US 12,440,815 B2
Simultaneous metered bulk delivery from two or more bulk storage containers into a mixed storage vessel
Bryan C. Lucas, Duncan, OK (US); Ernst Rudolf Man Schnell, Houston, TX (US); Elizabeth Wells, Carrollton, TX (US); Craig Allen Sneed, Duncan, OK (US); and Nebojsa Knezevik, Fort Lupton, CO (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/107,145.
Prior Publication US 2024/0261747 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B01F 35/22 (2022.01); B01F 23/60 (2022.01); B01F 25/10 (2022.01); B01F 33/502 (2022.01); B01F 33/84 (2022.01); B01F 35/21 (2022.01); B01F 35/221 (2022.01); B01F 35/71 (2022.01); B01F 101/49 (2022.01)
CPC B01F 35/2202 (2022.01) [B01F 23/69 (2022.01); B01F 25/10 (2022.01); B01F 33/5023 (2022.01); B01F 33/844 (2022.01); B01F 35/2117 (2022.01); B01F 35/2218 (2022.01); B01F 35/714 (2022.01); B01F 2101/49 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dry good dispensing system, comprising:
a first bulk storage container for holding a first bulk dry flowable material therein, the first bulk storage container including:
a first vessel having a first outlet disposed proximate a first bottom surface thereof;
a first load cell base coupled with the first vessel, the first load cell base including at least one first load cell configured to measure a first load in the first vessel reflective of a first weight of the first bulk dry flowable material being discharged from the first vessel; and
a first dispensing assembly coupled with the first outlet, the first dispensing assembly configured to controlled dispense the first amount of the first bulk dry flowable material being discharged from the first vessel;
a second bulk storage container for holding a second bulk dry flowable material therein, the second bulk storage container including:
a second vessel having a second outlet disposed proximate a second bottom surface thereof;
a second load cell base coupled with the second vessel, the second load cell base including at least one second load cell configured to measure a second load in the second vessel reflective of a second weight of the second bulk dry flowable material contained in the second vessel; and
a second dispensing assembly coupled with the second outlet, the second dispensing assembly configured to controlled dispense the second amount of the second bulk dry flowable material being discharged from the second vessel;
a mixed storage vessel coupled to the first outlet via the first dispensing assembly and the second outlet via the second dispensing assembly; and
a controller in communication with the first dispensing assembly and the second dispensing assembly, the controller programmed to cause the first dispensing assembly to discharge and meter the first amount of the first dry flowable material to the mixed storage vessel and cause the second dispensing assembly to discharge and meter the second amount of the second dry flowable material to the mixed storage vessel over a comparable time period based upon weight based readings the controller receives from the first and second load cells.