Hydration-blender transport for fracturing operation
A system and a method for producing fracturing fluid, comprising: receiving source fluid from one or more inlet manifolds of a single transport, driving a first pump mounted on the single transport to route the source fluid from the inlet manifolds into a hydration tank mounted on the single transport, driving a second pump mounted on the single transport to route hydrated fluid produced by the hydration tank to a blending tub mounted on the single transport, and discharging fracturing fluid produced by the blending tub to one or more outlet manifolds of the single transport.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a hydration tank;
a fracturing blender;
an internal manifold system that couples the hydration tank and the fracturing blender to route fluid to and from the hydration tank and the fracturing blender, wherein the hydration tank is configured to receive a source fluid from the internal manifold system, produce a hydrated fluid based on the source fluid, and output the hydrated fluid to the internal manifold system, and wherein the fracturing blender is configured to receive the hydrated fluid from the internal manifold system, produce a fracturing fluid based on the hydrated fluid, and discharge the fracturing fluid to the internal manifold system, and
wherein the internal manifold system comprises:
an under tank manifold system, positioned beneath the hydration tank, comprising:
a first manifold group and a second manifold group; and
a first valve configured to:
route the source fluid received from the first manifold group to enter the hydration tank based on setting the first valve to a first position; and
reroute the source fluid received from the first manifold group directly to the second manifold group based on setting the first valve to a second position, wherein the source fluid is rerouted to the second manifold group by bypassing flowing through the hydration tank and the fracturing blender; and
a single transport frame that couples the hydration tank, the fracturing blender, and the internal manifold system to form a single transport.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fracturing blender is a dual configuration blender that includes a first blending tub and a second blending tub that both connect to the under tank manifold system via a blender output manifold system.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the under tank manifold system further comprises:
a first manifold side that connects to the first blending tub via the blender output manifold system;
a second manifold side that connects to the second blending tub via the blender output manifold system; and
a first crossing manifold and a second crossing manifold that connect the first manifold side to the second manifold side, wherein the first crossing manifold and the second crossing manifold allow the source fluid received from the first manifold group to flow through both the first manifold side and the second manifold side to enter the hydration tank.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the under tank manifold system further comprises a third manifold group, and wherein the under tank manifold system is configured to discharge the fracturing fluid outputted from the fracturing blender via the third manifold group when the second manifold group discharges the source fluid based on setting the first valve to the second position.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of electric prime movers; and
a plurality of pumps driven by the electric prime movers, wherein the pumps and electric prime movers are part of the single transport mounted on the single transport frame.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the pumps are coupled to the under tank manifold system at different connection points.
7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the electric prime movers are positioned above the pumps.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the under tank manifold system further comprises:
a first manifold side that connects to a first blending tub of the fracturing blender;
a second manifold side that connects to a second blending tub of the fracturing blender; and
a first crossing manifold and a second crossing manifold, wherein the first crossing manifold and the second crossing manifold allow the fracturing fluid discharged from the first blending tub, the second blending tub, or both, to flow through both the first manifold side and the second manifold side.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the internal manifold system further comprises:
a hydration tank manifold system that couples the hydration tank to the under tank manifold system; and
a blender output manifold system that couples the fracturing blender to the under tank manifold system.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the under tank manifold system further comprises:
a first manifold side and a second manifold side;
a first crossing side that couples the first manifold side and the second manifold side together; and
a second crossing side that couples the first manifold side and the second manifold side together.
11. A method for producing fracturing fluid, comprising:
receiving a source fluid from one or more inlet manifolds of a single transport;
setting a valve of the single transport to a first position, wherein the valve is part of an under tank manifold system positioned beneath a hydration tank;
driving a first pump mounted on the single transport to route the source fluid from the inlet manifolds into the hydration tank mounted on the single transport based on setting the valve to the first position;
driving a second pump mounted on the single transport to route a hydrated fluid, produced by the hydration tank based on the source fluid, to a blending tub mounted on the single transport;
discharging a fracturing fluid, produced by the blending tub based on the hydrated fluid, to one or more outlet manifolds of the single transport;
setting the valve of the single transport to a second position; and
rerouting the source fluid received from the inlet manifolds to the outlet manifolds based on setting the valve to the second position, wherein the source fluid is rerouted directly to the outlet manifolds by bypassing flowing through the hydration tank and the blending tub.
12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising hydrating a polymer-based slurry with the source fluid within the hydration tank.
13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising mixing the hydrated fluid with metered fracturing sand to produce the fracturing fluid within the blending tub.
14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising driving a third pump mounted on the single transport to route the source fluid from the one or more inlet manifolds into the hydration tank.
15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
setting another valve to direct the source fluid received at a second inlet manifold of the single transport to the hydration tank;
pumping the hydrated fluid produced by the hydration tank to the blending tub; and
discharging the fracturing fluid produced by the blending tub using a second outlet manifold while simultaneously discharging the source fluid from the outlet manifolds based on setting the valve to the second position.
16. A transport comprising:
a transport frame;
an internal manifold system coupled to the transport frame;
a hydration tank coupled to the transport frame and configured to:
receive a source fluid from the internal manifold system;
produce a hydrated fluid with a target viscosity based on the source fluid; and
output the hydrated fluid to the internal manifold system;
a blender coupled on the transport frame, wherein the blender is configured to:
receive the hydrated fluid from the internal manifold system;
produce a fracturing fluid based on the hydrated fluid; and
discharge the fracturing fluid to the internal manifold system,
wherein the internal manifold system comprises an under tank manifold system, positioned beneath the hydration tank, comprising:
a first manifold group and a second manifold group; and
a first valve configured to:
route the source fluid received from the first manifold group to enter the hydration tank based on setting the first valve to a first position; and
reroute the source fluid received from the first manifold group directly to the second manifold group based on setting the first valve to a second position, wherein the source fluid is rerouted to the second manifold group by bypassing flowing through the hydration tank and the blender.
17. The transport of claim 16 , wherein the blender includes one or more electric prime movers.
18. The transport of claim 16 , wherein the hydration tank includes a diffuser.
19. The transport of claim 16 , wherein the hydration tank is configured to produce the hydration fluid by hydrating a polymer-based slurry with the source fluid within the hydration tank.
20. The transport of claim 16 , wherein the under tank manifold system further comprises a third manifold group, and wherein the under tank manifold system is configured to discharge the fracturing fluid outputted from the blender via the third manifold group when the second manifold group discharges the source fluid based on setting the first valve to the second position.