Aimable well test burner system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10001275-B2
Application number	US-201314758296-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2013
Priority date	Feb 1, 2013
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

A well test burner system has a plurality of burner nozzles supported by a support structure. Each burner nozzle has an air inlet, a well product inlet and an air/well product mixture outlet. At least one of the burner nozzles is supported to pivot relative to the support structure while the burner nozzle is operating to expel air/well product mixture.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A well test burner system, comprising:
a frame having a 3-dimensional perimeter;
an air inlet pipe and a well product inlet pipe located at least partially within the 3-dimensional perimeter;
a plurality of burner nozzles carried by the frame and located at least partially within the 3-dimensional perimeter of the frame, each adapted to receive a supply of air and well product from the air inlet pipe and well product inlet pipe, respectively, and output air/well product mixture; and
at least one of the burner nozzles carried to swivel relative to the frame while the burner nozzle is outputting air/well product mixture.

2. The well test burner system of claim 1 , where the burner nozzles carried to swivel on a vertical axis.

3. The well test burner of claim 1 , comprising a supply tubing fluidically coupled to an inlet of the at least one of the burner nozzles, the supply tubing comprising a swivel joint.

4. The well test burner of claim 3 , where the swivel joint is sealed against passage of fluid from an interior of the tubing to the exterior of the tubing during swiveling.

5. The well test burner of claim 3 , comprising a second supply tubing fluidically coupled to a second inlet of the at least one of the burner nozzles and comprising a second swivel joint.

6. The well test burner of claim 5 , where the first and second supply tubing extend from the air inlet pipe and well product inlet pipe, respectively.

7. The well test burner system of claim 1 , where the burner nozzles are arranged in at least one vertical column.

8. The well test burner system of claim 7 , where the burner nozzles are arranged into two parallel, vertical columns carried to swivel in unison.

9. The well test burner system of claim 8 , comprising a first and second pilot burners flanking the two vertical columns of burner nozzles and each pilot burner is oriented to direct a pilot flame toward the other pilot burner.

10. The well test burner system of claim 1 , where all of the burner nozzles of the well test system are carried by a common swivel joint.

11. The well test burner system of claim 1 , comprising a pilot burner residing adjacent a vertically lowest burner nozzle.

12. The well test burner of claim 1 , comprising a linear actuator located within the 3-dimensional perimeter and coupled to the at least one of the burner nozzles operable to swivel the at least one of the burner nozzles in response to a signal originating remote from the well test burner.

13. The well test burner of claim 12 , further including a nozzle support structure carrying the at least one of the burner nozzles, the nozzle support structure comprising a swivel joint; and
where the linear actuator is coupled to the frame and to the nozzle support structure.

14. A method, comprising:
receiving a supply of air and well product at a burner nozzle located at least partially within a frame having a 3-dimensional perimeter;
outputting air/well product mixture from the burner nozzle in a specified direction; and
reorienting the burner nozzle relative to the frame while outputting air/well product mixture.

15. The method of claim 14 , where receiving a supply of air and well product mixture comprises receiving a supply of air and well product mixture at a plurality of burner nozzles arranged in a vertical column;
where outputting air/well product mixture from the burner nozzle in a specified direction comprises outputting air/well product mixture from the plurality of burner nozzles in the specified direction.

16. The method of claim 15 , where reorienting the burner nozzle relative to the frame while outputting air/well product mixture comprises reorienting the burner nozzles relative to the frame in unison while outputting air/well product mixture from at least a subset of the plurality of burner nozzles.

17. The method of claim 14 , where reorienting the burner nozzle while outputting air/well product mixture comprises reorienting in response to a remote originating signal.

18. A system, comprising:
a plurality of well test burner nozzles located at least partially within and carried on a support structure having a 3-dimensional perimeter,
at least one of the burner nozzles supported to pivot relative to the support structure while the burner nozzle is operating to expel air/well product mixture.

19. The system of claim 18 , where the at least one of the burner nozzles supported to pivot is supported to pivot about a vertical axis.

20. The system of claim 18 , where the at least one of the burner nozzles supported to pivot comprises more than one of the burner nozzles and the more than one of the burner nozzles is supported on a common swivel joint.

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Cody Trace Wayne

Classifications

• F23D11/38

  Nozzles; Cleaning devices therefor · CPC title

• F23D11/36

  Details · CPC title

• F23D2202/00

  Liquid fuel burners · CPC title

• F23D23/00

  Assemblies of two or more burners (gas burners with provision for a retention flame F23D14/26) · CPC title

• F23C5/06 Primary

  Provision for adjustment of burner position during operation · CPC title