1. A system for powering wellsite surface equipment, comprising:
at least one prime mover in communication with a fuel source for powering the prime mover and having at least one heat source;
at least one pump arranged to be driven by the prime mover, the at least one pump in fluid communication with at least one wellbore and at least one fluid for use in the wellbore; and
at least one auxiliary system in communication with the heat source from the at least one prime mover.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the fuel source is a combustible gas fuel source.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the combustible gas fuel source comprises one of natural gas supplied directly from the wellbore, natural gas supplied by a producing well, natural gas supplied from a production facility, and combinations thereof.
4. The system of claim 2 wherein the combustible gas fuel source comprises one of compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), natural gas from a pipeline or storage field, a compressed combustible gas such as hydrogen or propane, a liquefied hydrocarbon gases such as butane, and combinations thereof.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the fuel source comprises a liquid fuel.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein the prime mover comprises at least one of a compression ignition reciprocating engine, a spark ignition reciprocating engine, a fuel cell, and a turbine engine.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the at least one pump comprises one of a positive displacement plunger pump, a centrifugal pump, a progressing cavity pump, and combinations thereof.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the heat source comprises at least one an exhaust gas outlet, a prime mover cooling system, an auxiliary cooling system, and combinations thereof.
9. The system of claim 1 wherein the auxiliary system comprises an auxiliary heat exchanger in communication with the at least one heat source.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein the auxiliary system comprises one of a steam generator, an evaporator for a working fluid, a heat source to heat at least one of the fluid for use in the wellbore, the fuel source, and a fluid produced from the wellbore.
11. The system of claim 1 wherein the auxiliary system comprises a waste heat driven refrigeration system.
12. The system of claim 1 further comprising a noise reduction system.
13. The system of claim 1 further comprising an air inlet for supplying the prime mover with a source of air, the air inlet comprising an air heat exchanger for cooling or heating the source of air.
14. The system of claim 12 wherein the air heat exchanger is in fluid communication with the auxiliary system.
15. The system of claim 1 wherein the fluid for use in the wellbore comprises at least one of a fracturing fluid comprising at least one of a fluid and a proppant, an acid, a cement slurry, a gravel pack mixture, a drilling fluid, a completion fluid, a compressed gas, and combinations thereof.
16. A method, comprising:
providing a system for powering wellsite equipment, the system comprising at least one prime mover in communication with a fuel source for powering the prime mover and having at least one heat source, at least one pump arranged to be driven by the prime mover, the at least one pump in fluid communication with at least one wellbore and at least one fluid for use in the wellbore, and at least one auxiliary system in communication with the heat source from the at least one prime mover;
positioning the wellsite equipment and system adjacent the wellbore; and
performing at least one well services operation in the wellbore with the wellsite equipment.
17. The method of claim 16 wherein the well services operation comprises one of a fracturing operation, an acid treatment operation, a cementing operation, a well completion operation, a sand control operation, a coiled tubing operation, and combinations thereof.
18. The method of claim 16 wherein the fuel source comprises a combustible gas fuel source.
19. The method of claim 18 wherein the combustible gas fuel source comprises one of one of natural gas supplied directly from the wellbore, natural gas supplied by a producing well, natural gas supplied from a production facility, and combinations thereof.
20. The method of claim 18 wherein the combustible gas fuel source comprises one of compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), natural gas from a pipeline or storage field, a compressed combustible gas, a liquefied hydrocarbon gas, and combinations thereof.
21. The method of claim 16 wherein the heat source comprises at least one an exhaust gas outlet, a prime mover cooling system, an auxiliary cooling system, and combinations thereof.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An afforestation or reforestation business system comprising:
a plurality of proposed afforestation or reforestation sites;
a computer server in data communication with at least one terminal installed where the afforestation or reforestation is carried out, the computer server adapted to devise and evaluate an afforestation or reforestation business;
a first database for storing records related to the afforestation or reforestation business;
a second database for storing records related to tree species;
an information-collection portion for collecting a diameter and a height of a tree located within a local region in at least one of the plurality of proposed afforestation or reforestation sites, wherein the diameters and heights are input into at least one terminal;
an afforestation or reforestation site determining portion for evaluating the proposed sites using estimated tree carbon dioxide absorption amounts based on the tree diameter and height information;
a comparing portion for selecting an afforestation or reforestation site from the plurality of proposed sites, wherein the selection includes comparing the estimated carbon dioxide amounts to a first threshold value;
a planning portion for calculating a profit when a planting area in the selected afforestation or reforestation site and tree species records change, the planning portion including:
selecting a tree species;
selecting the planting area that can obtain the greatest profit, and
storing the selected tree species, the planning area, and estimated value for growth change of the selected tree species in the first database; and
an output portion for displaying said afforestation or reforestation business records on the at least one terminal.
2. The afforestation or reforestation business system according to claim 1, further comprising:
indirect effect memory portion for storing information relating to an indirect effect of an environment of the selected afforestation or reforestation site and a scale value of the afforestation or reforestation obtained by prior investigations;
risk memory portion for storing risk information relating to the environment of the selected afforestation or reforestation site and the scale value of the afforestation andor reforestation obtained by prior investigations;
indirect effect estimating portion for inputting a business value corresponding to the indirect effect and scale value, and for inputting from the first database and from the indirect effect memory portion and storing it in said business database; and
risk estimating portion for inputting the business value of risks corresponding to the scale of the afforestation or reforestation business and the afforestation or reforestation site, read from the first database, from the risk memory portion, and stores the same in said first database.
3. The afforestation or reforestation business system according to claim 2, further comprising:
indirect effect collecting portion for receiving and collecting, via the at least one terminal, condition information relating to the indirect effect estimates;
risk collecting portion for receiving and collecting, via the at least one terminal, condition information relating to the risk estimates;
business accomplishment assessment portion for receiving the condition information and comparing it with estimate values and business values and calculating a proportion of conditions with respect to said business; and
business review portion for reviewing and revising the afforestation or reforestation business,
wherein the indirect effect estimating portion and risk estimating portion are adapted to re-compute the indirect effect and the risk estimates when the business review portion revises the afforestation or reforestation business.
4. The afforestation or reforestation business system according to claim 1, further comprising
a second threshold value that is smaller than the first threshold value, wherein if the tree carbon dioxides absorption amount is smaller than the first threshold value,
wherein if the tree carbon dioxide absorption amount is smaller than the first threshold value and greater than the second threshold value, a forest is defined as the second class forest and is qualified as an afforestation or reforestation site for new afforestation or reforestation.
5. The afforestation or reforestation business system comprising:
a plurality of proposed afforestation or reforestation sites;
a computer server in data communication with at least one terminal installed where afforestation or reforestation is carried out, the computer server adapted to devise and evaluate an afforestation or reforestation business;
a first database for storing records related to the afforestation or reforestation business;
a second database for storing records related to a tree species;
an information collection portion for collecting a diameter and a height of all trees located within a local region in a plurality of afforestation or reforestation candidate sites, wherein the diameters and heights are input into the at least one terminal;
an afforestation or reforestation site determining portion for performing a predetermined calculation to determine an average tree carbon dioxide absorption amount per unit volume at a predetermined time in a plurality of afforestation or reforestation candidate sites based on the tree diameters and heights information;
a selection portion for selecting a afforestation or reforestation candidate site from the plurality of afforestation or reforestation candidate sites by comparing the determined average tree carbon dioxide absorption amount per unit volume to a first threshold amount, selecting an afforestation or reforestation candidate site, and outputting the diameters and heights information of trees in the selected afforestation or reforestation candidate site;
a first computing module adapted to receive the tree diameters and heights information and calculate future average diameters and heights;
a second computing module adapted to determine a distribution of the number of trees and heights of trees corresponding to pre-selected tree diameters;
a third computing module adapted to determine a volume of logs for each tree diameter per unit area of the selected afforestation or reforestation candidate site based on the determined distribution of the number of trees and heights of trees;
a fourth computing module adopted to multiply a afforestation or reforestation site area by the determined volume of logs per unit area, thereby determine a volume of logs of the entire selected afforestation or reforestation site, and adapted to multiply the volume of logs of the entire selected afforestation or reforestation sites by a log price for each pre-selected tree diameter, thereby determining an economic value for the entire selected afforestation or reforestation sites;
a computation portion for executing the first, second, third, and fourth computing modules for each type of tree stored in said second database to compute a second economic value of the entire selected afforestation or reforestation site volume changes, and for selecting a tree species and afforestation or reforestation site volume that obtains an optimal economic value determined by said fourth computing module, and for storing the selected tree species, a planting area, and an estimated value for growth change of the selected tree species in the first database; and
a business output portion for displaying said afforestation or reforestation business records on the at least one terminal.
6. A computer-implemented afforestation or reforestation program for implementing the afforestation or reforestation business system according to claim 5.
7. A computer-implemented afforestation or reforestation business program operated on an afforestation or reforestation business system comprising a computer server in data communication with at least one terminal located at an afforestation or reforestation site, the computer server comprising a first database for storing afforestation or reforestation business information and a second database for storing tree species information, and wherein the computer server is adapted to analyze an afforestation or reforestation business, the afforestation or reforestation business program comprising:
a condition information collecting module adapted to receive from the at least one terminal a diameter and a height of a tree located in a local region within a plurality of afforestation or reforestation candidate sites;
an afforestation or reforestation site determining module adapted to determine a tree carbon dioxide absorption for each of the plurality of afforestation or reforestation candidates sites using the diameter and height of the tree information, wherein the afforestation or reforestation site determining module selects an afforestation or reforestation candidate site if the tree carbon dioxide absorption amount is smaller than a first threshold value;
a business devising module adapted to determine a profit when a planning area within the selected afforestation or reforestation site and information about tree species within the selected afforestation or reforestation site are changed, and that is adapted to select the tree species and the planting area that maximize a profit, and is adapted to store the selected tree species, planting area, and an estimated values for growth changes of the tree species in the first database; and
a business output module adapted to display the information stored in the first database on at least one terminal.
8. The afforestation or reforestation business program according to claim 7, further comprising
a second threshold value that is smaller than the first threshold value, wherein if the tree carbon dioxide absorption amount is smaller than the first threshold value and greater than the second threshold value, a second class forest is cut and qualifies as an afforestation or reforestation site for new afforestation or reforestation.
9. The afforestation or reforestation business program according to claim 8, further comprising:
an indirect effect memory module adapted to store information relating to the indirect effects of an environment on the selected afforestation or reforestation site and a scale of the afforestation or reforestation obtained in a previous analysis;
a risk memory module adapted to store risk information related to the environment and the scale of the afforestation or reforestation obtained in a previous analysis;
an indirect effect estimating module for inputting the indirect effects information and storing the same in the first database; and
a risk estimating module for inputting the risks information and storing the same in the first database.
10. The afforestation or reforestation business program according to claim 9, further comprising:
an indirect effect collecting module adapted to receive and collect indirect information from the at least one terminal;
a risk collecting module adapted to receive and collect risk information from the at least one terminal;
a business accomplishment assessment module adapted to receive indirect effect information and risk information from the condition information collecting module, the indirect effect information collecting module, and the risk information collecting module, and adapted to determine a status value; and
a business review module adopted to store the status value in the first database if the afforestation or reforestation business is incomplete;
wherein the indirect effect estimating module and risk estimating module compute a revised indirect effect information and risk information.
11. A method for determining afforestation or reforestation site comprising the steps of:
(a) selecting a plurality of proposed afforestation or reforestation sites;
(b) providing a computer server in data communication with at least one terminal installed where afforestation or reforestation is carried out, the computer server adapted to devise and evaluate an afforestation or reforestation business;
(c) providing a first database for storing records related to the afforestation or reforestation business;
(d) providing a second database for storing records related to tree species;
(e) collecting a diameter and a height of a tree located within a local region in at least one of the plurality of proposed afforestation or reforestation sites;
(f) inputting the diameters and heights into at least one terminal;
(g) estimating tree carbon dioxide absorption amount based on tree diameter and height information;
(h) comparing the estimated carbon dioxide absorption amount to a first threshold value;
(i) selecting an afforestation or reforestation site from a plurality of proposed afforestation or reforestation sites based on the comparison step in step (h);
(j) calculating profit when a planting area in the selected afforestation or reforestation site and the tree species record change by,
(k) selecting a tree species,
(l) selecting the planting area that can obtain a maximum profit, and
(m) storing the selected tree species, the planting area, and an estimated value for growth change of the selected tree species in the first database; and
(n) displaying said afforestation or reforestation business records on the at least one terminal.
12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the steps of:
(o) storing information relating to an indirect effect of an environment of the selected afforestation or reforestation site and a scale of the afforestation or reforestation obtained prior investigations;
(p) storing risk information relating to the environment of the selected afforestation or reforestation site and the scale value of the afforestation or reforestation obtained by prior investigations;
(q) inputting a business value corresponding to the indirect effect and scale value, and for inputting from the first database and from the indirect effect memory portion and storing it in said business database; and
(r) inputting the business value of risks corresponding to the scale of the afforestation or reforestation business and the afforestation or reforestation site, read from the first database, from the risk memory portion, and stores the same in said first database.
13. A computer-implemented afforestation or reforestation business system comprising:
a plurality of proposed afforestation or reforestation sites defined by a geographical area;
at least one terminal located proximate the plurality of proposed afforestation or reforestation sites, wherein at least one terminal is adapted to receive information about at least one tree located within a portion of at least one of the plurality of proposed afforestation or reforestation sites;
a computer in data communication with the at least one terminal;
a first computation module adapted to compute a tree CO2 absorption rate based on the information about the at least one tree;
a second computation module adapted to compare the CO2 absorption rate to a predetermined value and select at least one afforestation or reforestation site from a plurality of proposed afforestation or reforestation sites;
a third computation module for calculating a profit based on the tree species in the selected afforestation or reforestation site, the third computation module receiving as input information a tree species, a size of a planting area within the selected afforestation or reforestation site that can obtain a maximum profit, and an estimated value for the growth change of the tree species; and
an output for displaying at least the calculated result.