Dust Binding Device and Method

Abstract

A method for finding dust generated when air drilling and mixing this dust with liquid. The apparatus comprises a mixing chamber in fluid communication with a liquid tank. A plurality of inlet ports extend into the mixing chamber from the fluid tank. As dust passes through the mixing chamber dust binds with the liquid from the fluid tank.

1 . A mixing apparatus for binding dust to a liquid during the air drilling process used in combination with an oil rig, the apparatus comprising:
 a mixing chamber with a hollow interior cavity therein formed within an air flow pipeline leading from the drill hole of the oil rig;   a connection pipeline fixably mounted atop the mixing chamber in a parallel relation and interconnecting fluid tank of the oil rig with the connection pipeline in fluid communication with the fluid tank for channeling liquid from the fluid tank into the mixing chamber;   a plurality of inlet ports leading into the interior cavity and interconnecting the connection pipe to the mixing chamber;   a growler perpendicularly mounted within the interior cavity directly in front of each inlet port and extending linearly upward wherein as liquid is channeled from the fluid tank into the cavity a jet spraying action is formed within the cavity wherein dust flowing through the flow line into the mixing chamber forms a liquid.   
     
     
         2 . The mixing apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the mixing chamber further comprising:
 a second pipeline fixably mounted to a side of the mixing chamber; 
 the second pipeline in fluid communication with the connection pipeline; 
 a plurality of second inlet ports leading into the interior cavity and interconnecting the second pipeline to the mixing chamber; and 
 a growler perpendicularly mounted within the interior cavity directly in front of each second inlet port and extending linearly upward therefrom wherein as liquid is channeled from the fluid tank into the cavity a jet spraying action is formed within the cavity wherein dust flowing through the flow line into the mixing chamber forms a liquid. 
 
     
     
         3 . The mixing apparatus of  claim 2  wherein the mixing chamber further comprising:
 an opposing pipeline fixably mounted to an opposite side of the mixing chamber across from the second pipe line in a parallel relation; the second pipeline in fluid communication with the connection pipeline; 
 a plurality of third inlet ports leading into the interior cavity and interconnecting the connection pipe to the mixing chamber; 
 a growler perpendicularly mounted within the interior cavity directly in front of each inlet port and extending linearly upward therefrom wherein as liquid is channeled from the fluid tank into the cavity a jet spraying action is formed within the cavity wherein dust flowing through the flow line into the mixing chamber forms a liquid. 
 
     
     
         4 . The mixing apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the growler is made of a hard durable material substantially like steel. 
     
     
         5 . A method of binding dust during the air drilling process having a drilling rod with a drilling bit connected to an air flow path line in an oil rig comprising the steps of:
 (a) providing a dust binding apparatus with a mixing chamber with a plurality of inlet ports in fluid communication with a liquid binding tank and the dust binding apparatus being integrally formed within the air flow path line in the oil rig;   (b) providing an agitator within the mixing chamber formed by a growler made of a durable material that extends perpendicularly upward within the chamber in front of each inlet port;   (c) during the air drilling process, feeding the dust through the air flow path line into a mixing chamber of the dust binding apparatus;   (d) simultaneously supplying water into the mixing chamber of the dust binding apparatus through the inlet ports wherein the water is agitated by the growlers within the mixing chamber of the dust binding apparatus causing the dust to bind with the liquid; and   (e) discharging the resultant mixture from the mixing chamber into a mud collection apparatus.