Granted Patent
B2
US 12,516,591 · App. 18/795,931 · Granted Jan 6, 2026
Electric powered hydraulic fracturing pump system with single electric powered multi-plunger fracturing pump
Inventors:
Lon Robinson (Willow Park, TX); Jared Oehring (Willow Park, TX); Brandon N. Hinderliter (Porter, TX)
Assignee:
U.S. Well Services, LLC
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Abstract
A hydraulic fracturing system includes a support structure having a first area at a first height and a second area at a second height, the first and second areas adjacent one another. The system also includes an electric powered, multi-plunger pump with an odd number of plungers, arranged in the first area, the electric powered pump coupled to a well, via outlet piping, and powered by at least one electric motor, also arranged in the first area. The system further includes a variable frequency drive (VFD), arranged in the second area, connected to the at least one electric motor, the VFD configured to control at least a speed of the at least one electric motor. The system also includes a transformer, arranged in the second area, the transformer positioned within an enclosure with the VFD, the transformer distributing power to the electric pump.
Claims (35)
1 . A mobile hydraulic fracturing system, comprising:
a trailer having a front end, a back end, a first area at a first height, and a second area at a second height that is greater than the first height, wherein at least a portion of the first area resides above a rear axle group of the trailer, and the second area resides forward of the first area;
a hydraulic fracturing pump, the hydraulic fracturing pump supported by the first area of the trailer and being configured to pump hydraulic fracturing fluid, wherein the hydraulic fracturing pump is a septuplex pump, a 9-plunger pump, or an 11-plunger pump;
an electric motor that drives the hydraulic fracturing pump, the electric motor supported by the first area of the trailer;
an enclosure supported by the second area of the trailer; and
a variable frequency drive (VFD) housed in the enclosure, the VFD being operably connected to the electric motor to control a speed of the electric motor.
2 . The mobile hydraulic fracturing system of claim 1 , comprising a slide out platform that is extendable from the first area of the trailer to allow maintenance, wherein the platform is aligned with at least one of the pump or the motor.
3 . The mobile hydraulic fracturing system of claim 1 , comprising an access platform that provides access for an operator to enter the enclosure in the second area.
4 . The mobile hydraulic fracturing system of claim 1 , wherein the enclosure comprises a cooling system operable to cool the VFD.
5 . The mobile hydraulic fracturing system of claim 4 , wherein the cooling system is a liquid cooling system.
6 . The mobile hydraulic fracturing system of claim 1 , wherein:
the electric motor resides forward of the hydraulic fracturing pump;
the enclosure resides forward of the electric motor; and
the system includes an open space between the enclosure and the electric motor.
7 . The mobile hydraulic fracturing system of claim 6 , wherein:
the hydraulic fracturing pump and the electric motor are both supported only by the first area of the trailer; and
the enclosure is supported by both the first and second areas of the trailer.
8 . The mobile hydraulic fracturing system of claim 6 , wherein the trailer is a single drop trailer comprising a gooseneck area, and the system comprises a motor control center on the gooseneck area of the trailer.
9 . The mobile hydraulic fracturing system of claim 1 , comprising a human machine interface in the enclosure.
10 . A mobile hydraulic fracturing method, comprising:
pumping hydraulic fracturing fluid by operation of a hydraulic fracturing pump, wherein the hydraulic fracturing pump is a septuplex pump, a 9-plunger pump, or an 11-plunger pump, wherein the hydraulic fracturing pump is supported by a first area of a trailer, the trailer having a front end, a back end, the first area at a first height, and a second area at a second height that is greater than the first height, wherein at least a portion of the first area resides above a rear axle group of the trailer, and the second area resides forward of the first area;
driving the hydraulic fracturing pump by operation of an electric motor supported by the first area of the trailer; and
controlling a speed of the electric motor by operation of a variable frequency drive (VFD) housed in an enclosure supported by the second area of the trailer.
11 . The mobile hydraulic fracturing method of claim 10 , wherein the trailer comprises:
a slide out platform that is extendable from the first area of the trailer to allow maintenance, wherein the platform is aligned with at least one of the pump or the motor; and
an access platform that provides access for an operator to enter the enclosure.
12 . The mobile hydraulic fracturing method of claim 10 , comprising cooling the VFD by operation of a cooling system of the enclosure.
13 . The mobile hydraulic fracturing method of claim 10 , wherein:
the electric motor resides forward of the hydraulic fracturing pump;
the enclosure resides forward of the electric motor; and
an open space is defined between the enclosure and the electric motor.
14 . The mobile hydraulic fracturing method of claim 13 , wherein:
the hydraulic fracturing pump and the electric motor are both fully supported by the first area of the trailer; and
the enclosure is supported by both the first and second areas of the trailer.
15 . The mobile hydraulic fracturing method of claim 13 , wherein the trailer is a single drop trailer comprising a gooseneck area, and a motor control center is disposed on the gooseneck area of the trailer.
Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST
Recorded Jul 9, 2026
From: PROFRAC SERVICES, LLC; PROFRAC HOLDINGS II, LLC; U.S. WELL SERVICES, LLC; U.S. WELL SERVICES HOLDINGS, LLC; BEST PUMP AND FLOW LLC; PROFRAC HOLDINGS, LLC
To: ECLIPSE BUSINESS CAPITAL LLC
Reel/Frame 075942/0765 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: ROBINSON, LON; OEHRING, JARED; HINDERLITER, BRANDON
To: U.S. WELL SERVICES, LLC
Reel/Frame 068199/0806 →
Continuity (5)
Provisional Application
62910163
· Oct 3, 2019
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