PORTABLE CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING PROPPANT FROM STORAGE CONTAINER TO BLENDER IN A HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATION

摘要

A portable conveying apparatus for use in a hydraulic fracturing operation to transfer proppant from one or more storage containers storing said proppant to a blender where the proppant is prepared for subsequent delivery to a hydraulic fracturing wellbore comprises a frame, a conveyor supported on the frame and operable to transfer the proppant from a conveyor intake communicated with a storage container to a conveyor discharge communicated with the blender, a control system which is operatively coupled to the conveyor for controlling the conveyor to transfer the proppant therealong, and an operator cab mounted on the frame so as to be portable therewith for housing an operator using the control system to operate the conveyor. The operator cab is arranged to restrict passage of outside air into the operator cab and also so that an interior of the blender is visible to the operator when located therein.