A tracer proppant formulation device
By designing a mixing and homogenizing mechanism, the problem of uneven mixing of tracer ceramsite proppant was solved, achieving uniform dispersion of additives and convenient sampling, thus improving mixing efficiency and user operation convenience.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- 河南郑耐新材料有限公司
- Filing Date
- 2025-06-23
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-21
AI Technical Summary
In the prior art, the tracer ceramsite proppant is not easily dispersed during the mixing process, resulting in uneven mixing and making it difficult to sample and check the mixing effect.
A tracer ceramsite proppant preparation device was designed, including a mixing component and a uniform feeding mechanism. The additive is uniformly added by stirring with a stirring paddle and feeding plate, and the mixture is uniformly dispersed and conveniently sampled by a vibrating motor and a sampling cylinder.
It achieves uniform dispersion and rapid mixing of additives in ceramsite, improves mixing efficiency, and makes it convenient for users to check the degree of mixing.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of ceramic proppant processing technology, specifically a tracer ceramic proppant mixing device. Background Technology
[0002] Tracer ceramsite proppant is a special material used in hydraulic fracturing during oil and gas extraction. It combines the physical properties and tracer function of conventional ceramsite proppant, and is mainly used to monitor the morphology of fracturing fractures and the distribution of proppant. In the formulation and processing of tracer ceramsite proppant, tracer materials, sand-fixing materials and ceramsite need to be mixed. Currently, when mixing tracer materials, sand-fixing materials and ceramsite, they are generally put into a mixing tank and then the mixture is stirred by a paddle.
[0003] When adding tracer materials, sand-fixing materials, and other additives to ceramsite, the additives are not easily dispersed to different areas of the ceramsite during the addition process. If the additives are directly added to the mixing tank containing ceramsite, they are prone to accumulating in localized areas of the mixing tank. Subsequently, it is necessary to extend the mixing time of the paddle to fully mix the ceramsite and the additives. Furthermore, when mixing ceramsite and additives, most mixing and blending devices do not make it convenient for users to take out a small sample of the mixture for inspection, which is not conducive to users understanding whether the ceramsite and additives have been fully mixed. Utility Model Content
[0004] The purpose of this invention is to provide a tracer ceramsite proppant preparation device to solve the problems mentioned in the background art.
[0005] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model provides the following technical solution:
[0006] A tracer ceramsite proppant preparation device, comprising:
[0007] Multiple support columns;
[0008] A mixing tank is fixed to multiple support columns. A sealing plate is installed at the bottom of the mixing tank, and a sampling cylinder is rotatably connected inside the sealing plate.
[0009] A mixing component is arranged inside a mixing tank for mixing ceramsite and additives. The mixing component includes a crossbeam fixed to a support column. One end of the crossbeam is rotatably connected to a shaft, and multiple stirring paddles are fixed to the outside of the shaft.
[0010] The feeding tray is fixed to two support columns. The bottom surface of the feeding tray has multiple feeding holes, and the bottom surface of the feeding tray is rotatably attached to a circular plate.
[0011] A material spreading mechanism is arranged above the feeding tray and is used to spread the added material in the feeding tray. The material spreading mechanism includes a crossbeam two fixed to the mixing tank. One end of the crossbeam two is rotatably connected to a connecting shaft, and multiple material spreading plates are fixed to the outside of the connecting shaft.
[0012] Furthermore, the mixing component also includes a motor fixedly connected to the support column, and a synchronous pulley is fixed to both the output end of the motor and the bottom end of the shaft, and a synchronous belt is drivingly connected between the two synchronous pulleys.
[0013] Furthermore, a vibration motor is fixedly installed on the outside of the feeding tray, and the diameter of the feeding tray is smaller than the opening diameter of the mixing tank.
[0014] Furthermore, the uniform feeding mechanism further includes:
[0015] Motor 2, one output end of motor 2 and the connecting shaft are both fixed with synchronous pulley 1, and synchronous belt 2 is connected between the two synchronous pulleys 1 for transmission, and the other output end of motor 2 can drive the circular plate to rotate;
[0016] The C-shaped column is fixedly connected to the mixing tank, and both the second motor and the second crossbeam are fixedly connected to the C-shaped column.
[0017] Furthermore, a connecting seat is fixed to the outer side of the circular plate, and the connecting seat is rotatably connected to the opening of the mixing tank.
[0018] Furthermore, one end of the sealing plate is provided with a slot for engaging with the crossbeam, and the interior of the sealing plate is provided with a chamber for the sampling cylinder to rotate.
[0019] Furthermore, the sampling tube is sealed at both ends, a rectangular hole is provided on the outer side of the sampling tube, and a sealing plate penetrates the top of the chamber.
[0020] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of this utility model are:
[0021] The ceramsite is pre-loaded into the mixing tank through the feed hopper. Then, the tracer material, sand-fixing material, and other additives are added into the feeding tray. The motor drives the connecting shaft to rotate multiple material-pushing plates, making the surface of the additives inside the feeding tray level. This ensures that the additives are evenly distributed inside the feeding tray. By manually turning the circular plate, it rotates away from the feeding tray. The vibrating motor causes the feeding tray to vibrate, allowing the additives in the feeding tray to be fed into the mixing tank from all directions over a large area. This ensures that the additives are dispersed to different areas of the ceramsite during the feeding process. At the same time, multiple stirring paddles on the mixing components stir and mix the ceramsite and additives, which helps to fully mix the ceramsite and additives and improves the efficiency of the formulation and mixing of the tracer ceramsite support.
[0022] A sampling cylinder is rotatably connected inside the sealing plate at the bottom opening of the mixing tank. In the initial state, the rectangular hole side of the sampling cylinder can be oriented towards the ground to prevent material from leaking into the sampling cylinder when the mixing tank is mixing ceramsite and additives. After the mixing tank has been operating for a period of time, the sampling cylinder can be manually rotated so that the rectangular hole side faces the inside of the mixing tank, allowing a small amount of the mixture to fall into the sampling cylinder. Then, the sampling cylinder can be rotated again so that the rectangular hole side faces the ground, making it easy to pour out the sample mixture inside the sampling cylinder. By observing the mixing composition of ceramsite and additives in the mixture, users can understand the degree of mixing between the ceramsite and additives. Attached Figure Description
[0023] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of this utility model. Figure 1 ;
[0024] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of this utility model. Figure 2 ;
[0025] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the mixing tank in this utility model;
[0026] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the mixing component structure in this utility model;
[0027] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the material leveling mechanism in this utility model.
[0028] In the diagram: 100, support column; 110, bolt; 200, mixing tank; 210, sealing plate; 211, sampling cylinder; 2111, rectangular hole; 220, hopper; 300, mixing component; 310, crossbeam one; 320, shaft; 321, blade; 330, motor one; 340, synchronous belt one; 400, feeding tray; 410, circular plate; 411, connecting seat; 420, vibrating motor; 500, material leveling mechanism; 510, crossbeam two; 520, connecting shaft; 521, material feeding plate; 530, motor two; 540, C-shaped column; 550, synchronous belt two. Detailed Implementation
[0029] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present utility model.
[0030] Example 1, please refer to Figure 1 - Figure 5In this embodiment of the present invention, a tracer ceramsite proppant preparation device includes multiple support columns 100, a mixing tank 200 fixedly connected between the multiple support columns 100, a sealing plate 210 detachably installed and fixed at the bottom of the mixing tank 200, a sampling cylinder 211 rotatably connected inside the sealing plate 210, and a stirring and mixing component 300 provided inside the mixing tank 200. The stirring and mixing component 300 includes a crossbeam 310 fixedly connected to the support columns 100, and a shaft 320 rotatably connected to one end of the crossbeam 310. Multiple stirring paddles are fixed on the outside of the mixing tank 20. A feeding plate 400 is fixedly connected between the tops of the two support columns 100. Multiple feeding holes are evenly opened on the bottom surface of the feeding plate 400. A circular plate 410 is rotatably attached to the bottom surface of the feeding plate 400. A material leveling mechanism 500 is arranged above the feeding plate 400. The material leveling mechanism 500 includes a crossbeam 510 fixedly connected to the mixing tank 200. A connecting shaft 520 is rotatably connected to one end of the crossbeam 510. Multiple material feeding plates 521 are evenly fixedly connected to the outside of the connecting shaft 520.
[0031] Specifically, by arranging a feeding tray 400 at the open end of the traditional mixing tank 200, the additives can be fed into the feeding tray 400. The uniform feeding mechanism 500 makes the additives in the feeding tray 400 evenly spread. Then, the circular plate 410 on the bottom surface of the feeding tray 400 is removed, allowing the feeding tray 400 to disperse the additives over a large area into the mixing tank 200 through multiple discharge holes on its bottom surface. This effectively prevents the additives from accumulating in local areas inside the mixing tank 200 due to direct feeding. At the same time, the mixing and stirring component 300 stirs and mixes the ceramsite and the additives, which is conducive to thorough mixing of the ceramsite and the additives. After the mixing tank 200 has been working for a period of time, the sampling cylinder 211 can be rotated to collect a small amount of the mixed ceramsite and additives. By checking the composition of the mixture inside the sampling cylinder 211, users can easily understand whether the ceramsite and the additives have been completely mixed.
[0032] like Figure 3 and Figure 4 As shown, in this embodiment, the mixing component 300 also includes a motor 330 fixedly connected to the support column 100. The output end of the motor 330 and the bottom end of the shaft 320 are both fixedly connected to a synchronous pulley. A synchronous belt 340 is connected between the two synchronous pulleys. The inside of the crossbeam 310 is provided with a receiving cavity for the synchronous belt 340 and the synchronous pulleys to drive each other.
[0033] In this embodiment, motor 330 drives synchronous pulley 1 at its output end to rotate. Synchronous pulley 1 drives another synchronous pulley to rotate via synchronous belt 340, thereby causing shaft 320 to drive the blades 321 on multiple stirring paddles to rotate, so that the blades 321 can stir and mix the ceramsite and additives inside the mixing tank 200.
[0034] like Figure 2 As shown, in this embodiment, a vibration motor 420 is fixedly installed on the outside of the feeding tray 400. The operation of the vibration motor 420 causes the feeding tray 400 to vibrate, which helps the additives in the feeding tray 400 fall into the mixing tank 200. The diameter of the feeding tray 400 is smaller than the opening diameter of the mixing tank 200, which helps the additives falling from the feeding tray 400 fall into the mixing tank 200.
[0035] In this embodiment, a hopper 220 is fixedly connected to the outside of the mixing tank 200, and the hopper 220 facilitates the addition of materials such as ceramsite into the mixing tank 200.
[0036] like Figure 1 and Figure 5 As shown, in this embodiment, the material leveling mechanism 500 also includes a C-shaped column 540 fixedly connected to the mixing tank 200. A second motor 530 is fixedly connected to the inner side of the C-shaped column 540. One output end of the second motor 530 and the connecting shaft 520 are both fixed with a first synchronous pulley. A second synchronous belt 550 is connected between the two first synchronous pulleys. A receiving cavity for accommodating the second synchronous pulley and the second synchronous belt 550 is opened inside the second crossbeam 510.
[0037] In this embodiment, motor 2 530 drives synchronous pulley 2 at its output end to rotate. Under the transmission action of synchronous belt 2 550, another synchronous pulley 2 drives connecting shaft 520 to rotate. Connecting shaft 520 drives multiple material-pulling plates 521 to push the additive in feeding disc 400, so that the additive can be spread evenly in feeding disc 400. There is a certain gap between the bottom surface of material-pulling plate 521 and feeding disc 400, and the height of the gap is the thickness of the spread additive.
[0038] In this embodiment, the two crossbeams 510 are all fixedly connected to the U-shaped column 540, thereby using the U-shaped column 540 to install and fix the entire material leveling mechanism 500 above the feeding plate 400.
[0039] like Figure 1 As shown, in this embodiment, a connecting seat 411 is fixed to the outer side of the circular plate 410, and the connecting seat 411 is rotatably connected to the opening of the mixing tank 200, as shown in the figure. Figure 3 The circular plate 410 can be rotated open to open the multiple discharge holes on the feeding plate 400, making it convenient for the feeding plate 400 to feed materials into the mixing tank 200.
[0040] like Figure 3 As shown, in this embodiment, one end of the sealing plate 210 has a slot for engaging with the crossbeam 310. In the initial state, referring to... Figure 2The sealing plate 210 is snapped onto the outside of the crossbeam 310. Then, the support column 100 is screwed and fixed to the sealing plate 210 using bolts 110, so that the sealing plate 210 seals the bottom of the mixing tank 200. When it is necessary to release the mixed material inside the mixing tank 200, simply remove the bolts 110 and pull the sealing plate 210 outward to allow the mixed material inside the mixing tank 200 to flow out. When pulling the sealing plate 210, the sampling tube 211 can be held in hand, at which time the sampling tube 211 acts as a handle.
[0041] like Figure 3 As shown, in this embodiment, the sealing plate 210 has a chamber inside for the sampling cylinder 211 to rotate. The two ends of the sampling cylinder 211 are sealed, and a rectangular hole 2111 is provided on the outer side of the sampling cylinder 211. The top of the chamber passes through the sealing plate 210. When the rectangular hole 2111 of the sampling cylinder 211 faces the inside of the mixing tank 200, the mixture inside the mixing tank 200 can fall into the sampling cylinder 211 through the rectangular hole 2111.
[0042] like Figure 2 As shown, in this embodiment, an arc-shaped plate is fixed between the bottoms of multiple support columns 100. The arc-shaped plate can be installed and fixed to the ground by external expansion bolts. The top of one of the support columns 100 is not fixed to the feeding plate 400, so that the circular plate 410 will not interfere with the support column 100 when it rotates out. The height of the hopper 220 is lower than the height of the circular plate 410 to prevent the circular plate 410 from rotating out and interfering with the hopper 220.
[0043] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that this invention is not limited to the details of the exemplary embodiments described above, and that it can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of this invention. Therefore, the embodiments should be considered illustrative and non-limiting in all respects, and the scope of this invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description. Thus, it is intended that all variations falling within the meaning and scope of equivalents of the claims be included within this invention. No reference numerals in the claims should be construed as limiting the scope of the claims.
[0044] Furthermore, it should be understood that although this specification describes embodiments, not every embodiment contains only one independent technical solution. This narrative style is merely for clarity. Those skilled in the art should consider the specification as a whole, and the technical solutions in each embodiment can also be appropriately combined to form other embodiments that can be understood by those skilled in the art.
Claims
1. A tracer ceramsite proppant preparation device, characterized in that, include: Multiple support columns (100); A mixing tank (200) is fixed to multiple support columns (100). A sealing plate (210) is installed at the bottom of the mixing tank (200). A sampling cylinder (211) is rotatably connected inside the sealing plate (210). A mixing component (300) is arranged inside a mixing tank (200) for mixing ceramsite and additives. The mixing component (300) includes a crossbeam (310) fixed to a support column (100). One end of the crossbeam (310) is rotatably connected to a shaft (320). Multiple stirring paddles are fixed to the outside of the shaft (320). The feeding tray (400) is fixed to two support columns (100). The bottom surface of the feeding tray (400) has multiple feeding holes, and the bottom surface of the feeding tray (400) is rotated to be attached to a circular plate (410). The material leveling mechanism (500) is arranged above the feeding tray (400) and is used to spread the added material in the feeding tray. The material leveling mechanism (500) includes a crossbeam two (510) fixed to the mixing tank (200). One end of the crossbeam two (510) is rotatably connected to a connecting shaft (520). Multiple material feeding plates (521) are fixed on the outside of the connecting shaft (520).
2. The tracer ceramsite proppant mixing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The mixing component (300) also includes a motor (330) fixedly connected to the support column (100). The output end of the motor (330) and the bottom end of the shaft (320) are both fixed with a synchronous pulley. A synchronous belt (340) is connected between the two synchronous pulleys.
3. The tracer ceramsite proppant mixing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, A vibration motor (420) is fixed on the outside of the feeding tray (400), and the diameter of the feeding tray (400) is smaller than the opening diameter of the mixing tank (200).
4. The tracer ceramsite proppant mixing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The material leveling mechanism (500) also includes: Motor 2 (530), one output end of motor 2 (530) and the connecting shaft (520) are both fixed with synchronous pulley 1, and synchronous belt 2 (550) is connected between the two synchronous pulleys 1. The other output end of motor 2 (530) can drive the circular plate (410) to rotate. The C-shaped column (540) is fixedly connected to the mixing tank (200), and the second motor (530) and the second beam (510) are both fixedly connected to the C-shaped column (540).
5. The tracer ceramsite proppant mixing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, A connecting seat (411) is fixed to the outside of the circular plate (410), and the connecting seat (411) is rotatably connected to the opening of the mixing tank (200).
6. The tracer ceramsite proppant mixing device according to claim 1, characterized in that, One end of the sealing plate (210) is provided with a slot for engaging with the crossbeam (310), and the inside of the sealing plate (210) is provided with a chamber for the sampling cylinder (211) to rotate.
7. The tracer ceramsite proppant mixing device according to claim 6, characterized in that, The sampling tube (211) is sealed at both ends, and a rectangular hole (2111) is provided on the outside of the sampling tube. The top of the chamber is penetrated by a sealing plate (210).