Turbine fracturing equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11242737-B2
Application number	US-202016832191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2020
Priority date	Sep 20, 2019
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

The present invention discloses a turbine fracturing equipment, including a transporter, a turbine engine, a reduction gearbox, a transmission mechanism and a plunger pump, wherein an output end of the turbine engine is connected to one end of the reduction gearbox, the other end of the reduction gearbox is connected to the plunger pump through a transmission mechanism; the transporter is used to support the turbine engine, the reduction gearbox, the transmission mechanism and the plunger pump; the transporter includes a chassis provided with a transport section, a bearing section and a lapping section which are connected in sequence; while the turbine fracturing equipment is in a working state, the bearing section can contact with the ground, while the turbine fracturing equipment is in a transport state, the bearing section does not contact with the ground. Beneficial effects: the equipment adopts a linear connection and a special chassis design, so that the center of gravity is double lowered to guarantee its stability and safety, the structure is simpler, the investment and operation costs are decreased, the risk of total breakdown of the fracturing site is reduced, and the equipment has a good transmission performance and is suitable for continuous operation conditions with long time and heavy load.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A turbine fracturing equipment, comprising a transporter, a turbine engine, a reduction gearbox, a transmitter and a plunger pump, wherein an output end of the turbine engine is connected to one end of the reduction gearbox, an other end of the reduction gearbox is connected to the plunger pump through the transmitter; the transporter is configured to support the turbine engine, the reduction gearbox, the transmitter and the plunger pump; the turbine engine, the reduction gearbox, the transmitter, and the plunger pump are arranged in a single-file line, one end of the transmitter is directly connected to the reduction gearbox and another end of the transmitter is directly connected to the plunger pump, and the transporter comprises a chassis provided with a transport section, a bearing section and a lapping section which are connected in sequence,
wherein the transmitter consists essentially of a transmission shaft or a coupling, and
wherein in a plan view, the plunger pump on the chassis is completely within the lapping section.

2. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the transporter comprises a plurality of axles having wheels installed at each end of the axles, and the axles are connected to the chassis.

3. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 2 , wherein the axles are disposed at the transport section of the chassis.

4. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 2 , wherein the transporter comprises 3 axles.

5. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 1 , wherein while the turbine fracturing equipment is in transport state, the lapping section is configured to connect the transporter to an external tower.

6. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 5 , wherein a bottom of the lapping section is provided with a bevel which is provided with a bulge, and the bulge is configured to fix the transporter with the external tower in the transport state.

7. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 1 , wherein an exhaust system is located on an end of the turbine engine opposite to the output end of the turbine engine connected to the reduction gearbox, the exhaust system comprises an exhaust silencer and an exhaust duct, the exhaust silencer is connected to an exhaust port of the turbine engine through the exhaust duct.

8. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 7 , wherein the exhaust system, the turbine engine, the reduction gearbox, the transmitter and the plunger pump are disposed in a same straight line along an axial transmission direction.

9. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 7 , further comprising a vertical support between the exhaust duct and the turbine engine, wherein the vertical support stands on and in direct physical contact with a top surface of the chassis.

10. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 1 , wherein a hydraulic power source is disposed on the transport section, and the hydraulic power source is configured to drive a hydraulic system on the turbine fracturing equipment.

11. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 10 , wherein the hydraulic power source is a diesel engine or an electric motor.

12. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 1 , wherein a cooling system is disposed on the transport section, the cooling system is configured to cool oil used on the turbine fracturing equipment.

13. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 1 , wherein a power of the plunger pump comprises 5000 hp.

14. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom of the hearing section comprises a horizontal surface plus a slope surface between the horizontal surface and the transport section, and the slope surface has an upward slope in a direction from the horizontal surface to the transport section, and wherein under condition of working state, the horizontal surface at the bottom of the bearing section is configured to fully contact with a flat ground and the slope surface at the bottom of the bearing section is configured to be above the flat ground.

15. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 14 , wherein the horizontal surface at the bottom of the bearing section is configured to be at a same level as a surface of the wheels touching a ground under condition of working state.

16. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 14 , wherein under condition of transport state, the slope surface at the bottom of the bearing section is configured to enable the chassis to be lifted off the ground for transportation.

17. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 14 , wherein the plunger pump is disposed directly on the lapping section of the chassis.

18. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the turbine engine is directly connected to and in direct physical contact with the reduction gear box.

19. The turbine fracturing equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the turbine engine has a turbine engine housing, the reduction gearbox has a reduction gearbox housing, and the turbine engine housing is directly connected to and in direct physical contact with the reduction gearbox housing.

Assignees

• Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Rikui
• Wu Yipeng
• Lan Chunqiang
• Li Xincheng
• Li Xiance
• Chang Sheng
• Ji Xiaolei
• Mao Zhuqing

Classifications

• F04B53/08

  Cooling; Heating; Preventing freezing · CPC title

• F04B17/06 Primary

  Mobile combinations · CPC title

• F04B15/02

  the fluids being viscous or non-homogeneous · CPC title

• E21B43/2607 Primary

  Surface equipment specially adapted for fracturing operations · CPC title

• B62D61/10

  with more than four wheels {(tractors of the low ground pressure type B62D49/002)} · CPC title