US 12,258,229 B2
Apparatus and system for well site sand storage and handling
Jacob Michael Roemen, Brookshire, TX (US)
Assigned to Wet Sand Solutions, LLC, Brookshire, TX (US)
Filed by Wet Sand Solutions, LLC, Brookshire, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/301,097.
Prior Publication US 2024/0343507 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 65/42 (2006.01); B62D 33/02 (2006.01); B65D 88/00 (2006.01); B65D 88/54 (2006.01); B65G 11/18 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 65/42 (2013.01) [B65D 88/005 (2013.01); B65D 88/542 (2013.01); B62D 33/02 (2013.01); B65G 11/186 (2013.01); B65G 2201/045 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
positioning a plurality of portable tunnel structures in a side-by-side configuration, wherein each portable tunnel structure includes a hopper having a rectangular storage area, and wherein the side-by-side configuration of the plurality of portable tunnel structures forms a collective storage area that is the sum of the first rectangular storage areas of each portable tunnel structure;
loading the plurality of portable tunnel structures with sand by dropping sand near a central point of the collective storage area until the sand forms a pile that extends across the plurality of portable tunnel structures; and
withdrawing sand through any of the portable tunnel structures by opening a gate that empties onto a conveyor that extends from a location below the gate within the tunnel to a delivery location outside the tunnel.