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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2020
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Calvin L. Stegemoeller, Duncan, OK (US);
Bryan Chapman Lucas, Duncan, OK (US);
Bryan John Lewis, Duncan, OK (US);
Austin Carl Schaffner, Duncan, OK (US);
Timothy H. Hunter, Duncan, OK (US);
Jim Basuki Surjaatmadja, Duncan, OK (US);
Wesley John Warren, Marlow, OK (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing bulk material efficiently at a well site are provided. The disclosure is directed to a container support frame that is integrated into a blender unit. The support frame is used to receive one or more portable containers of bulk material, and the blender unit may include a gravity feed outlet for outputting bulk material from the containers directly into a mixer of the blender unit. The blender unit with integrated support frame may eliminate the need for any subsequent mechanical conveyance of the bulk material (e.g., via a separate mechanical conveying system or on-blender sand screws) from the containers to the mixer. As such, the integrated blender unit may be lighter weight, take up less space, and have a lower cost and complexity than existing blenders.