Integrated Fuel, Power, and Comms Cable Assembly for Fracturing Units
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing systems for setting up and tearing down hydraulic fracturing operations require significant time, cost, and skilled personnel due to the complexity of providing fuel delivery lines, communications links, and electric power to numerous components.
Innovation Solution
The proposed system includes a fuel line connection assembly that facilitates flow communication between a fuel source and gas turbine engines, along with a communications cable assembly and power cable assembly, to efficiently supply fuel, enable communications, and convey electric power to hydraulic fracturing units.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional separate component assembly methods are used for hydraulic fracturing operations, then fuel delivery lines, communications links, and electric power can be provided to components, but the setup and teardown process requires significant time, cost, and skilled personnel
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines fuel delivery lines, communications cables, and power cables into an integrated assembly that moves together as a single unit. This merging of previously separate components eliminates the need for individual connection and disconnection operations, directly reducing setup and teardown time while maintaining manageable system complexity through standardized integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated assembly serves multiple functions simultaneously: delivering fuel, providing communications connectivity, and supplying electrical power. This multi-functionality allows a single assembly operation to accomplish what previously required multiple separate operations, improving productivity without proportionally increasing device complexity.
2Ease of operation
If numerous separate components are used for fuel delivery, communications, and power supply, then comprehensive coverage is achieved, but the number of skilled personnel and tools required increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
By merging fuel lines, communications cables, and power cables into a single integrated assembly, the number of discrete components that must be individually handled is reduced. This makes the operation simpler and more manageable, requiring fewer skilled personnel and tools while still providing comprehensive coverage for all necessary functions.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional assembly and disassembly processes are used, then components can be transported and reconfigured for different operations, but substantial time and cost are involved
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated assembly maintains adaptability by being transportable and reconfigurable as a single unit or in standardized modules. Different configurations can be achieved by connecting multiple assemblies together, preserving versatility while dramatically reducing the time required for setup and teardown compared to handling numerous separate components.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of system and methods for supplying fuel, enabling communications, and conveying electric power associated with operation of a hydraulic fracturing unit of a plurality of hydraulic fracturing units are disclosed and may include a fuel line connection assembly configured to be connected to the first hydraulic fracturing unit and to supply fuel from a fuel source to a gas turbine engine connected to the hydraulic fracturing unit. A system also may include a communications cable assembly configured to be connected to the hydraulic fracturing unit and to enable data communications between the hydraulic fracturing unit and a data center or another hydraulic fracturing unit. A system further may include a power cable assembly configured to be connected to the hydraulic fracturing unit and to convey electric power between the hydraulic fracturing unit and a remote electrical power source or the plurality of hydraulic fracturing units.