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

Claim 1:
2. The method of claim 1, 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; and
determining 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 comprises:
receiving pump characteristics for each of the plurality of hydraulic fracturing pumps;
determining a total pump flow rate by combining at least one of the pump characteristics for each of the plurality of hydraulic fracturing pumps; and
comparing the total pump flow rate to the target flow rate;

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
determining the total pump flow rate comprises adding the maximum flow rates of each of the hydraulic fracturing pumps.