Dynamic Mixing

TrueMud™ Mixing that Delivers the After-Bit Mud at the Surface

Shear-sensitive fluids can be severely damaged or altered when subjected to mechanical energy inputs, as well as processes such as the conversion of kinetic energy to pressure energy. Traditional methods entail mixing at the plant and trucking the fluids to the location, only to find that their properties change under the heat and shear that takes place as they are pumped downhole. How then, do we mix similar and dissimilar fluids, powders, and/or gasses, to create stable emulsions – emulsions that are fully yielded, that won’t thicken and become difficult to pump, or thin to the point where you must add more chemicals?
The SPR System from Total Separation Solutions puts the power of the Shockwave Power Reactor® (SPR) to the task, employing controlled cavitation to improve the mixing accuracy, quality, product consistency, and the efficiency of your process.

Examples include rapidly hydrating drilling polymers using SPR technology. The SPR mixes similar or dissimilar fluids at the molecular level for better hydration of oilfield polymers, and an increase in the mass transfer rate for other chemical reactions. With non-shear mixing, you can mix similar and dissimilar fluids, or gas into fluids.

Benefits of the dynamic mixing with the SPR™ System:

- Mixing that delivers true mud properties (under heat and shear)
- Rapidly hydrates polymers
- Accelerates reaction times
- On-the-fly mixing of water-based fluids reduces trucking
- Consistently produces stable emulsions
- Increases pumping efficiency
- Cuts production time
- Energy efficient
- Can be installed on rig


How does the SPR™ Work?

A drive source spins the shaft and rotor. Specific geometry of the SPR creates a vacuum within the liquid, causing cavitation, resulting in bubbles forming and collapsing. Each cavity is now serving as a mini-reactor, resulting in rapid mixing and hydration. This effect generates shock waves that transfer shaft energy into the liquid, causing intimate mixing or heating at the molecular level. This efficiently converts every one horsepower of shaft energy to 2545 BTU’s.

Technology covered by Patent Numbers 7,201,225, 5,188,090, 5,385,298, 5,957,122, 6,627,784 and additional pending patent applications.

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