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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2002
Ronald W. McGregor, Carrollton, TX (US);
David A. Heji, Dallas, TX (US);
Travis T. Hailey, Jr., Sugar Land, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A transition member ( ) coupled between first and second slurry delivery devices ( ) for maintaining fluid slurry velocity therethrough is disclosed. Each slurry delivery device ( ) has a slurry passageway ( ) having a cross sectional area. The transition member ( ) includes a transition passageway ( ) operable to provide fluid communication between the slurry passageways ( ) of the slurry delivery devices ( ). The cross sectional area of at least a portion of the transition passageway ( ) approximates the cross sectional area of the slurry passageways ( ) of the slurry delivery devices ( ). This allows the transition member ( ) to maintain the fluid slurry velocity above the settling velocity of the slurry.