Device for preventing abrupt blockage in blooie line of gas drilling

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12276166-B2
Application number	US-202318446810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2023
Priority date	Aug 10, 2022
Publication date	Apr 15, 2025
Grant date	Apr 15, 2025

Abstract

A device for preventing abrupt blockage in a blooie line of gas drilling includes a sand-storing tank body, which is connected to a rotating blowout preventer through a guiding tube, and a guiding three-way joint is set between the guiding tube and the sand-storing tank body and connected to the blooie line by a vertical guiding tube; the sand-storing tank body is connected to the blooie line by means of a gas discharge tube; a flap plate assembly is arranged at the position fronting straight onto the guiding three-way joint inside the sand-storing tank body, and configured to control the rock particles in the guiding tube to enter the sand-storing tank body, preventing blockage in the blooie line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for preventing abrupt blockage in a blooie line of a gas drilling system, comprising:
a sand-storing tank body, connected to a rotating blowout preventer through a guiding tube;
a guiding three-way joint, set between the guiding tube and said sand-storing tank body, the guiding three-way joint connected to the blooie line by a vertical guiding tube, wherein said sand-storing tank body is connected to the blooie line by means of a gas discharge tube; and
a flap plate assembly, arranged inside the sand-storing tank body in fluid communication with the guiding three-way joint, and configured to open to allow rock particles in the guiding tube to enter the sand-storing tank body.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said flap plate assembly includes a supporting seat and a flap plate, the flap plate is set on the supporting seat by means of a hinge shaft, a tongue skirt is arranged on the flap plate, a clump weight is arranged on the tongue skirt; a spheric balancer connecting rod is arranged on the hinge shaft, and a spheric balancer is arranged on the spheric balancer connecting rod.

3. The device gas according to claim 1 , wherein an angle-measuring unit is further arranged inside said sand-storing tank body, the angle-measuring unit includes an angle sensor, a flipping-angle connecting rod and a flipping-angle connecting-rod-supporting tube, the angle sensor is arranged on a flap plate of said flap plate assembly, and the angle sensor is connected to a wireless angle transmitter through an angle-measuring data wire, the wireless angle transmitter sends the angular data of the flap plate to a host for display, the angle-measuring data wire is arranged inside the flipping-angle connecting rod, one end of which is connected to the flap plate, and the other end of which is connected to the flipping-angle connecting-rod-supporting tube.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein a flipping-angle synchronizing rod is arranged on the flipping-angle connecting rod, the flipping-angle synchronizing rod synchronizes with a turn of the flap plate, and when a turn-angle of the flap plate reaches a preset limit angle, the flipping-angle synchronizing rod hits on a limiter arranged on a displaying panel of said sand-storing tank body, and the flap plate cannot rotate further.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein a flap plate locking mechanism is further arranged on the displaying panel, and wherein when the flipping-angle synchronizing rod is moved to a closed position of the flap plate locking mechanism, a deadlock bolt is configured to be inserted to lock the flipping-angle synchronizing rod.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a debris accumulation weight measuring unit is further arranged inside said sand-storing tank body, the debris accumulation weight measuring unit includes an inner cup, a weight sensor base and an weight sensor, the inner cup is arranged at the bottom of said sand-storing tank body; the weight sensor base is arranged inside the sand out of said sand-storing tank body, and supported by the sand out; the weight sensor is arranged between the inner cup and the weight sensor base; the weight sensor is connected to a wireless weight transmitter through a weight-measuring data wire, and the wireless weight transmitter sends a signal of a weight of the debris accumulated inside said sand-storing tank body to a host for display.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a sand-inlet short tube is arranged between said guiding three-way joint and said sand-storing tank body, and connected to a sand-inlet opened on said sand-storing tank body, and an anti-erosion fairing ring is set inside the sand-inlet.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein an exhaust port is arranged at the top of said sand-storing tank body, and connected to the gas discharge tube.

9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein a mass flowmeter and two single-disc check valves are arranged on the gas discharge tube.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a T-shaped three-way joint is set on the blooie line, the T-shaped three-way joint is configured to connect the vertical guiding tube with the gas discharge tube.

Assignees

• Univ Southwest Petroleum

Inventors

• Li Hongtao
• Meng Yingfeng
• Li Gao
• Chen Yijian

Classifications

• E21B21/065

  Separating solids from drilling fluids · CPC title

• E21B21/011

  Dust eliminating or dust removing while drilling · CPC title

• E21B21/07

  for treating dust-laden gaseous fluids · CPC title

• E21B21/16 Primary

  using gaseous fluids (E21B21/14 takes precedence) · CPC title