CN105189913A - Backflow collection system and method for reclaiming said backflow - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a backflow collection system 500 and a method for reclaiming backflow from a wellbore. The backflow collection system, in one embodiment, includes a collection vessel 520 having an upper section 523 and a lower section 528, the collection vessel having a side opening 530 configured to receive backflow from an oil/gas well, as well as a discharge port 535 proximate an upper end of the upper section configured to discharge pressurized gas from the collection vessel. The backflow collection system, in this embodiment, further includes an auger 560 coupled proximate the lower section of the collection vessel, the auger configured to receive solid and liquid matter from a bottom opening in the lower section of the collection vessel, and when elevated remove at least a portion of the solid and liquid matter from the collection vessel, the collection vessel designed such that when fluid is contained therein it acts as a liquid/gas seal to prevent the pressurized gas from exiting through the bottom opening in the lower section of the collection vessel.
Description
The cross reference of related application
The application be BruceThompson in the denomination of invention that on January 11st, 2010 submits to be the U. S. application No.12/685 of " BACKFLOWCOLLECTIONRECEPTACLEANDMETHODFORRECLAIMINGTHESAM E ", 549 and BruceThompson in the denomination of invention that on January 5th, 2012 submits to be the U.S. Provisional Application No.61/583 of " OilSuperLoop ", the part of 499 continues, U. S. application No.12/685, 549 require to enjoy the U.S. Provisional Application No.61/143 that BruceThompson is " GasBuster/SandAuger " in the denomination of invention that on January 9th, 2009 submits to, the rights and interests of 693, all these are applied for common assigned with the present invention and are combined in this by introducing, just look like that its full content is replicated in the same here.
Technical field
The application relates in general to a kind of container, particularly a kind of method of reflux collection container and this backflow collection container of use.
Background technology
The production of the oil from subsurface formations gentle (such as hydrocarbon) depends on several factors.These hydrocarbon have to pass through the migration of low permeability formation matrix usually to be discharged in well.The permeability on many stratum is so low to such an extent as to hamper the productivity ratio of well and overall production capacity.In other wells, during drilling operation, near wellbore region is destroyed, and this destruction often causes well production lower than expection.Hydrofracturing method is a kind of technique being designed to the injection rate improving the gentle well yield of oil well or improve Injection Well.
In fracturing technology, viscous fluid is injected in well such as to bring out formation fracture or the speed of breaking and pressure.Once there is crack, proppant such as sand (such as, being commonly referred to as " fracturing sand ") will add in fluid before just entering well.The mud loading sand is injected continuously into, and causes crack to be spread or extends.After the proppant of the amount desired by placing in reservoir, pumping stops, and by well shutting in a period of time.
After the earth pressure release of well, sand or at least one most of sand are stayed in the stratum of pressure break, thus make stratum remain on the state of pressure break substantially.Therefore, permission oil is gentle flows freely.Unfortunate, when oil is gentle start to flow time, other undesired fluids and gas and some undesired particles (comprising fracturing sand, salt etc.) start to be pushed back to earth's surface from stratum.
Produced problem is how to process these undesired fluid, gas and particles.Special concern be a kind of gas by-product hydrogen sulfide of Splitting Method.The chemical molecular formula of hydrogen sulfide is H
2s.Hydrogen sulfide is a kind of colourless, strong toxicity, inflammable gas, has distinctive rotten egg smell.Because hydrogen sulfide has severe toxicity and tasteless when concentration is low, hydrogen sulfide obviously will pay close attention to during the collection of the undesired fluid refluxed from well and particle.
Therefore, in this area it is desirable that solve the equipment of foregoing problems and/or correlation technique.
Summary of the invention
For solving above-mentioned defect of the prior art, the invention provides a kind of backflow gathering system.In one embodiment, backflow gathering system comprises the collecting tank with upper segment and lower section, described collecting tank has the outlet opening of the upper end of side opening and adjacent upper portions section, described side opening is configured to receive backflow from oil/gas well, and described outlet opening is configured to gas-pressurized to discharge from described collecting tank.In this embodiment, the helical conveyor that the lower section that described backflow gathering system also comprises contiguous described collecting tank connects, this helical conveyor is configured to receive solid matter and liquid substance from the bottom opening the lower section of described collecting tank and remove solid matter and liquid substance at least partially when promoting from collecting tank, described collecting tank is designed at fluid containment in wherein time, it plays the effect of liquid/gas sealing, is left by the bottom opening in the lower section of collecting tank to prevent gas-pressurized.
A kind of method for retrieving the backflow from well is provided further.In one embodiment, the method is included in backflow gathering system collects from the solid matter of well and liquid substance, this backflow gathering system and the backflow gathering system described in above-mentioned paragraph similar.The method also comprises operation helical conveyor, to remove solid matter at least partially from collecting tank, the gas-pressurized of outlet opening is left in burning simultaneously.
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Now by reference to the accompanying drawings with reference to description below, so that comprehend the present invention, wherein:
Fig. 1 shows according to collection container of the present invention;
Fig. 2 A to 2E shows the various views of the lifting helical conveyor comprising housing and spire (flighting);
Fig. 3 shows the alternative embodiment promoting helical conveyor;
Fig. 4 shows another alternative embodiment promoting helical conveyor;
Fig. 5-7 shows the various different views of backflow gathering system that is constructed in accordance and that operate.
Detailed description of the invention
With reference to Fig. 1, show collection container 100 in accordance with the principles of the present invention.As will be recognized by one skilled in the art, collection container 100 can be used to the dissimilar material collecting any amount, comprises solid matter, liquid substance or their combination.In a particular embodiment, collection container is configured to reclaim (comprise and collect and distribute) backflow from well.Such as, collection container can be configured to reclaim fluid, hydrocarbon, and fracturing sand, salt etc., these materials can reflux from well after pressure break hydrocarbon formations.
Collection container 100 in Fig. 1 comprises shell 110.In this embodiment, shell 100 is configured to collect solid matter and liquid substance.In addition, the shell 110 in Fig. 1 comprises Part I 120 and Part II 130.In this embodiment, Part I 120 is configured to initial collection solid matter and liquid substance.But in this embodiment, Part I 120 at an upper portion thereof region has opening 125 (such as overfall).In one embodiment, opening 125 is configured to when collected solid matter drops to the bottom of Part I 120, allows the too much liquid substance be collected to overflow in Part II 130.
In one embodiment, Part I also comprises urgent opening 127 in addition, and this urgent opening is configured to the solid matter of collected limiting discharge and liquid substance to be quickly transferred to Part II 130.In this embodiment, the purposes of urgent opening 127 is, when opening 125 can not the volume of the solid matter that enters of process and liquid substance, prevent collected liquid substance and/or solid matter from overflowing from shell 110.Because urgent opening 127 is usually only for extreme case, so the position of urgent opening 127 is higher than the position of opening 125.Therefore, in this embodiment, urgent opening only will be used for extreme case.In the embodiment in figure 1, opening 125 is positioned at the back side of Part I 120, and urgent opening 127 is arranged along the side of Part I 120.But the size of opening 125 and urgent opening 127, shape and position can according to specifically using customization.
What be positioned at shell 110 (in this example, being positioned at Part I 120) is one or more baffle plates 140.In an example, baffle plate 140 is especially used to the bottom that solid matter is guided to Part I 120 by help.
Collection container 100 also comprises lifting helical conveyor 150, and this lifting helical conveyor extends in shell 110, and more particularly extends in the Part I 120 of embodiment in Fig. 1.As expected, helical conveyor 150 is configured to remove one or more contents from shell 110.But compared with known helical conveyor, this helical conveyor 150 is configured to promote being separated of solid matter and the liquid substance in shell 110, such as solid matter upwards to advance along helical conveyor 150 and from shell 110 out in.Especially, the helical conveyor 150 in Fig. 1 comprises housing and spire, and in this embodiment, housing and spire are configured to promote above-mentioned separation.
Temporarily forward Fig. 2 A to 2D to, show the different views promoting helical conveyor 200, this lifting helical conveyor comprises housing 210 and spire 220.Fig. 2 A shows the sectional view of helical conveyor 200, and Fig. 2 B shows the cross section that spire 220, Fig. 2 C shows housing 210 C-C intercepting along the line, and Fig. 2 D shows the cross section that housing 210 D-D along the line intercepts.With reference to the embodiment of Fig. 2 A to 2D, housing 210 has radius r
h, spire 220 has less radius r
f, semidiameter is configured to promote being separated of solid matter and liquid substance.Due to the radius r of spire 220
fless, when removing solid matter from shell, helical conveyor 200 defines the solid matter pipeline around spire 220.To be used to refer to generation relative with other rigid materials such as steel, iron etc. for term " solid matter pipeline " as used herein, and use solid matter itself is as the same feature in the image tube road of pipeline.Solid matter pipeline (in an example for sand pipeline or hydraulic fill pipeline) provides in order to the Multiple-Aperture Device that returns downwards along helical conveyor 200 of material for liquid when solid matter is upwards advanced along helical conveyor 200.Same, when solid matter is upwards advanced along helical conveyor 200, solid matter by the pressure extrusion of solid matter pipeline leaned against on spire 220, thus promotes the separation of liquid substance further.
Housing radius r
hwith spire radius r
fbetween diversity factor for helical conveyor 200 promote be separated ability may be very important.Such as, in one embodiment, r
fbe less than r
habout 90%.In another embodiment, r
fbe less than r
habout 75%.In yet another embodiment, r
fbe less than r
habout 67%.Such as, in the embodiment of Fig. 2 A to 2D, r
fscope be from about 5 inches to about 7 inches, r
hscope be from about 8 inches to about 9 inches.
Be well known that some structure of helical conveyor 150 exist solid matter pipe collapse to or slip back to the problem of bottom of Part I 120 downwards.This spacing between spire and housing is especially obvious time larger.Also be especially obvious in this embodiment that center line of housing and the center line of spire do not coincide wherein same.Based on the experiment that these are known and a large amount of, have realized that and between spire and shell, block 155 (Fig. 1) can be placed along its length at diverse location.In this embodiment, block 155 typically extends from the inwall of housing towards spire, and is provided with the possibility helping reduce solid matter pipe collapse like this.In one embodiment, block 155 typically extends from the uppermost inner surface of housing towards spire and is arranged on 1 to 6 different position, and does not need to arrange such block between the nethermost inner surface and spire of housing.Also other structures except structure disclosed herein can be used.
Specifically forward Fig. 2 B to now, show spire 220.As shown in the figure, spire 220 has radius r
f.Equally, the axle 230 of spire 220 has radius r
s.In order to promote being separated of liquid substance and solid matter further, such as, by increasing the mode to the pressure of solid matter, " tooth " 240 of spire 220 only extends a bit of distance from axle.Such as, in one embodiment, r
sshould be r
fat least about 50%.In an alternate embodiment, r
sshould be r
fat least about 65%, or should be r
fat least about 80%.Such as, in the embodiment of Fig. 2 B, r
sscope be from about 3 inches to about 4 inches, and r
fscope be from about 5 inches to about 7 inches.In order to promote to be separated further, tooth 240 can comprise the notch be positioned at wherein, such as, in tooth 240, extend the notch of about 0.25 inch to about 1 inch.
Specifically forward Fig. 2 C to 2D to now, show the cross section of housing 210.As shown in Figure 2 C, this part of housing 210 has U-lag cross section.Contrast therewith, as shown in Figure 2 D, this part of housing 210 has tubaeform groove cross section.But, also can use other cross sections.
Temporarily forward Fig. 2 E to, show the replacement shape of cross section for housing 210.In this embodiment, as shown in the figure, housing 210 can have annular cross section.In this embodiment, annular cross section can have scope from the radius of about 8 inches to about 10 inches, more in particular is the radius of about 9 inches.Due to the radius (r of spire
f) being less than the radius of the annular cross section of housing 210, solid matter pipeline will easily be formed, in this embodiment, r
fscope be from about 5 inches to about 7 inches.It should be noted that in certain embodiments, the center line with toroidal shell 210 coincides by the center line of spire.But in other embodiments, these center lines will not overlap.Such as, in a known embodiment, compare the upper face of housing 210, the center line of spire is by the lower surface closer to housing 210.In this embodiment, the distance between the lower surface of spire and housing 210 by be less than spire and housing 210 top surface between distance.
Forward Fig. 3 to now, show the alternative embodiment promoting helical conveyor 300.With shell radius r
hwith spire radius r
fbetween diversity factor formed contrast, the helical conveyor 300 of Fig. 3 comprises letdown tank 315, and this letdown tank extends along the lower surface of its housing 310.When solid matter is upwards advanced along helical conveyor 300, no matter letdown tank shape how, and letdown tank was all that multi-fluid provides the path returned along helical conveyor 300 downwards.Therefore, in this embodiment, housing 310 and spire 320 can have roughly similar global shape and radius, but additional letdown tank 315 facilitates being separated of solid matter and liquid substance.Thus when solid matter is upwards advanced along helical conveyor 300, the too much liquid substance squeezed out from solid matter is advanced downwards along letdown tank 315.
Now forward Fig. 4 to, show the alternative embodiment promoting helical conveyor 400.With housing radius r
hwith spire radius r
fbetween diversity factor form contrast, the helical conveyor 400 of Fig. 4 comprises housing 410, and housing 410 has Part I 413 and Part II 418 and surrounds spire 420.In this embodiment, Part I 413, between Part II 418 and spire 420, is bored a hole in addition on Part I 413, to promote being separated of solid matter and liquid substance.Thus the too much liquid substance squeezed out from solid matter leaves Part I 413 by perforation wherein, then returns downwards along helical conveyor 400 between the space separating Part I 413 and Part II 418.
Get back to Fig. 1, helical conveyor 150 comprises the door 160 being arranged on office bottom it.In this embodiment, door 160 is configured to allow solid matter to leave helical conveyor 150 when contrary operation helical conveyor.Such as, may there is some situation, wherein solid matter is stayed in shell 110, but wishes all solids material being emptied completely helical conveyor 150 li.In this case, helical conveyor 150 contrary operation can be made, thus all solids material of emptying helical conveyor 150 li.In this example, door 160 allows helical conveyor 150 oneself remove solid matter and can not apply unsuitable stress or moment of torsion to helical conveyor 150 and/or its motor.Therefore, when helical conveyor 150 reversed operation, door 160 can be opened, and any solid matter in helical conveyor 150 all will by effectively from wherein removing.In an illustrated embodiment, solid matter leaves the Part II 130 entering into shell 110.
Collection container 100 shown in Fig. 1 also comprises the gas buster (gasbuster) 170 between shell 100 and well.Gas buster 170 is as desired is configured to the energy relevant with liquid substance to the solid matter entered that dissipate.In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, gas buster 170 is connected to the upper part of shell 110, such as, near its back side.Collection container 100 in Fig. 1 also comprises the one or more wheels 180 being connected to shell 110.Wheel 180 is configured to allow collection container 100 to be rolled to another position from a position.Same, helical conveyor 150 can comprise one or more inspection hole 190, such as, with the inspection hole of hinged lid.
The collection container 100 of collection container such as Fig. 1 can be used to retrieve the backflow from well.In one embodiment, solid matter and liquid substance enter the Part I 120 of shell 110 at first by gas buster 170.When solid matter sinks to the bottom of Part I 120, liquid substance (such as water, salt and hydrocarbon) floats to top.When solid matter and liquid substance continue the Part I 120 filling shell 110, liquid substance begins through the Part II 130 that wherein designed opening 125 flows to shell 110.Once solid matter is close to the top of the Part I 120 at opening 125 place, Part I 120 just will be full of solid matter substantially, and the Part II 130 of shell 110 is by main receiving fluids material.
In certain embodiments, importantly, the revolutions per minute (rpm) in housing inside spin portion is enough low to remove solid matter from shell, allows from removing liquid substance fully here simultaneously.Thus directly compared with traditional helical conveyor system, the rpm of spire keeps low wittingly.Such as, in one embodiment, the rpm of spire is about 15 or less.In other embodiments, the rpm of 12 or less provides useful effect.In yet another embodiment, the rpm of 8 or less, the rpm more particularly between about 4 to 8, provide superior effect.
In this scheme, liquid substance can easily be removed from the Part I 120 of shell 110, and can not pollution solid material further.The solid matter leaving the top of helical conveyor 150 trends towards only having a little a little humidity.In addition can think, this solid matter did not need purification or finishing before being re-used or being introduced in environment.Therefore, save and purify or repair relevant expense.
Forward Fig. 5 to, show backflow gathering system 500 constructed in accordance.Backflow gathering system 500 comprises collection container 510.Collection container 510 is similar with collection container 100 shown and described above in a lot.Therefore, without the need to further describing.
Backflow gathering system 500 also comprises the collecting tank 520 being attached to helical conveyor 560.In the embodiment shown, collecting tank 520 is configured to vertical collecting tank.This structure may be used for helping separating solids and liquid substance from gas further.In one embodiment, collecting tank 520 comprises upper segment 523 and lower section 528.In this embodiment, lower section 528 comprises side opening 530, and upper segment comprises outlet opening 535.In this embodiment, side opening 530 is configured to receive the backflow from oil/gas well.Such as, side opening 530 can comprise and is configured to be attached to oil/gas well and the pipe received from the backflow of oil/gas well and flange.Side opening 530 can be arranged on each different height along collecting tank 520.If side opening 530 is arranged near the bottom of collecting tank 520, then the solid matter entering collecting tank 520 may block side opening 530.By contrast, if side opening 530 is arranged near the top of collecting tank 520, then the solid matter and the liquid substance that enter collecting tank 520 may be pushed out by from outlet opening 535.In an illustrated embodiment, outlet opening 535 is configured to the gas-pressurized received from the backflow from oil/gas well to discharge from collecting tank.Wherein special gas is a hydrogen sulfide, and it can be discharged and burn when leaving outlet opening 535.
In an illustrated embodiment, the lower section 528 of the contiguous collecting tank 520 of helical conveyor 560 connects.In this embodiment, helical conveyor 560 is configured to receive solid matter and liquid substance from the bottom opening 540 lower section 528 of collecting tank 520.When helical conveyor 560 promotes and starts, helical conveyor 560 is configured to remove solid and liquid substance at least partially from collecting tank 520, allow gas to stay in collecting tank 520 simultaneously, or alternately, permission gas leaves the outlet opening 535 in the upper end of the upper segment 523 of collecting tank 520.Helical conveyor can comprise hoist 565, such as electric lift, in order to raise and to reduce helical conveyor 560.
The diapire of the lower section 528 of collecting tank 520 can be tilt (such as tilting relative to vertical direction), leaves bottom opening 540 enter into helical conveyor 560 to assist solid matter.Such as, the diapire of lower section 528 can relative to vertical direction with at least about the angular slope of 45 degree.In an alternate embodiment, the diapire of lower section 528 can relative to vertical direction with at least about the angular slope of 70 degree.
Vibrating mechanism 550 could be attached at least one in collecting tank 520 or helical conveyor 560.Here used term " vibrating mechanism " covers and can vibrate to assist solid material to leave collecting tank 520 and any device entering helical conveyor 560 for collecting tank 520 provides.In this embodiment, vibrating mechanism 550 is configured to assist helical conveyor 560 to receive solid matter from the bottom opening 540 lower section 528 of collecting tank 520.In an illustrated embodiment, vibrating mechanism 550 is attached to the lower section 528 of collecting tank 520.But vibrating mechanism 550 also could be attached to helical conveyor 560.The vibrating mechanism 550 of any type, comprises pneumatic vibration mechanism and electric vibrating device, all falls within the scope of the invention.
Collecting tank 520 also comprises scuff panel 545, and this scuff panel is arranged on the side relative with side opening 530 of collecting tank 520.Scuff panel 545 is configured to the impact of the wearing and tearing/power receiving solid matter and liquid substance when solid matter and liquid substance enter collecting tank 520.Scuff panel 545 adds the supplementary features on typical collecting tank to.In one embodiment, scuff panel 545 is removable.Such as, can comprise the second side opening in collecting tank, the second side opening is directly relative with side opening 530.In this embodiment, scuff panel 545 can be attached to the second side opening.Thus, when needed, easily scuff panel can be changed.Collecting tank 520 can also comprise liquid level sight indicator 557 in addition.
Backflow gathering system 500 also comprises gas buster 570.In this embodiment, gas buster 570 is configured to reduce to leave oil/gas well and enters the solid of collecting tank 520 and the speed of liquid substance.In an illustrated embodiment, gas buster 570 is directly connected to the flange be connected with the side opening 530 of collecting tank 520.Also there are other embodiments, wherein, gas buster 570 is not directly connected to collecting tank 520, but arranges closer to oil/gas well.
Temporarily forward Fig. 6 to, show the enlarged drawing of the gas buster 570 of Fig. 5.In an illustrated embodiment, gas buster 570 comprises first section 610 and second section 620.In this embodiment, first section 610 comprises the first cross sectional area, and this first cross sectional area is less than the second cross sectional area of second section 620.The increase of the cross sectional area (such as along with it is close to collecting tank 520) of gas buster 570 is configured to reduce to leave oil/gas well and enters the solid of collecting tank 520 and the speed of liquid substance.Although gas buster 570 only comprises the cross section numerical value of two steps, also there are other embodiments, which use three steps or more step.
In an illustrated embodiment, gas buster 570 also comprises the first tubule 630, and described first tubule is surrounded by the second bassoon 640.In the embodiment shown, the first tubule 630 comprises the multiple openings 635 arranged along its length separation.In fact, in the embodiment in fig 6, opening 635 is along the interval around setting, length sequence ground of the first tubule 630.
Forward Fig. 5 to, in an illustrated embodiment, backflow gathering system 500 also comprises throttling manifold 580, and this throttling manifold is arranged between the side opening 530 of collecting tank 520 and oil/gas well.In this embodiment, throttling manifold 580 is configured to reduce to leave oil/gas well and enters the solid of collecting tank 520 and the volume of liquid substance.It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, various different throttling manifold 580 all can use and still fall within the scope of the invention.
In an illustrated embodiment, backflow gathering system 500 also comprises high pressure sand trap 590, and this high pressure sand trap is arranged between the side opening 530 of collecting tank 520 and oil/gas well.In this embodiment, high pressure sand trap 590 is configured to the part removing solid and liquid substance before the solid and liquid substance that leave oil/gas well enter collecting tank 520.It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, various different high pressure sand trap 590 all can use and still fall within the scope of the invention.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 5, collecting tank 520 and helical conveyor 560 are arranged on portable trailer 595.With further reference to the embodiment of Fig. 5, gas buster 570, throttling manifold 580 and high pressure sand trap 590 are also arranged on portable trailer 595.In an illustrated embodiment, each in collecting tank 520, helical conveyor 560, gas buster 570, throttling manifold 580 and high pressure sand trap 590 to be all formed on portable trailer from operational position transformation to transporting position.
Temporary transient with reference to Fig. 7, show the collecting tank 520, helical conveyor 560, gas buster 570, throttling manifold 580 and the high pressure sand trap 590 that are in transporting position.As shown in the figure, collecting tank 520, helical conveyor 560, gas buster 570, throttling manifold 580 and high pressure sand trap 590 can pivotables and from operational position transformation to transporting position.But, other mechanisms also can be used to help collecting tank 520, helical conveyor 560, gas buster 570, throttling manifold 580 and high pressure sand trap 590 from operational position transformation to transporting position.
The backflow gathering system of backflow gathering system such as Fig. 5-7 can be used to retrieve the backflow from well.The method passes through to utilize backflow gathering system from well collection solid and liquid substance.When solid and liquid substance and various gas enter collecting tank, can operate helical conveyor, to remove solid matter at least partially from collecting tank, the gas-pressurized of outlet opening is left in burning simultaneously.
Although inventions have been detailed description, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention can carry out various change, displacement and distortion at this and not depart from the scope and spirit of the widest form of the present invention.
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1. reflux a gathering system, comprising:
Collecting tank, described collecting tank has upper segment and lower section, described collecting tank has the outlet opening of the upper end of side opening and contiguous described upper segment, and described side opening is configured to receive backflow from oil/gas well, and described outlet opening is configured to gas-pressurized to discharge from described collecting tank; With
Helical conveyor, the lower section of the contiguous described collecting tank of described helical conveyor connects, described helical conveyor is configured to receive solid matter and liquid substance from the bottom opening the lower section of described collecting tank and remove solid matter and liquid substance at least partially when promoting from described collecting tank, described collecting tank is designed at fluid containment in wherein time, it plays the effect of liquid/gas sealing, is left by the bottom opening in the lower section of described collecting tank to prevent gas-pressurized.
2. backflow gathering system according to claim 1, the diapire of wherein said lower section tilts towards described bottom opening.
3. backflow gathering system according to claim 2, wherein said diapire relative to vertical direction with at least about the angular slope of 45 degree.
4. backflow gathering system according to claim 2, wherein said diapire relative to vertical direction with at least about the angular slope of 70 degree.
5. backflow gathering system according to claim 1, also involving vibrations mechanism, described vibrating mechanism is attached at least one in described collecting tank or described helical conveyor, and described vibrating mechanism is configured to assist described helical conveyor to receive solid matter from the bottom opening the lower section of described collecting tank.
6. backflow gathering system according to claim 5, wherein said vibrating mechanism is connected to the lower section of described collecting tank.
7. backflow gathering system according to claim 1, also comprises the removable scuff panel be positioned on the side relative with described side opening of described collecting tank.
8. backflow gathering system according to claim 1, also comprise the gas buster between the side opening and oil/gas well of described collecting tank, described gas buster is configured to reduce to leave oil/gas well and enters the solid matter of described collecting tank and the speed of liquid substance.
9. backflow gathering system according to claim 8, wherein said gas buster is directly connected to the flange be connected with the side opening of described collecting tank.
10. backflow gathering system according to claim 8, wherein along with described gas buster is close to described collecting tank, the cross sectional area of described gas buster steps to higher value from smaller value, and the increase of cross sectional area is configured to reduce to leave oil/gas well and enters the solid matter of described collecting tank and the speed of liquid substance.
11. backflow gathering systems according to claim 8, wherein said gas buster comprises: the first tubule, and described first tubule has the opening arranged along its length separation; With the second bassoon, described first tubule is surrounded in described second bassoon.
12. backflow gathering systems according to claim 1, also comprise throttling manifold, described throttling manifold is arranged between the side opening of described collecting tank and oil/gas well, and described throttling manifold configurations becomes to reduce leave oil/gas well and enter the solid matter of described collecting tank and the volume of liquid substance.
13. backflow gathering systems according to claim 1, also comprise high pressure sand trap, described high pressure sand trap is arranged between the side opening of described collecting tank and oil/gas well, and described high pressure sand trap is configured to the part removing solid matter before the solid matter leaving oil/gas well enters described collecting tank.
14. backflow gathering systems according to claim 1, wherein said collecting tank is vertical collecting tank.
15. backflow gathering systems according to claim 1, wherein said collecting tank and described helical conveyor are arranged on portable trailer.
16. backflow gathering systems according to claim 15, wherein said collecting tank and described helical conveyor are configured to be transformed into transporting position from operable position on portable trailer.
17. backflow gathering systems according to claim 16, wherein this collecting tank and helical conveyor are configured on movable trailer, to be pivoted to transporting position from operating position.
18. backflow gathering systems according to claim 1, also comprise collection container, described collection container comprises:
Shell, described Shell structure becomes collects solid matter and liquid substance from described helical conveyor; With
Promote helical conveyor, described lifting helical conveyor to extend in described shell and is configured to remove solid matter from described shell, wherein said lifting helical conveyor comprises housing and spire, described housing and spire be configured to solid matter along described lifting helical conveyor upwards advance and from described shell out time promote being separated of solid matter and liquid substance.
19. backflow gathering systems according to claim 18, wherein said housing has radius r
h, described spire has less radius r
f, wherein r
fbe less than r
habout 90%.
20. 1 kinds, for retrieving the method for the backflow from well, comprising:
In backflow gathering system, collect the solid matter from well and liquid substance, described backflow gathering system comprises:
Collecting tank, described collecting tank has upper segment and lower section, described collecting tank has the outlet opening of the upper end of side opening and contiguous described upper segment, and described side opening is configured to receive backflow from oil/gas well, and described outlet opening is configured to gas-pressurized to discharge from described collecting tank; With
Helical conveyor, the lower section of the contiguous described collecting tank of described helical conveyor connects, described helical conveyor is configured to receive solid matter and liquid substance from the bottom opening the lower section of described collecting tank and remove solid matter and liquid substance at least partially when promoting from described collecting tank, described collecting tank is designed at fluid containment in wherein time, it plays the effect of liquid/gas sealing, is left by the bottom opening in the lower section of described collecting tank to prevent gas-pressurized; And
Operation helical conveyor, to remove solid matter at least partially from described collecting tank, the gas-pressurized of described outlet opening is left in burning simultaneously.
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