US 12,392,205 B2
Automatically detecting a key parameter affecting pump components
Stanley Vernon Stephenson, Duncan, OK (US); Harold Grayson Walters, Houston, TX (US); Shahab Jamali Ghare Tape, Houston, TX (US); and Joseph A. Beisel, Duncan, OK (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/409,574.
Prior Publication US 2025/0223880 A1, Jul. 10, 2025
Int. Cl. E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); F04B 15/02 (2006.01); F04B 49/06 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 21/08 (2013.01) [F04B 49/065 (2013.01); E21B 43/2607 (2020.05); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05); F04B 15/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of evaluating pump components of a frack pump for manufacturing thereof, comprising:
comparing a flow type history of the frack pump to at least one pump model, wherein the flow type history is automatically determined and is based on a proppant concentration of frack fluid pumped by the frack pump and the at least one pump model is a life model for one or more components of the frack pump;
evaluating a condition of at least one of the one or more components of the frack pump based on the comparing;
determining a remaining life of the at least one of the one or more components of the frack pump based on the evaluating;
identifying, based on the comparing, at least one manufacturing parameter of the frack pump affecting the remaining life of the one or more components; and
changing the manufacturing of the frack pump using the at least one identified manufacturing parameter.