US 11,834,948 B2
Device to evaluate hydraulic fracturing diversion material behavior and performance
Fakuen Frank Chang, Houston, TX (US); Wenwen Li, Pearland, TX (US); and Nam Mai, Richmond, TX (US)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/644,883.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/135,137, filed on Jan. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0220847 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 11/04 (2006.01); G01N 15/08 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/12 (2006.01); E21B 34/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 49/008 (2013.01) [E21B 34/08 (2013.01); E21B 43/12 (2013.01); E21B 43/261 (2013.01); E21B 49/08 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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16. A system to test diverting agents, comprising:
a chamber configured for a fluid flow comprising at least one plate extending therethrough from a first opening to a second opening, thereby defining a length of a fluid channel, the at least one plate fitted within the chamber and configured to move transverse to the fluid flow, thereby changing a width of the fluid channel; and
at least one accumulator, wherein the accumulator comprises an internal floating piston and a rod, the rod connected to the internal floating piston and the at least one plate configured to move transverse to the fluid flow.