Patent ID: 11905771
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 5:
6. A method, comprising:
providing a crusher along a flow path extending from a mud pump to a standpipe in a well system, wherein the crusher comprises:
a housing;
a plurality of alternating fixed blades and dynamic blades positioned between an inlet and an outlet to the housing;
wherein the dynamic blades extend outwardly from a shaft extending through the crusher; and
wherein the fixed blades extend inwardly from an inner wall of the housing; and
an impeller connected to the shaft and positioned at an inlet side of the plurality of alternating fixed and dynamic blades, wherein the impeller comprises a plurality of pitched blades extending in a radially outward direction from the shaft; and

pumping a drilling fluid from the mud pump through the crusher, wherein drilling fluid flow around the impeller rotates the impeller, the connected shaft, and the dynamic blades.