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

Claim 28:
29. The hydraulic fracturing system of claim 28, wherein:
the hydraulic fracturing units comprise a plurality of hydraulic fracturing pumps, each of the plurality of hydraulic fracturing pumps being associated with one of the plurality of hydraulic fracturing units;
the supervisory controller is configured to:
receive pump characteristics for each of the plurality of hydraulic fracturing pumps;
determine a total pump flow rate by combining at least one of the pump characteristics for each of the plurality of hydraulic fracturing pumps; and
compare the total pump flow rate to the target flow rate to determine whether the plurality of hydraulic fracturing units have a capacity sufficient to achieve the one or more of the target flow rate or the target pressure
the plurality of pump characteristics comprises one or more of a minimum flow rate, a maximum flow rate, a harmonization range, and a pump condition for each of the plurality of hydraulic fracturing pumps; and

the supervisory controller is configured to add the maximum flow rates of each of the hydraulic fracturing pumps to determine the total pump flow rate.