3901 results about "Silo" patented technology

A system and method are disclosed for centralized monitoring and control of a hydraulic fracturing operation. The system includes an electric powered fracturing fleet and a centralized control unit coupled to the electric powered fracturing fleet. The electric powered fracturing fleet can include a combination of one or more of: electric powered pumps, turbine generators, blenders, sand silos, chemical storage units, conveyor belts, manifold trailers, hydration units, variable frequency drives, switchgear, transformers, and compressors. The centralized control unit can be configured to monitor and / or control one or more operating characteristics of the electric powered fracturing fleet.

The silo includes at least three hoppers terminating in rectilinear discharge openings extending lengthwise transversely of a loading area below the discharge openings. Clam gates are movable between open and closed positions to discharge material. The discharge area at the bottom of the silo is increased, facilitating faster loading of trucks with the particulate material.

A hard rock hobbing cutter rock breaking characteristic testing device used in the field of tunnel engineering is provided. A rock silo supporting seat is positioned on a guide rail pair and realizes longitudinal motion by a longitudinal-moving hydraulic cylinder; a rock silo is positioned on the rock silo supporting seat and realizes lateral movement by lateral moving hydraulic cylindersfixed on the rock silo supporting seat; rock samples are positioned inside the rock silo. Two columns are vertically arranged at both sides of the rock silo, top ends of the columns are connected by a beam and thus a gantry structure is formed. A vertical hydraulic cylinder is fixed on the beam, and the lower part of the vertical hydraulic cylinder is connected with a walking beam. Under the walking beam, a hobbing cutter is installed to simulate the process of hobbing cutter rock breaking, or a similar hobbing cutter wearing module is installed to simulate the process of similar hobbing cutter wearing. An industrial computer, a data acquisition card, a three-axis force sensor, an acoustic emission device and a high-speed digital camera system are used to monitor the processes of hobbing cutter rock breaking and wearing. The device is capable of simulating the process of rolling-type rock breaking of the hobbing cutter, the process of rolling and impact-combined type rock breaking of the hobbing cutter and the process of similar hobbing cutter wearing.

The present invention is directed to novel transportable silo systems for storage of materials. The invention relates to self-erecting silo storage systems for use in the oil and natural gas mining and drilling industries. The silo storage systems of embodiments of the instant invention are uniquely designed to improve storage capabilities and mobility while at the same time reducing space requirements at well sites.

A process for continuously extracting oil from a solid or liquid oil-bearing material comprises (a) removing air from the extraction system, (b) introducing an inert gas into the extraction system at a pressure sufficient to maintain a normally gaseous solvent in liquid state, (c) introducing an oil-bearing material into a silo, (d) passing the oil-bearing material from the to a jet pump mixing device, (e) introducing a liquified normally gaseous solvent into the jet pump mixing device, (f) mixing the oil-bearing material and the solvent in the jet pump mixing device for a time sufficient to permit complete wetting of oil-bearing material by the solvent to form a mixture, (g) heating the mixture to near supercritical conditions; (h) passing the mixture through an extractor having a screw conveyor adapted to rotate at a first rpm range and a centrifugal drum adapted to rotate at a second rpm range, (i) treating the mixture within the extractor in such a manner that supercritical temperature and pressure are attained, wherein treating the mixture includes a combination of increasing the rpms of the centrifugal drum, increasing the temperature inside the extractor and increasing the inert gas pressure inside the extractor, (j) extracting oil from the mixture by pressure diffusion provided by the combination of increased rpms, increased temperatures and increased inert gas pressures at supercritical conditions, (j) removing liquids extracted from the mixture through a liquids exit port, and (k) removing solids extracted from the mixture through a solids exit port.

The invention discloses a powder spreading device for rapid forming equipment. The device mainly comprises a quantitative powder conveying device, a movable silo, a movable arm, a movable frame and the like. The quantitative powder conveying device is used for supplying powder to the movable silo. Whether the powder falls down or not is controlled through a rotating sheet. According to the section of parts, the movable silo does regular translational motion within a working plane under the drive of the movable arm and the movable frame, and a scraper on the silo can realize dynamic powder spreading. By combining the movable arm and the movable silo with the movable frame, defining the powder within the area of the parts and adjusting the magnitude and the position of spread powder according to the change of the section of the parts, not only can the amount of the used powder is greatly saved, but also the powder spreading speed is high; and the structural design of the powder spreading device is simple, the powder spreading device is convenient to disassemble and assemble, the realization is easy, the cost is lower and the powder spreading device has an important application value to the improvement of the overall technical level of a powder bed quick forming technology.

A method and system fulfills ad requests for delivery of ads to mobile clients in a mobile network. Ad data silos for ad requesters are maintained. The ad data silos are organized according to selected characteristics of the mobile clients of the ad requesters. In response to an incoming request for delivery of an ad, an attempt to fill the incoming request includes at least one of (1) retrieving an ad from a corresponding ad data silo to fulfill the incoming request, and (2) retrieving an ad according to a first priority policy from ad source among the plurality of ad sources to fulfill the incoming request. Also, in response to the incoming request, or other signals that may indicate current activity by the ad requester, an ad is retrieved according to a second priority policy for filling the corresponding ad data silo.

Compact and transportable equipment that can be used for fracturing operations on gas or oil fields, includes, successively, a silo for storing polymer in powder form, a feed hopper of a polymer metering device, a device for metering out the powder polymer, a device for dispersing and grinding the polymer, and at least two volumetric pumps enabling the injection and metering of the polymer solution obtained in the mixer used for supplying at least one high-pressure fracturing pump.

The invention relates to a combined coal powder storage and supply system which comprises a coal powder storage tank, a weighing coal powder supply silo, a pulse-free coal powder supply device and a support; the coal powder storage tank is vertically arranged at the top of the support, the weighing coal powder supply silo is vertically arranged on the support below the coal powder storage tank, the pulse-free coal powder supply device is arranged below a discharging opening of the weighing coal powder supply silo, and a flexible connector in the center at the top of a sealing head of the weighing coal powder supply silo is connected with a discharging opening of the coal powder storage tank through a rotary valve; and a fluidization component is arranged on the outer wall of a conical hopper of the coal powder storage tank, and a coal powder anti-arching stirring device is arranged on a hopper of the weighing coal powder supply silo. The invention has compact structure, reasonable layout, automatic feeding and stable supply and can solve the problems frequently existing in the ordinary coal storage silo and the supply silo of birdnesting, bridging, rat hole, channeling, wall build-up, breakage, self combustion, and the like; and the invention can be widely used in any situation where the small and medium-sized industrial coal powder boilers are required.

A root silo that authorizes one or more clients to access one or more services at one or more servicing silos receives a request from a client for interaction with a service. The root silo identifies a servicing silo as an available provider of the service for interacting with the client and generates a servicing certificate that contains (i) service entitlement information showing that the client is entitled to interact with the service at the servicing silo, (ii) location information identifying a location of the servicing silo, and (iii) one or more keys for use in secure communication between the client and the servicing silo. Having generated the servicing certificate, the root silo sends the servicing certificate to the client for the client to use when interacting with the service at the servicing silo.

The invention discloses a method for mounting and detaching a top plate template supporting platform of a concrete silo, which comprises the following steps: providing an embedded part; fixing a steel corbel on the embedded part; descending a construction platform; fixing the construction platform and a silo wall (1); hanging away decomposed and detached slip forms by tools, and the like; establishing a template, a bracket and a component on a special supporting platform (3), and arranging ribs on the template; pouring concrete of a top plate (9); decomposing and detaching the template, the bracket and the component established on the special supporting platform (3); separating the special supporting platform (3) and the silo wall (1); descending the special supporting platform (3) to the bottom of the silo; and detaching the special supporting platform (3). The method for mounting and detaching the top plate template supporting platform of the concrete silo can simplify construction process, improve construction efficiency, reduce construction intensity, shorten construction period, save construction materials, and avoid potential safety hazard.

The Personal Mass Transit (PMT) system utilizes a removable vehicle conveyance apparatus and method for conveying transit vehicle car-pods and their contents from one transit station to another autonomously. Vehicle conveyance apparatus are stored off-line in storage silos and other areas awaiting on-demand transit system instruction to pickup vehicles at loading points and convey them to different stations as requested by occupants or pre-programmed instructions. The PMT system further utilizes a number of transmitter-receivers nodes and control computers to manage all aspects of operation of the transportation system. Any number of different types of PMT vehicles could ride the transit system when equipped with the correct coupling points and remain under the maximum combined curb weight of any particular area or type of transit track in order to be transported on the PMT system.

The invention provides municipal sludge expanded ceramsite and a preparation method thereof. The municipal sludge expanded ceramsite is prepared from the following materials by mass percentage: 20% to 45% of municipal sludge, 50% to 70% of shale, tailings or clay, 1% to 5% of organic matter and 1% to 5% of iron powder, wherein, the tailings is one of pyrite tailings, gold tailings, lead-zinc tailings and aluminum tailings; and the organic matter is sawdust. The preparation method comprises the following steps: feeding the shale, tailings or clay into a crusher, and carrying out the screening treatment; adding and mixing the municipal sludge, the organic matter and the iron powder, feeding into an ageing silo and stirring; then, feeding into a granulating machine, granulating and calcinating in a rotary kiln; and finally, cooling and stacking the calcinated ceramsite by classification. By using a great amount of municipal sludge, the invention is resource-saving and environment-friendly; compared with the original cost, the overall cost of a building is reduced by 5% to 10%; and the prepared expanded ceramsite has the advantages of light weight, fire resistance, sound absorption, good heat insulating and preserving performance, simple process and low cost, so that the invention is suitable for industrialized production.

The invention relates to drying-free dry-mixed mortar complete equipment, comprising a charging belt conveyor (1), a crusher sand making machine (2), a discharging bucket elevator (3), a circulating vibration screen (4), a screening bucket elevator (9), a vibrating screen classifier (11), a classified sand warehouse (12), a return bucket elevator (5), a stone powder dust collector (6), a stone powder temporary storage bin (12), a stone powder delivery tank (8), a stone powder additive bin (14), a cement bin (15), a sand dispensing and metering device (16), an additive dispensing and metering device (17), a cement dispensing and metering device (18), a metering material spiral conveyer (19), a metering material bucket elevator (20), a metering material intermediate transition bin (21), an additive storage silo (22), an accurate dispensing and metering device (23), a mixer (24), a finished product material transition bin (25), a bulk head (27), a wrapping finished product bin (28), a sack filler (29), a package belt conveyer (30), a finished product material storage spiral conveyer (31), a finished product material storage bucket elevator (32), a dissociation-proof transport unloading device (33) and a finished product material bulk storage silo (34). The invention can omit drying and realizes drying-free effect.

A first mixer trailer forms the plant frame foundation around a twelve-yard compulsory mixer. The compulsory mixer is mounted for elevation relative to plant frame foundation by hydraulic lifting columns. In system erection, a cement silo trailer is first mounted to the top of the compulsory mixer when the compulsory mixer is at ground level. Thereafter, both the mounted silo and the compulsory mixer are raised and pinned in place by the hydraulic lifting columns so that gravitational discharge of mixed concrete can occur directly from the compulsory mixer to an underlying transporting apparatus, usually a truck.

The invention provides a testing apparatus for evaluating the drag-reduction effects of a bionic non-smooth surface and a bionic jet surface. The testing apparatus comprises a sealing shaft, a power input and signal output mechanism, a sensor mechanism, a gas-tight silo and a water distribution mechanism, wherein the power input and signal output mechanism is arranged at one end of the sealing shaft, the sensor mechanism is arranged at the other end of the sealing shaft, and the gas-tight silo surrounds the sensor mechanism. The testing apparatus provided by the invention is suitable to be used for testing the drag-reduction effects of a non-smooth surface and a surface coating as well as a bionic jet surface; and a data acquisition system is simple in structure, easy to operate, and accurate in testing. By using the testing apparatus provided by the invention, both the drag-reduction effect of a non-smooth surface and the drag-reduction effect of a jet surface structure also can be evaluated. The fluid friction resistance values of the testing apparatus under different test sample conditions are acquired by using the data acquisition system, and then the data comparison is performed so as to obtain the drag-reduction effects of different surface structures, thereby studying the drag-reduction characteristics of a non-smooth surface structure and a jet surface structure.

The present invention provides an apparatus for forming a chemical mechanical polishing pad, comprising a tank with polymeric materials, a storage silo with microspheres, a isocyanate storage tank with isocyanates and a premix prep tank for forming a pre-mixture of the polymeric materials and the microspheres. The invention further provides a premix run tank for storing the pre-mixture, a mixer for forming a mixture of the pre-mixture and the isocyanates, a closed mold for reaction-injection molding the mixture and a vacuum for degassing at least one of the tank, isocyanate storage tank or the mold.

Methods and systems allow integrated search in an enterprise environment that stores information in data silos. Entity type metadata, relations between entity types and other information related to entity types is extracted from the data silos. Metadata information extracted from multiple data silos is combined to construct a global data model for the enterprise. Entity instances present in the data silos are analyzed to generate documents representing the entity instances. Relations between documents are represented by links between documents. The documents generated are indexed to allow searching across the enterprise. Search results are presented in order of their importance to the searcher.

An apparatus for producing high density slurry and paste backfills for use, for example, in mining operations. The high density slurry or paste is produced from a mill tailings mixture in a silo which includes a percolation and decant apparatuses for percolating water out of the mill tailings mixture and for decanting clarified water from atop the settled tailings. While settling occurs, air is introduced from the bottom of the silo to agitate the mixture to ensure substantially homogeneous settlement of the solids. Once settled, the resultant high density slurry or paste is fluidized by air in order to give the paste more readily flowable characteristics.

A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for cross-silo query and data retrieval. A request to access a data object in a trusted database is received, wherein the request includes an enterprise-wide unique identifier of a data object or one or more metadata attribute value pairs. If the request comprises one or more metadata attribute value pairs, one or more enterprise-wide unique identifiers associated with the metadata attribute value pairs are identified. Using the enterprise-wide unique identifiers, metadata about the data object stored in one or more enterprise-level data stores or the trusted database is retrieved. The metadata about the data object is queried to identify related data objects in disparate trusted databases in the enterprise system. The data object and the related data objects are provided to the application.

Provided are apparatus and methods relating to the finishing line of a continuous solution polymerization plant. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a pelletizer having cooling liquid, e.g., water or aqueous solution, into which is added a pelletization aid. In another aspect, the apparatus comprises means to remove residual polymer particles from the pelletizer cooling liquid. In a further aspect, the apparatus comprises conduits of at least 50 m in length for carrying propellant cooling liquid from the pelletizer to a drying apparatus. The residence time of the pellets in the cooling liquid may be 10 seconds or more. In a further aspect, a drying apparatus is provided for the pellets which comprises first and second drying zones. In a further aspect, a pneumatic conveyor is provided for carrying pellets to a packaging apparatus. In a further aspect, a packaging apparatus is provided comprising a blender silo.

A service tracking and alerting system for fitness equipment (18) includes one or more subsystems of multiple control servers (20) (ICS) to gather real time information from one or more fitness equipment units (22, 24) (FEU) via wireless connection and store such information in a temporary database (25). Multiple ICSs are linked to a remotely located accumulated data storage unit or silo (26) having a permanent storage database (27). One or more silos (26) and their corresponding ICSs are controlled, accessed, and interrogated through an enterprise level platform (32). Service alert messages may be generated and sent to one or more recipients if an FEU experiences a significant service event. Also, a reporting interface (190) allows users to access, enter, update and / or alter, service usage, warranty, and other information from the data storage units (26) and ICSs (20).

The invention provides a system of devices and a set of methods for accurately characterizing, tracking and controlling bulk material flows. Measurements of input material properties, dynamical measurements involving identifiable tags, and fast, discrete simulations are combined to predict and control the composition of bulk material exiting a container, such as a silo, bunker or hopper. In one embodiment, a system is provided for a coal-fired power plant where the properties of coal are assessed, then the coal is marked and tracked to provide the plant's operators improved control over the coal mixture and target bulk properties as it makes its way from a coal receiving station to delivery for combustion in a furnace.

The invention discloses a gyrating drilled shaft provided with an aeration ridge. The invention is characterized in that the gyrating drilled shaft is provided with an aeration ridge on the wall surface at the middle lower part of the drilled shaft section, the aeration ridge is formed by gradually shrinking the drilled shaft connected with the upper flat section of a flood discharging tunnel from the middle part to the middle lower part and then suddenly expanding the wall surface, and at least two aeration holes are distributed on the annular aeration ridge formed by the sudden expansion, each of the aeration holes is spliced with a vent pipe communicating with the atmosphere. The vent pipes can be selectively buried on the outer side of the gyrating drilled shaft. The gyrating drilled shaft disclosed by the invention enables near-wall water layers at the lower reaches of the aeration ridge to become into aerated water flows, thereby increasing the flow cavitation number, playing the effects of air entrainment and cavitation prevention, preventing the overflowing section at the middle lower part of the drilled shaft from being damaged by cavitation erosion, and ensuring the safe flood discharging operation of the gyrating drilled shaft.

A workbasket assembly for surrounding and protecting a workman when cleaning or maintaining a tall structure such as a building, tank or silo. The workbasket assembly comprises a frame made up from a plurality of vertical uprights and horizontal rails connected together by a plurality of pivot tabs. The workbasket assembly may be collapsed for storage or transport purposes or so that it may be passed through a relatively small aperture in a structure such as a tank. When expanded, the workbasket assembly is engageable with a hoist-operable base that permits the workman to be safely raised or lowered relative to the structure being maintained. The frame is only movable to the fully collapsed condition when detached from the base. The workbasket assembly can be expanded and collapsed without the use of any tools.

A system for dispensing bulk material from storage is provided. The system comprises a plurality of stationary storage silos adapted to store the bulk material therein. A plurality of movable hoppers may be moveably positioned adjacent a bulk material chute of each storage silo to unload the bulk material therein. Once loaded with the bulk material, each movable hopper may then be positioned adjacent an input opening of a vehicle to unload the bulk material therein.