Patent ID: 11933153
Assignee: BJ ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E  F

Claim 16:
17. The hydraulic fracturing control assembly of claim 15, wherein one or more of:
the supervisory controller is further configured to:
receive one or more signals indicative of a pump condition of one or more hydraulic fracturing pumps of the plurality of hydraulic fracturing units; and
determine a maximum flow rate for each of the one or more hydraulic fracturing pumps based at least in part on the one or more signals indicative of a pump condition of the one or more hydraulic fracturing pumps; or

the supervisory controller is configured to maintain a rate of change of the flow rate provided by the at least some of the hydraulic fracturing units below a maximum rate of change of the flow rate until the at least some of the hydraulic fracturing units have achieved the one or more of the target flow rate or the target pressure.