US 11,724,217 B2
Fluid and solid material separator
Richard Bingham, Katy, TX (US)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 16/479,818
Filed by M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 23, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/014760
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 22, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/136908, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/449,385, filed on Jan. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0291086 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. B01D 33/048 (2006.01); B01D 33/056 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 33/048 (2013.01) [B01D 33/056 (2013.01); B01D 2201/204 (2013.01); E21B 21/065 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a materials separator having a frame, an inlet, and an outlet, the materials separator comprising:
a continuous filter belt disposed around a plurality of rollers;
a continuous carrier belt disposed underneath the continuous filter belt, wherein at least some of the plurality of rollers separate the filter belt from the carrier belt;
a motor operatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of rollers; and
a pressure differential system operatively coupled to the separator and configured to adjust a pressure differential across the continuous filter belt.