Apparatus and method for conveying drill cuttings

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B - Operations, Transporting

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B65G 53/66 (2006.01) B65G 53/08 (2006.01) B65G 67/60 (2006.01) E21B 21/06 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2622889

An apparatus and method for conveying drill cuttings, the 5 apparatus comprising a vessel (1103) for receiving drill cuttings to be conveyed, a metering screw (1107) and a discharge line (1014), the metering screw (1107) for moving the drill cuttings from the vessel (1103) into said discharge line (1014), and at least one gas inlet 10 (1109) for providing positive pressure to facilitate movement of the material through the discharge line (1014) characterised in that the apparatus further comprises a pressure sensor (1109c) for sensing pressure in the discharge line (1014), and control apparatus (PD) 15 for automatically controlling the metering screw (1107) in response to a pressure sensed by the pressure sensor apparatus.

La présente invention concerne un appareil et un procédé destinés à transporter des déblais de forages, l~appareil comprenant un récipient (1103) pour recevoir des déblais de forages destinés à être transportés, une vis de dosage (1107) et une conduite d~évacuation (1014), la vis de dosage (1107) pour déplacer les déblais de forages à partir du récipient (1103) dans ladite conduite d~évacuation (1014), et au moins une entrée de gaz (1109) pour fournir une pression positive pour faciliter le mouvement du matériau à travers la conduite d~évacuation (1014), caractérisée en ce que l~appareil comprend en outre un capteur de pression (1109c) pour détecter la pression dans la conduite d~évacuation (1014), et un appareil de commande (PD) pour commander automatiquement la vis de dosage (1107) en réponse à une pression détectée par l~appareil capteur de pression.

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