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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2015
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Jonathan Wun Shiung Chong, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for mixing and pumping solids and fluids and includes use of a blender including: a casing defining a cavity; a drive shaft extending through a casing opening into the cavity; a slinger having an outer edge, a center, a bottom slinger surface, a top slinger surface, and a plurality of slinger blades extending upwardly from the top slinger surface, wherein the slinger is attached to the drive shaft, and wherein the height of the top slinger surface above the bottom slinger surface continuously increases from the outer edge to the center; and an impeller having a bottom impeller surface and a plurality of impeller blades extending downwardly from the bottom impeller surface, wherein the impeller is positioned below the slinger and is attached to the drive shaft.