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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Granbury Thompson Group, Llc, Granbury, TX (US);
Bruce Thompson, Granbury, TX (US);
Granbury Thompson Group, LLC, Granbury, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a collection receptacle and a method for reclaiming backflow from a wellbore. The collection receptacle, in one embodiment, includes an enclosure configured to collect solid and liquid matter, and an elevated auger extending into the enclosure and configured to remove the solid matter from the enclosure. In this embodiment, the auger includes a housing having an outside radius r, a flighting having a radius r, and a shaft of the flighting having a radius of rwherein a ratio (r/r) ranges from about 0.5 to about 0.6, and further wherein a relationship between the flighting radius rand shaft radius rpromotes separation of the solid matter from the liquid matter as the solid matter travels up the auger and out of the enclosure.