Negative pressure shale shaker integrated with negative pressure generation and gas-liquid separation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11802450-B2
Application number	US-202117445731-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2021
Priority date	Mar 24, 2021
Publication date	Oct 31, 2023
Grant date	Oct 31, 2023

Abstract

A negative pressure shale shaker integrated with negative pressure generation and gas-liquid separation includes a base, a liquid inlet buffer tank, a screen frame assembly, a support frame, a vacuum hose, a damping spring, a screen frame inclination angle adjustment device, a drainage hose, a negative pressure automatic drainage device, a vacuum pan, a three-way pipe, a liquid mist separator, a connecting pipe, a vacuum pressure limiting valve, a silencer and a negative pressure fan. A drilling fluid containing cuttings, after entering the screen with a negative pressure thereunder, rapidly passes through the screen along with air into a vacuum chamber. The air in the vacuum chamber is directly drawn away through holes formed on the side plates of the screen frame by the negative pressure fan.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A negative pressure shale shaker integrated with negative pressure generation and gas-liquid separation, comprising:
a screen frame assembly,
a liquid mist separator,
a negative pressure automatic drainage device, and
at least one vacuum pan;
wherein
the screen frame assembly is internally provided with at least one screen, and the screen frame assembly is installed on a base;
the at least one vacuum pan is disposed below the screen frame assembly;
the screen frame assembly is provided with at least one vertical channel, a horizontal channel and a connector, wherein the connector is connected at a middle portion of the horizontal channel;
a bottom end of the vertical channel communicates with the at least one vacuum pan;
the horizontal channel communicates with the vertical channel;
the horizontal channel inclines downward from the connector, and a drilling fluid in the horizontal channel flows back to the vertical channel;
the connector communicates with the liquid mist separator through a vacuum hose and a three-way pipe,
the at least one vacuum pan and the negative pressure automatic drainage device are communicate through a drainage hose disposed between the at least one vacuum pan and the negative pressure automatic drainage device; and

in the screen frame assembly, a lower side of the at least one screen is provided with a closed structure, the closed structure discharges the drilling fluid through the drainage hose, and a gas is discharged through the vertical channel;
the negative pressure automatic drainage device comprises an inlet connector, an upper cover plate, an intermediate partition, a lower casing, a wedge mount, a liquid baffle with an L-shaped cross-section, a screw rod, a nut and a hand wheel; wherein
the inlet connector is disposed on the lower casing;
the upper cover plate closes the lower casing on the base;
the intermediate partition is connected to a bottom of the upper cover plate, and the intermediate partition divides the lower casing into two parts;
the base is provided with a first through hole connected to the lower casing;
a gap with a height of H is formed between the intermediate partition and an inner wall of the lower casing;
a panel of the liquid baffle is attached to the first through hole;
the panel of the liquid baffle is provided with a second through hole having a size smaller than a size of the first through hole;
a height of the second through hole is greater than the gap with the height of H between the intermediate partition and the inner wall of the lower casing;

the wedge mount is disposed at both sides of the first through hole of the base;
both sides of the liquid baffle are clamped into the wedge mount;
a bottom end of the screw rod is connected to the liquid baffle, and the bottom end of the screw rod drives the liquid baffle to move up and down; and
a top end of the screw rod is fixed on the base through the nut and the hand wheel.

2. The negative pressure shale shaker of claim 1 , further comprising
a negative pressure fan and a connecting pipe connecting an inlet of the negative pressure fan and an outlet of the liquid mist separator; wherein
a vacuum pressure limiting valve for adjusting a negative pressure is disposed on the connecting pipe, and
a silencer is disposed at an outlet of the negative pressure fan.

3. The negative pressure shale shaker of claim 2 , wherein
the negative pressure shale shaker works in a negative pressure mode or a regular mode;
when the negative pressure fan is started, the negative pressure shale shaker works in the negative pressure mode, the gas passes through the vertical channel, the horizontal channel, the vacuum hose and the three-way pipe, and then the gas is discharged by the negative pressure fan through the liquid mist separator, and meanwhile, the drilling fluid passes through the at least one screen and the at least one vacuum pan, and then the drilling fluid is discharged into the negative pressure automatic drainage device through the drainage hose; and
when the negative pressure fan is shut down, the negative pressure shale shaker works in the regular mode, and only the drilling fluid is discharged into the negative pressure automatic drainage device.

4. The negative pressure shale shaker of claim 1 , wherein
the at least one vacuum pan is connected to the negative pressure automatic drainage device through the drainage hose.

5. The negative pressure shale shaker of claim 4 , wherein
one vacuum pan is disposed under the at least one screen, and
when a plurality of screens are provided, the plurality of screens share or each use one vacuum pan.

6. The negative pressure shale shaker of claim 1 , further comprising
a damping spring connected to the screen frame assembly.

7. The negative pressure shale shaker of claim 6 , wherein
the screen frame assembly further comprises a rear baffle, a right side plate, a transverse beam, a motor base, a vibration motor, a spring base, and a left side plate; wherein
the rear baffle connects the right side plate and the left side plate;
the transverse beam connects the right side plate and the left side plate;
the motor base is fixedly connected to the right side plate and the left side plate, and the vibration motor is installed on the motor base; and
the spring base is fixed to the right side plate and the left side plate.

8. The negative pressure shale shaker of claim 6 , wherein
a U-shaped vertical plate is connected to the right side plate or the left side plate to form the vertical channel, and
a U-shaped transverse plate is connected to the right side plate or the left side plate to form the horizontal channel.

9. The negative pressure shale shaker of claim 2 , further comprising
a liquid inlet buffer tank and a support frame, wherein
the liquid inlet buffer tank and the support frame are installed on the base; and

an interior of the liquid inlet buffer tank communicates with an upper portion of the at least one screen, and the liquid mist separator and the negative pressure fan are installed at a top of the support frame.

Assignees

• Univ Southwest Petroleum

Inventors

• Hou Yongjun
• Wang Yuwen
• Fang Pan
• Du Mingjun
• Hou Duyu

Classifications

• E21B21/065 Primary

  Separating solids from drilling fluids · CPC title

• B01D21/0012

  Settling tanks making use of filters, e.g. by floating layers of particulate material · CPC title

• B01D21/2444

  Discharge mechanisms for the classified liquid · CPC title

• B01D21/283

  Settling tanks provided with vibrators · CPC title

• E21B21/067

  Separating gases from drilling fluids · CPC title