Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting – deodorizing – preser – Chemical reactor – Organic polymerization
Patent
1993-01-05
1995-01-17
Warden, Robert J.
Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preser
Chemical reactor
Organic polymerization
422135, 366 65, 366 66, 366165, 366181, 366182, C08F 200, B28C 508, B01F 1502
Patent
active
053824113
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method of hydrating a particulated polymer and producing a well treatment gel includes a mixer for spraying the polymer with water at a substantially constant water velocity and at a substantially constant water spray pattern at all flow rates of the water. A centrifugal diffuser is connected to the mixer for receiving the mixture, centrifugally diffusing the motive energy of the mixture, and hydrating the mixture into a gel. A centrifugal separator and constant velocity jet pump may be connected between the mixer and the centrifugal diffuser. A dilution valve is connected to the discharge of the centrifugal diffuser for mixing water with the gel at a substantially constant mixing energy at all flow rates of the gel and producing a diluted gel. A viscometer may be connected to the discharge of the dilution valve for measuring the viscosity of the diluted gel and regulating the flow of gel from the centrifugal diffuser to the dilution valve in order to control the viscosity of the diluted gel.
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Christian Stephen R.
Halliburton Company
Kim Christopher Y.
Warden Robert J.
Watson Larry R.
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