Self-Cleaning Gas Buster Tank

Abstract

A gas buster tank system, comprising a self-cleaning tank, wherein the self-cleaning tank comprises a gas buster attachment port, one or more silos, wherein each of the one or more silos comprises a valve, one or more skimmers, an excess water port, excess water piping, a clean water exit port, a circulation inlet port, a circulation piping loop, one or more baffles, an exit line, wherein the exit line comprises one or more pipe arms and a discharge port, and a control system; a gas buster attachment, wherein the gas buster attachment is attached to the gas buster attachment port; a trailer; and a pump trailer, wherein the pump trailer comprises a first pump attached to the circulation inlet port and a second pump attached to the discharge port.

1 . A method of transporting a sand mixture, comprising:
 providing a source of water;   digging a water pond;   digging a sand mine;   transporting water from the water well to the water pond, wherein the step of transporting the water from the water well to the water pond employs one or more water well pipes and one or more water well pumps;   transporting the water from the water pond to a mixing silo, wherein the step of transporting the water from the water pond to the mixing silo employs one or more water pond pipes and one or more pond pumps, and further wherein the mixing silo comprises one or more silo jets, one or more mixing jets, a sand inlet, a silo shell, a cone bottom, and a discharge outlet;   routing the water in the mixing silo using the one or more silo jets and the one or more mixing jets;   screening sand from the sand mine using a mobile sand screener and separating the sand into one or more screened sand piles;   transporting the screened sand from the one or more screened sand piles to the mixing silo;   dumping screened sand into the sand inlet of the mixing silo, wherein the dumped sand collects within the silo shell and the cone bottom, wherein the one or more silo jets assist in moving the dumped sand downward to the cone bottom, and further wherein the one or more mixing jets send pressurized water at the dumped sand near the discharge outlet, wherein the sand mixture is created;   transporting the sand mixture from the mixing silo to the one or more hydrocyclones using one or more sand mixture lines, wherein one or more sand mixture pumps maintain pressure within the one or more sand mixture lines;   separating the sand mixture inside the one or more hydrocyclones into separated water and separated sand;   transporting the separated water from the one or more hydrocyclones to a water storage unit; and   dropping the separated sand into one or more storage silos.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein there are a plurality of screened sand piles. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein each of the plurality of screened sand piles contains screened sand of one particular size, wherein the size of the screened sand is determined by the mobile sand screener. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of transporting of the screened sand from the one or more screened sand piles to the mixing silos uses one or more loaders. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of transporting of the screened sand from the one or more screened sand piles to the mixing silos uses one or more pipelines. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of transporting of the screened sand from the one or more screened sand piles to the mixing silos uses one or more loaders and one or more conveyors. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more hydrocyclones are organized into a cascade. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the source of water is a water well. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of transporting the sand mixture comprises transporting the sand mixture to a pipeline prior to transportation of the sand mixture to the one or more hydrocyclones.