the effluent and separate the effluent into a permeate and a concentrate. A method for separating solids from fluid may include obtaining a solid-laden fluid, wherein the solid-laden fluid comprises a base fluid, feeding the solid-laden fluid through a centrifuge, removing at least a portion of high gravity solids from the solid-laden fluids, flowing the solid-laden fluid through a membrane separator, removing at least a portion of low gravity solids from the solid-laden fluid, and collecting a permeate from the membrane separator.