Method and system for solution mining
    4.
    发明申请
    Method and system for solution mining 有权
    解决方案挖掘的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20090309408A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-17

    申请号:US12316398

    申请日:2008-12-13

    申请人: William M. Bishop

    发明人: William M. Bishop

    IPC分类号: E21B43/28

    CPC分类号: F16L9/19 E21B43/281

    摘要: A relatively warm mineral deposit is solution mined by injecting fluid through a well drilled into the deposit and dissolving the mineral to form a production brine. Warm production brine is cooled at the surface using a heat exchanger as a crystallizer to precipitate the mineral in the exchanger and form a slurry. Crystals of the mineral in the slurry are recovered in a separation plant leaving a relatively cool, dilute or depleted brine, which is conveyed through the heat exchanger for cooling the production brine and then injected into the mineral deposit to dissolve more mineral thereby providing a continuous process. A pipe-in-pipe heat exchanger is preferably used and in a manner so that the heat exchanger also serves as a primary means for conveying the production fluid and/or slurry from the well to the separation plant. This method extracts and recovers the desired mineral(s), recovers much of the heat in the production brine, accelerates the solution mining process since the injection fluid has been warmed, reduces salting in the production string, is relatively inexpensive to install and maintain, and does not require a source of energy for cooling the production brine such as electricity for a refrigeration system.

    摘要翻译: 相对温暖的矿床是通过将钻井液注入沉积物中并将矿物溶解以形成生产盐水而开采的溶液。 使用热交换器作为结晶器,在表面上冷却生产的盐水,以在交换器中沉淀矿物并形成浆料。 将浆料中的矿物质晶体回收在分离装置中,留下相对冷却的稀释或贫化的盐水,其通过热交换器输送以冷却生产盐水,然后注入矿物沉积物中以溶解更多的矿物质,从而提供连续的 处理。 优选地使用管中管热交换器,并且使得热交换器还用作将生产流体和/或浆料从井输送到分离设备的主要装置。 该方法提取和回收所需的矿物质,回收生产盐水中的大部分热量,加速溶液开采过程,因为注射液已被加热,减少了生产线中的盐析,安装和维护相对便宜, 并且不需要用于冷却生产盐水的能量源,例如用于制冷系统的电力。

    Method and System for Solution Mining
    5.
    发明申请
    Method and System for Solution Mining 有权
    解决方案挖掘的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20110080035A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-04-07

    申请号:US12959377

    申请日:2010-12-03

    申请人: William M. Bishop

    发明人: William M. Bishop

    IPC分类号: E21B43/28 F16L9/19

    CPC分类号: F16L9/19 E21B43/281

    摘要: A relatively warm mineral deposit is solution mined by injecting fluid through a well drilled into the deposit and dissolving the mineral to form a production brine. Warm production brine is cooled at the surface using a heat exchanger as a crystallizer to precipitate the mineral in the exchanger and form a slurry. Crystals of the mineral in the slurry are recovered in a separation plant leaving a relatively cool, dilute or depleted brine, which is conveyed through the heat exchanger for cooling the production brine and then injected into the mineral deposit to dissolve more mineral thereby providing a continuous process. A pipe-in-pipe heat exchanger is preferably used and in a manner so that the heat exchanger also serves as a primary means for conveying the production fluid and/or slurry from the well to the separation plant. This method extracts and recovers the desired mineral(s), recovers much of the heat in the production brine, accelerates the solution mining process since the injection fluid has been warmed, reduces salting in the production string, is relatively inexpensive to install and maintain, and does not require a source of energy for cooling the production brine such as electricity for a refrigeration system.

    摘要翻译: 相对温暖的矿床是通过将钻井液注入沉积物中并将矿物溶解以形成生产盐水而开采的溶液。 使用热交换器作为结晶器,在表面上冷却生产的盐水,以在交换器中沉淀矿物并形成浆料。 将浆料中的矿物质晶体回收在分离装置中,留下相对冷却的稀释或贫化的盐水,其通过热交换器输送以冷却生产盐水,然后注入矿物沉积物中以溶解更多的矿物质,从而提供连续的 处理。 优选地使用管中管热交换器,并且使得热交换器还用作将生产流体和/或浆料从井输送到分离设备的主要装置。 该方法提取和回收所需的矿物质,回收生产盐水中的大部分热量,加速溶液开采过程,因为注射液已被加热,减少了生产线中的盐析,安装和维护相对便宜, 并且不需要用于冷却生产盐水的能量源,例如用于制冷系统的电力。

    Method and system for solution mining
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and system for solution mining 有权
    解决方案挖掘的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US07857396B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-12-28

    申请号:US12316398

    申请日:2008-12-13

    申请人: William M. Bishop

    发明人: William M. Bishop

    IPC分类号: E21C41/00

    CPC分类号: F16L9/19 E21B43/281

    摘要: A relatively warm mineral deposit is solution mined by injecting fluid through a well drilled into the deposit and dissolving the mineral to form a production brine. Warm production brine is cooled at the surface using a heat exchanger as a crystallizer to precipitate the mineral in the exchanger and form a slurry. Crystals of the mineral in the slurry are recovered in a separation plant leaving a relatively cool, dilute or depleted brine, which is conveyed through the heat exchanger for cooling the production brine and then injected into the mineral deposit to dissolve more mineral thereby providing a continuous process. A pipe-in-pipe heat exchanger is preferably used and in a manner so that the heat exchanger also serves as a primary means for conveying the production fluid and/or slurry from the well to the separation plant. This method extracts and recovers the desired mineral(s), recovers much of the heat in the production brine, accelerates the solution mining process since the injection fluid has been warmed, reduces salting in the production string, is relatively inexpensive to install and maintain, and does not require a source of energy for cooling the production brine such as electricity for a refrigeration system.

    摘要翻译: 相对温暖的矿床是通过将钻井液注入沉积物中并将矿物溶解以形成生产盐水而开采的溶液。 使用热交换器作为结晶器,在表面上冷却生产的盐水,以在交换器中沉淀矿物并形成浆料。 将浆料中的矿物质晶体回收在分离装置中,留下相对冷却的稀释或贫化的盐水,其通过热交换器输送以冷却生产盐水,然后注入矿物沉积物中以溶解更多的矿物质,从而提供连续的 处理。 优选地使用管中管热交换器,并且使得热交换器还用作将生产流体和/或浆料从井输送到分离设备的主要装置。 该方法提取和回收所需的矿物质,回收生产盐水中的大部分热量,加速溶液开采过程,因为注射液已被加热,减少了生产线中的盐析,安装和维护相对便宜, 并且不需要用于冷却生产盐水的能量源,例如用于制冷系统的电力。

    Method and apparatus for warming and storage of cold fluids
    10.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for warming and storage of cold fluids 失效
    用于冷却和储存冷流体的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06880348B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-04-19

    申请号:US10686450

    申请日:2003-10-15

    摘要: Stranded natural gas is sometimes liquefied and sent to other countries that can use the gas in a transport ship. Conventional receiving terminals use large cryogenic storage tanks to hold the liquefied natural gas (LNG) after it has been offloaded from the ship. The present invention eliminates the need for the conventional cryogenic storage tanks and instead uses uncompensated salt caverns to store the product. The present invention can use a special heat exchanger, referred to as a Bishop Process heat exchanger, to warm the LNG prior to storage in the salt caverns or the invention can use conventional vaporizing systems some of which may be reinforced and strengthened to accommodate higher operating pressures. In one embodiment, the LNG is pumped to higher pressures and converted to dense phase natural gas prior to being transferred into the heat exchanger and the uncompensated salt caverns.

    摘要翻译: 有时天然气被液化并运送到其他国家,可以在运输船上使用天然气。 常规的接收终端在从船上卸载后,使用大型低温储罐来容纳液化天然气(LNG)。 本发明消除了对常规低温储罐的需要,而是使用未补偿的盐穴储存产品。 本发明可以使用称为Bishop Process热交换器的特殊热交换器,以在储存在盐穴中之前加热LNG,或者本发明可以使用常规的蒸发系统,其中一些可以被加强和加强以适应较高的运行 压力。 在一个实施例中,在被转移到热交换器和未补偿的盐穴之前,将LNG泵送到较高压力并转化为致密天然气。