US 12,467,324 B2
Process heater anti-settling systems and methods
Mathew Dennis Rowe, Spring, TX (US); Shaun Patrick Lawrence, Houston, TX (US); and Michael S. Bittar, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,195.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/212,385, filed on Jun. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0403708 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 21/06 (2006.01); E21B 21/10 (2006.01); E21B 36/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 21/065 (2013.01) [E21B 21/063 (2013.01); E21B 21/067 (2013.01); E21B 21/106 (2013.01); E21B 36/00 (2013.01); E21B 36/006 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of removing particle settlement from a heater system, comprising:
introducing a fluid into a first heater of the heater system;
actuating a first air agitation unit to generate a volume of compressed air and discharge the volume of compressed air into the first heater to provide mixing and suspension to particles settled within the first heater through the velocity and expansion of the compressed air to atmospheric pressure;
discharging from the first heater a discharged mixture comprising the fluid and the particles from the first heater; and
directing the discharged mixture to a return point in a flow path.