25th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100154992 | Layer-Specific Energy Distribution Delamination - Delamination of a laminated multilayer stack is provided by generating a layer-specific energy distribution in the stack during delamination. A localized energy transferrer can generate localized heating, cooling heating, cooling, or other form of energy absorption or transmission, in a bonding layer of a multilayer stack. Localized energy transfer can include thermal energy transfer, such as heating and/or cooling, acoustic energy transfer, such as applying ultrasonic energy, electromagnetic energy transfer, such as applying laser light, directed microwaves, etc. Localized energy transfer can generate a layer-specific energy distribution that can weaken the bonding layer while reducing damage to other layers of the stack. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154993 | SEPARATION METHODS FOR IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY - Methods for separating a template from a substrate are described. Generally, the template and the substrate have a template-substrate interface. A tilting motion may be generated about a tilting axis located at the template-substrate interface. The tilting motion may include forming a wedge between the template and the substrate at one end of the template-substrate interface. The substrate may be titled with respect to the template, and the template may remain stationary. Additionally, a force may be applied to increase a distance between the template and the substrate, such that the template is spaced apart from the substrate. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154994 | CONTROLLING ION ENERGY DISTRIBUTION IN PLASMA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - A plasma processing system for processing at least a substrate with plasma. The plasma processing chamber is capable of controlling ion energy distribution. The plasma processing system may include a first electrode. The plasma processing system also includes a second electrode that is different from the first electrode and is configured for bearing the substrate. The plasma processing system may also include a signal source coupled with the first electrode. The signal source may provide a non-sinusoidal signal through the first electrode to control ion energy distribution at the substrate when the substrate is processed in the plasma processing system, wherein the non-sinusoidal signal is periodic. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154995 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING OPERATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE PROGRAM - A computer readable storage medium storing a program for performing an operation method of a substrate processing apparatus is provided. The operation method includes the steps of introducing a nonreactive gas into the vacuum preparation chamber before the gate valve is opened while the substrate is transferred between the vacuum preparation chamber of the vacuum processing unit and the transfer unit, stopping introducing the nonreactive gas when an inner pressure of the vacuum preparation chamber becomes same as an atmospheric pressure, starting an evacuation process of the corrosive gas in the vacuum preparation chamber and then opening to atmosphere performed by letting the vacuum preparation chamber communicate with an atmosphere, and opening the gate valve after the step of opening to atmosphere. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154996 | PLASMA CONFINEMENT STRUCTURES IN PLASMA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - A movable plasma confinement structure configured for confining plasma in a plasma processing chamber during plasma processing of a substrate is provided. The movable plasma confinement structure includes a movable plasma-facing structure configured to surround the plasma. The movable plasma confinement structure also includes a movable electrically conductive structure disposed outside of the movable plasma-facing structure and configured to be deployed and retracted with the movable plasma-facing structure as a single unit to facilitate handling of the substrate. The movable electrically conductive structure is radio frequency (RF) grounded during the plasma processing. The movable plasma-facing structure is disposed between the plasma and the movable electrically conductive structure during the plasma processing such that RF current from the plasma flows to the movable electrically conductive structure through the movable plasma-facing structure during the plasma processing. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154997 | APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SAFETY MATS - An array of resilient floor tiles is assembled into a continuous sheet after being laid down. An array of included, sacrificial resistive wires is buried along the edges of the tiles and is controllably heated in order to cause welding of the edges of tiles across the paths of the wires to neighbouring tiles. Subsequently the wires may be used to give the array integral tensile strength. The welded array is provided with greater strength for resisting use, expansive and contractile forces caused by environmental heat and cold and also long-term tile contraction owing to loss of plasticiser as may be seen with PVC-based tiles. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154998 | ALTERNATE USE FOR LOW VISCOSITY LIQUIDS AND METHOD TO GEL LIQUID - The present disclosure teaches a method and apparatus to gel a dopant material, which may be a low viscosity liquid, and apply it towards beneficially coating dopant liquid in the manufacture of a three-dimensional thin-film solar cell substrate. As an alternate to using high viscosity dopants, a dopant coating liquid, which is typically distributed in low viscosity alcohol based liquid forms, may instead be utilized as a dopant material in a gelatinous state towards the manufacture of a three-dimensional thin-film solar cell substrate. The methods and devices disclosed herein provide for enhancing the high viscosity characteristics of a dopant material. The present disclosure teaches the use of the dopant material in its gelatinous state towards an exemplary cavity filling method. The more cotable dopant material is applied in an exemplary coating layout and an exemplary integrated coating system to achieve improvements in coating coverage with regards to uniformity, which may be, but is not limited to, homogeneity, color uniformity, opacity, and density of the dopant material. | 2010-06-24 |
20100154999 | Blind with solar batteries and control method thereof - A solar battery is partially attached to each blade of a blind. The position of each blade is adjusted based on position information such that each blade tracks sunlight. Electric energy obtained by the generation of electricity using an indoor illumination source is used to charge a battery. In addition to the generation of electricity, some of the blades are folded to let in light. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155000 | LIFT AND TILT MECHANISMS FOR A VENETIAN BLIND - The invention relates lift and tilt mechanisms for Venetian blinds typically, although not exclusively, comprising slats of very large dimensions, both relating to the width of the slats and to the longitudinal extension of the slats. Thus the venetian blind comprising these slats can be made to cover very large window openings or other parts of buildings and rooms. Both from a functional and from an aestethical point of view a precise and reliable raising and lowering of the slats of the Venetian blind as well as the tilting of the slats is very important. The present invention provides improved mechanisms for attaining these characteristics. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155001 | Lockdown shade - The lockdown shade is a device for preventing visual access to an area through a window of a door. The device has a shade normally stored on a mounting system that is positioned on a wall surface adjacent to the door window. The shade is fabricated from a solid, opaque material having fastener(s) on its rear surface to effect quick and easy attachment to the door window. The fastener(s) also function to provide attachment to the mounting system. The shade is configured and dimensioned to cover the window in the door. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155002 | CURTAIN GLIDE AND CLIP RING - One aspect of this disclosure provides a curtain support system. In one aspect, the system comprises a master carrier assembly. A curtain ring glide is integrated with the master carrier assembly. The ring glide includes a frame having an receptacle opening located therein. A clip tab is integrally formed with the frame and resiliently extends into the receptacle. The clip tab and the receptacle opening are configured to cooperatively and removably receive and retain a cooperative end of a curtain ring within the receptacle opening. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155003 | CYLINDRICAL BEARING FOR PRESSURE DIFFUSER AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A bearing cylinder for a screen assembly of a pressurized pulp diffuser, the bearing cylinder including: a plurality of segments of the bearing cylinder wherein the segments are arranged side-by-side to form the bearing cylinder; and each of said segments includes a first region formed of a hard material resistant to damage from sand and rocks, and a second region formed of a soft material that thermally expands and conforms to bearing surfaces opposite to the bearing cylinder. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155004 | Water-Soluble Creping Materials - Fibrous articles are disclosed containing an additive composition. The additive composition, for instance, may include a water-soluble film forming component and water-soluble modifying components that is deposited at least at the surface of a fibrous web. In some aspects, the additive composition includes polymers that demonstrate a certain LCST and melting temperature. In another aspect, the additive composition is applied to the fibrous web during the heated drying phase, such as with a Yankee dryer. The fibrous web with additive composition is then creped. The additive composition may improve the perceived softness of the web without substantially affecting the absorbency of the web in an adverse manner. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155005 | PAPER BASED ON RECYCLED PAPERS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THEREOF - A paper produced according to this invention presents a composition of 10% by weight to 40% by weight of recovered post-consumer paper; 60% by weight to 90% by weight of recovered white paper; 0.38% by weight to 0.45% by weight of one or more sizing agents, and 3.33% by weight to 3.95% by weight of one or more binding agents. The method for producing paper that comprises the steps of forming a paper pulp from a mixture of 10% by weight to 40% by weight of recovered post-consumer paper, 60% by weight 90% by weight of recovered white paper, and 0.38% by weight to 0.45% by weight of one or more binding agents; reacting the pulp mixture with 0.38% by weight to 0.45% of one or more of sizing agents, and 0.75% by weight to 0.9% by weight of one or more binding agents; forming and drying a continuous sheet of paper from the pulp mixture, and reacting the continuous sheet of paper with 2.2% by weight to 2.6% by weight of one or more binding agents. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155006 | Conductive Webs and Process For Making Same - Conductive nonwoven webs are disclosed. The nonwoven webs contain pulp fibers combined with conductive fibers. In one embodiment, the webs are made in a wetlaid tissue or paper making process. The pulp fibers contained in the webs may comprise softwood fibers, while the conductive fibers may comprise carbon fibers. Base webs can be produced having a resistance of less than about 100 Ohms/square in one embodiment. Once produced, the conductive material can be cut into slits that are then wound on spools. From the spools, the conductive slits can be fed into a process for making any suitable product. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155007 | Arrangement For Washing And Dewatering Cellulose Pulp - Apparatus for washing and dewatering cellulose pulp is disclosed comprising: a rotatable press roll having a perforated outer surface for dewatering the pulp; a stationary guide surface arranged at a distance from the perforated outer surface so as to enclose the press roll in the circumferential direction, such that a substantially closed vat is defined between stationary guide surface and the press roll; a pulp passage, being provided between the perforated outer surface and its stationary guide surface, such that during operation, pulp is transported in the direction of rotation and, at the end of the pulp passage, is pressed in a pinch between the press roll and a second press roll. A radial distance between the stationary guide surface and the associated press roll is generally increasing towards the pinch, such that the vat diverges, towards the pinch. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155008 | PAPERMAKING FABRIC - The present invention relates to an industrial fabric, in particular press fabric or transfer belt, for use in a papermaking machine. The industrial fabric includes a porous composite structure, having a batt fiber structure and particulate polymeric material. The batt fiber structure has an upper surface and a lower surface extending parallel to the upper surface and spaced from the upper surface along a thickness direction extending perpendicular to the upper and lower surface. The particulate polymeric material is partly fused together and bonded with fibers extending on at least one of the surfaces of the batt fiber structure and with fibers inside the batt fiber structure such that the polymeric material partly impregnates fibers of the batt structure and partly fills interstices between fibers of the batt structure to form the porous composite structure. Further in accordance with the present invention, the composite structure has a varying amount of polymeric material in the batt fiber structure along at least a section of the thickness direction of the batt fiber structure. The present invention further provides a method of making same. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155009 | METHOD FOR MAKING UPPER AND LOWER MOLDS AND AN APPARATUS THEREFOR - The purpose of this invention is to provide a method for making upper and lower molds and an apparatus therefor that can prevent the resulting molds from being warped and match-plates from being broken. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155010 | Process for casting a metal melt - A method for the casting of cast parts from an iron melt forming vermicular or spheroidal graphite, includes casting iron melt into a casting mold, which comprises at least one casting mold part, which is formed from a mold material, which is mixed from a sand-type basic material and an organic binder, and then gassed with a gas containing sulphur in order to harden the binder, such that a mold part of stable form is obtained. The method provides embodiments in which molds produced in accordance with the SO | 2010-06-24 |
20100155011 | Lead-Free Free-Cutting Aluminum Brass Alloy And Its Manufacturing Method - The present invention provides a lead-free free-cutting aluminum brass alloy and its manufacturing method. The alloy comprises: 57.0˜63.0 wt % Cu, 0.3˜0.7 wt % Al, 0.1˜0.5 wt % Bi, 0.2˜0.4 wt % Sn, 0.1˜0.5 wt % Si, 0.01˜0.15 wt % P, at least two elements selected from the group of 0.01-0.15 wt % Mg, 0.0016-0.0020 wt % B, and 0.001-0.05 wt % rare earth elements and the balance being Zn and unavoidable impurities. The inventive alloy has excellent castability, weldability, cuttability and corrosion resistance. It is suitable for low pressure die casting, gravity casting, horizontal continuous casting, forging and extrusion. Its metal material cost is lower than bismuth brass. It is particularly applicable for components used in drinking water supply systems and other structural components. It is a new environmentally-friendly free-cutting aluminum brass alloy. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155012 | Combined Device Including An Internal Heat Exchanger And An Accumulator - The invention relates to a combined device | 2010-06-24 |
20100155013 | USE OF FAN SHROUD TO VENTILATE ENGINE COMPARTMENT - A method and apparatus to ventilate an engine compartment of a vehicle. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155014 | SYSTEM FOR COOLING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO A LOW TEMPERATURE, SUCH AS A PIECE OF MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT, AND ASSOCIATED HEAT EXCHANGERS - The invention relates to a system which is used to cool at least one piece of motor vehicle equipment to a low temperature, comprising a heat transfer fluid circulation loop. According to the invention, a low-temperature heat exchanger ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155015 | HVAC Assembly Including Temperature Mixing Valve - A HVAC assembly includes a temperature mixing valve that comprises a shaft, an upper paddle, a lower paddle, and a yielding means. The upper paddle and the lower paddle attach to the shaft. The yielding means applies a force to keep the upper paddle sealed to prevent cold air in a cold air inlet from entering a mixing zone and the lower paddle moves away from a shared sealing boundary over a predetermined angle of rotation before the upper paddle initially moves to allow cold air to enter the mixing zone. Movement of the lower paddle away from the shared sealing boundary allows cold air to enter a hot air inlet and admix with hot air to mix in the mixing zone to produce non-stratified air. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155016 | COMBINED SURFACE COOLER AND ACOUSTIC ABSORBER FOR TURBOMACHINES - A surface cooler for turbomachines is provided. The surface cooler comprises an inner layer and an outer layer disposed adjacent to the inner layer and comprising a metal foam, a carbon foam, or a combination thereof, wherein the metal foam, the carbon foam or a combination thereof is configured to augment heat transfer and enhance acoustic absorption. Further, the outer layer comprises a plurality of fins, wherein the plurality of fins is configured to augment heat transfer and enhance acoustic absorption, and wherein the plurality of fins comprises metal foam, a carbon foam, or a combination thereof. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155017 | Combined Device Consisting Of An Internal Heat Exchanger And An Accumulator, And Equipped With An Internal Multi-Function Component - The invention relates to a combined device ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155018 | HVAC SYSTEM FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE - A heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a hybrid vehicle is disclosed, the HVAC system including at least one thermoelectric device for providing supplemental heating and cooling for air supplied to a passenger compartment of the vehicle to maximize an efficiency of operation of the hybrid vehicle during operation of the HVAC system. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155019 | EVAPORATOR AND LOOP HEAT PIPE EMPLOYING IT - The disclosure relates to an evaporator and a loop heat pipe employing it. The evaporator includes a shell having an evaporation chamber and a compensation chamber defined therein, a partition being received in the shell and partitioning the evaporation chamber and the compensation chamber, and a wick structure being adhered to an inner wall of the shell corresponding to the evaporation chamber and extending through the partition and into the compensation chamber. The loop heat pipe includes the evaporator mentioned above, a pipe connecting two opposite ends of the evaporator to form a closed loop and a working medium contained in the closed loop. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155020 | METHOD TO REDUCE CONDENSATION IN COOLING ZONE COOLER - Systems and processes for providing a blended cooling air stream to a cooling zone cooler in a continuous catalyst regeneration system are provided that include removing a first effluent stream from a regeneration tower, providing the first effluent stream to a regeneration cooler; providing a first air stream to the regeneration cooler to form a heated first air stream, combining at least a portion of the heated first air stream with a second air stream to form a blended cooling air stream, and providing the blended cooling air stream to a cooling zone cooler. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155021 | Heat exchange cooling structure - A heat exchange cooling structure includes a LED module, a heat spreader plate bonded to the bottom surface of the substrate of the LED module, and an electronic ceramic cooling plate made of a nano-scale inorganic semiconductor material through a sintering process and bonded to the bottom side of the heat spreader plate for dissipating heat from the heat spreader plate by means of a thermoelectric effect produced in millions of parallel-connected and series-connected N-P interfaces in the nano-scale inorganic semiconductor material. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155022 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE - A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink, a fan mounted on a side of the heat sink, and an engaging portion pivotally engaging with the heat sink and connecting the fan and the heat sink. The fan includes a bracket. A mounting plate with a mounting hole is formed by the bracket. The engaging portion includes a pivot portion pivotally engaging with the heat sink and a pressing portion extending from the pivot portion. A protruded portion extends downwardly from a bottom surface of the pressing portion. The pressing portion presses the mounting portion of the bracket of the fan and the protruded portion engages in the mounting hole of the mounting portion. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155023 | HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS HAVING HEAT PIPES INSERTED THEREIN - A heat dissipation apparatus includes a base, a heat sink on the base, two heat pipes thermally connecting the base and the heat sink and a fan mounted in the heat sink. The heat sink comprises a first fin group placed on the base and a second fin group located on the first fin group. Each heat pipe comprises an evaporation section connected to the base, a condensation section and an adiabatic section interconnecting the evaporation section and the condensation section. The condensation sections of the heat pipes are sandwiched between the first and second fin groups and surround the fan. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155024 | Liquid cooling system - In some embodiments, a cooling device may be mounted to a portion of a chassis of an electronic system, wherein the cooling device may be releasably and pivotably attached to the chassis in at least an open position to permit access to components within the electronic system and a closed position to permit installation of a cover on the chassis. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155025 | COLLECTOR ELECTRODES AND ION COLLECTING SURFACES FOR ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC FLUID ACCELERATORS - Embodiments of electrohydrodynamic (EHD) fluid accelerator devices utilize collector electrode structures that promote efficient fluid flow and reduce the probability of arcing by managing the strength of the electric field produced at the forward edges of the collector electrodes. In one application, the EHD devices dissipate heat generated by a thermal source in a thermal management system. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155026 | CONDENSIBLE GAS COOLING SYSTEM - A workpiece cooling system and method are disclosed. Transferring heat away from a workpiece, such as a semiconductor wafer during ion implantation, is essential. Typically this heat is transferred to the workpiece support, or platen. In one embodiment, the desired operating temperature is determined. Based on this, a gas having a vapor pressure within a desired range, such as 10-50 torr, is selected. This range is required to be sufficiently low so as to be less than the clamping force. This condensible gas is used to fill the volume between the workpiece and the workpiece support. Heat transfer occurs based on adsorption and desorption, thereby offering improved transfer properties than traditionally employed gases, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, argon and air. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155027 | COOLING DEVICE - A cooling device includes a case including a mount surface having a power transistor mounted thereon, a coolant accommodating chamber formed in the case located above the mount surface, for accommodating a coolant capable of evaporating by heat from the power transistor, a cooling pipe provided in the case and being capable of cooling the coolant in a gaseous state, and a defining member provided in the coolant accommodating chamber and being capable of defining in the coolant accommodating chamber a first region capable of guiding the coolant in a gaseous state evaporated by the heat from the power transistor toward the cooling pipe, and a second region located downstream in a flow direction of the coolant with respect to the first region and being capable of guiding the coolant cooled by the cooling pipe toward a bottom of the coolant accommodating chamber. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155028 | Combined Device Comprising An Internal Heat Exchanger And An Accumulator That Make Up An Air-Conditioning Loop - The invention relates to a combined device ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155029 | BLOWER ASSEMBLY - A blower assembly for dissipating heat from a printed circuit board (PCB), the blower assembly includes a bracket and a fan. The bracket includes a sidewall defining an inlet and a lateral wall defining a fixing slot to receive one end of the PCB, the lateral wall also defines an outlet adjacent the fixing slot. The fan is installed in the bracket and exposed through the inlet to suck air, configured for expelling air from the inlet to the outlet to cool the PCB. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155030 | THERMAL MODULE - A thermal module includes a blower, a fin unit and a heat pipe. The blower includes a housing and an impeller received in the housing. The housing defines an air inlet and an air outlet perpendicular to the air inlet. The fin unit is arranged at the air outlet of the blower. The heat pipe includes a tube defining a chamber, and a wick structure disposed in the chamber. The heat pipe forms an evaporation section and a condensation section attaching to the fin unit. At least one contacting member is depressed inwardly from the evaporation section of the heat pipe for accommodating an electronic component therein. A depth of the chamber at the at least one contacting member is less than that at other portion of the evaporation section of the heat pipe without the at least one contacting member. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155031 | HEAT PIPE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A heat pipe includes a casing, a main wick structure received in the casing and attached to an inner surface of the casing, a multi-layered auxiliary wick structure received in the main wick structure and a working fluid contained in the casing and saturating the main wick structure and the auxiliary wick structure. An inner peripheral surface of the main wick structure and an outer peripheral surface of the auxiliary wick structure cooperatively define a vapor channel therebetween. The auxiliary wick structure extends along a longitudinal direction of the casing and defines a liquid channel therein. The auxiliary wick structure is formed by a plurality of layers radially stacked on each other, such that each outer layer is attached around an adjacent inner layer. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155032 | HEAT PIPE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A heat pipe includes a longitudinal casing, a main wick structure, at least one auxiliary wick structure and a working fluid contained in the casing and saturating the main wick structure and the at least one auxiliary wick structure. The main wick structure is received in the casing and attached to an inner surface of the casing. The at least one auxiliary wick structure is received in the main wick structure. An inner peripheral surface of the main wick structure and an outer peripheral surface of the at least one auxiliary wick structure cooperatively define a vapor channel therebetween. At least one end of the at least one auxiliary wick structure is fixed on a corresponding end of the casing. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155033 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING MICRO HEAT PIPE FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A thermal management system includes a base element and a heat producing element disposed for heat transfer from the heat producing element to the base element. An adherent zone includes an adherent element in physical attachment between the heat producing element and the base element. A heat transfer zone, separate from the adherent zone, includes a heat pipe between the heat producing element and the base element. The heat pipe includes a circulatory flow path between an evaporator section and a condenser section, and a working fluid on the circulatory flow path. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155034 | HEAT PIPE AND COOLING DEVICE USED IN CRYOTECHNOLOGY - The invention relates to a heat pipe or cold pipe for cryotechnology, with a casing pipe and with a chamber encapsulated hermetically by a condensation element at one pipe end and by an evaporation element at the other pipe end and filled with a heat transfer medium suitable for cryogenics. So that superconductive elements or components can be cooled to the required transition temperature with high operating reliability and efficiency in a short cooling time, in the chamber, between the condensation element and the evaporation element, at least one cooling module is installed which partially bears with a tubular surface area against the inner surface of the casing pipe and which is provided at least on the condensation element side with a conducting means in order to guide condensed and/or liquid heat transfer medium to the surface area. The invention also relates to a cooling device having a plurality of cold pipes. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155035 | Liquid-Cooled Heat Radiator - A liquid-cooled heat radiator | 2010-06-24 |
20100155036 | Cooling system - In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method for controlling operation of an electric water pump configured to circulate a cooling fluid. The method may include detecting a startup of an electric power source associated with the electric water pump. In addition, the method may include monitoring a voltage available to the electric water pump in response to the detected startup of the power source. The method may also include providing an activation signal to the electric water pump if the monitored voltage is equal to or greater than a first threshold voltage. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155037 | CONTAINER AND A DEVICE FOR INDIRECTLY COOLING MATERIALS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE CONTAINER - The present relates to a container and to a device for indirect material cooling and to a method for producing the container according to the invention. Through the present invention a much more efficient indirect heat transfer is facilitated from the exterior of the container into the interior of the container. The improvement of the heat conductivity and of the heat transfer of centrifuge containers yields a reduction of the necessary power of the refrigeration system for cooled centrifuges. Through the higher performance of the centrifuge a higher speed can be run for identical centrifuge temperatures and/or at the same centrifuge temperature and speed, the input power of the refrigeration unit can be reduced. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155038 | Heat Exchange Media For Managing Silica Build-Up In A Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer - A heat-exchange medium for use in a regenerative thermal oxidizer has a coating of potassium aluminum silicate which prevents the build-up of silicon dioxide from processed gas on the surface of the ceramic heat-exchange media. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155039 | DOMESTIC APPLIANCE WITH AN OPEN AIR DUCT - A domestic appliance includes an open air duct and a flow cross-section adjuster in the air duct for adjusting a flow cross-section of the air duct. The flow cross-section adjuster includes rotatably mounted blades for noise dampening purpose. The air duct and the flow cross-section adjuster are in a cooling air inflow region relative to a heat exchanger or a compressor of the domestic appliance. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155040 | Heat Sink Comprising a Tube Through Which Cooling Medium Flows - There is described a heat sink having at least one tube through which cooling medium flows and which is surrounded by a heat-conducting material, wherein the tube wall of the at least one tube is corrugated in the direction of flow. The corrugated embodiment has the advantage that the transition from laminar to turbulent flow relative to a straight-walled tube is effected at a lower flow velocity and the heat transfer area is greater at the same tube length. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155041 | HEAT EXCHANGER COMPRISING TUBES WITH GROOVED FINS - Tube heat exchanger comprising finned tubes, wherein the tubes extend in a certain axial direction and are provided with heat exchange fins. Each fin has a heat exchange surface surrounding a tube that extends in a certain radial direction in relation to the tube and which is relief structured to form grooves spaced apart from one another in said radial direction. The grooves of a fin have different dimensions that decrease on moving away from the tube in said radial direction so as to form a guide for a fluid around the tube. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155042 | TEMPERATURE-STABLE CAST IRON ALLOY AND USE OF SAID ALLOY - A description is given of a temperature-stable cast-iron alloy having high wear resistance at temperatures between 500 and 900° C. The alloy is characterized in that it has the following composition expressed in weight percentages: chromium: 15.0-20.0%, carbon: 1.0-2.0%, manganese: 0.8-1.2%, silicon: 1.2-1.5%, nickel: 1.5-2.5%, balance iron and unavoidable metallic and non-metallic contaminants where the non-metallic contaminants comprise nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous and sulphur. Hereby is obtained a cast-iron alloy which has a higher wear resistance and a reduced tendency to form the undesirable sigma phase when heated to temperatures between 500 and 900° C. as compared to the known allows. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155043 | ELEMENT FOR EMISSION OF THERMAL RADIATION - The present disclosure provides an element for emission of thermal radiation. The element comprises particles arranged for receiving thermal energy and emitting at least a portion of the received thermal energy in the form of the thermal radiation. The thermal radiation predominantly has a wavelength or wavelength range within an atmospheric window wavelength range in which the atmosphere of the Earth has a reduced average absorption and emission compared with an average absorption and emission in an adjacent wavelength range whereby absorption by the element of radiation from the atmosphere is reduced. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155044 | Fixed type heat exchange apparatus with automatic flow rate exchange modulation - The present invention is installed with the three or at least one of the temperature detecting device, humidity detecting device, and gaseous or liquid state fluid composition detecting device at the position capable of detecting the temperature, humidity, and fluid composition changes of the exchange fluid, wherein the detected signals are used as the references for modulating the pumping flow rate of exchange fluid. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155045 | Rotary type heat exchange apparatus with automatic flow rate exchange modulation - The present invention discloses that a rotary type heat exchange apparatus with automatic flow rate exchange modulation is installed with the tree or at least one kind of at least one temperature detecting device, at least one humidity detecting device and at least one gaseous or liquid state fluid composition detecting device at the position capable of detecting the temperature, humidity, and composition changes of the exchange fluid, wherein the detected signals are used as the references for modulating the pumping flow rate of exchange fluid, or for modulating the operating timing such as the rotating speed of the rotary type heat exchange rotating disk. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155046 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN ON BOARD INERT GAS GENERATION SYSTEMS - An apparatus for providing air at a given temperature to an air separation module has a first path for delivering air having a temperature to the air separation module, a second path for delivering air having a temperature to the air separation module, a heat exchanger through which the second path flows, the heat exchanger modulating the temperature of the air from the given temperature to a second temperature, and a valve for controlling an amount of air flowing through the second path whereby if the air delivered to the air separation module by the first path and the second path is below a temperature desired to run the air separation module essentially all of the air may flow through the first path. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155047 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DISSIPATE HEAT IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - In a particular embodiment, a system to dissipate heat in an information handling system includes a first heat-generating component adapted to process first data and a second heat-generating component adapted to process second data. The system also includes a cooling fluid guide including an electroactive material. The cooling fluid guide is adapted to change from a first shape to a second shape, in response to receiving a trigger voltage or in response to no longer receiving the trigger voltage. The system also includes a controller adapted to detect a data load processed at the second heat-generating component and, in response to detecting the data load, to cause the trigger voltage to be received at, or no longer received at, the cooling fluid guide. The cooling fluid guide is adapted to direct an increased portion of cooling fluid toward the first heat-generating component when the cooling fluid guide is in a form of the second shape, as compared to the first shape. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155048 | INTEGRATED CARBON MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PETROLEUM REFINING - An environmentally and economically more efficient petroleum production/refining/utilization system for managing carbon emissions at all stages of the petroleum lifecycle is provided. The system of the current invention integrates the release of carbon from refined low value, high polluting petroleum products such that those sources of carbon may be utilized in a manner beneficial to the efficiency and environmental footprint of the overall petroleum processing lifecycle. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155049 | Downhole Tool Delivery System - A downhole tool deployment apparatus is disclosed, which preferably includes at least an in-ground well casing, a depth determination device providing a hermetically sealed electronics compartment, tool attachment portions, and a first flow through core. The depth determination device is preferably configured for sliding communication with the well casing. The hermetically sealed electronics compartment secures a processor and a location sensing system, which communicates with the processor while interacting exclusively with features of the well casing to determine the location of the depth determination device within the well casing. A preferred embodiment further includes a well plug affixed to the tool attachment portion, the well plug includes a second flow through core capped with a core plug with a core plug release mechanism, which upon activation provides separation between the second flow through core and the core plug, allowing material to flow through said first and second flow through cores. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155050 | Down hole tool - A flow back plug, a bridge plug, a ball drop plug and plug with a disintegratable check therein are made from a common subassembly including, in some embodiments, a mandrel, a slips/seal section, a setting assembly and a mule shoe. In other embodiments, the common components are a mandrel, a slips/seal section and a mule shoe. To make the flow back plug, a ball check is placed in the mule shoe. To make the bridge plug, an obstruction is inserted in the mule shoe. To make the ball drop plug, the mule shoe is left unobstructed so any ball dropped in a well seats in a tapered inlet to the mandrel. To make a plug with a disintegratable check, a ball dropped in the well is of a type that disintegrated in frac liquids. The setting assembly includes a setting rod connected to a setting device in the mandrel passage. When the plug is expanded into sealing engagement with a production string, the setting rod pulls out of the setting device leaving a passage through the mandrel and through the setting device. Another embodiment is an improved adapter sleeve used on conventional setting tools. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155051 | ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMPING SYSTEM WITH GAS VENT - A technique is provided for pumping fluids from a wellbore. An electric submersible pumping system is deployed in a wellbore on a tubing. Free gas can potentially accumulate around the electric submersible pumping system, but a gas vent is positioned to remove free gas. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155052 | Downhole Tool and Running Tool System for Retrievably Setting a Downhole Tool at Locations Within a Well Bore - A running tool for landing and setting a retrievable downhole tool at any location in a well bore includes an inner rod, a running tool anchoring device mounted on the inner rod and controllably reconfigurable between a retracted configuration to permit movement of the tool through the well bore and a radially extended configuration for locking engagement of the running tool with the bore wall, a running tool actuating assembly for effecting reciprocal movement of the reconfiguring the running tool anchoring device to and from the retracted and expanded configurations without interacting with any restrictions or recesses within the well bore, and a resistance device for frictionally engaging the bore wall with sufficient gripping force so as to hold the position of the running tool relative to the well bore during movement of the running tool actuating assembly to and from the first and second configuration upon application of the axial force. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155053 | DOWNHOLE FLUID COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A probe for establishing fluid communication between a downhole tool and a subterranean formation is provided. The downhole tool is positioned in a wellbore penetrating the subterranean formation. The probe includes a platform operatively connected to the downhole tool, at least one packer operatively connected to the platform, the packer having at least one hole extending therethrough and at least one embedded member disposed in the packer for enhancing the operation of the packer as it is pressed against the wellbore wall. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155054 | DUMP BAILER - A dump bailer is disclosed herein comprising a tool body defining a chamber for containing a material to be deposited and an outlet in the tool body through which the material can be deposited. The dump bailer also comprises a piston assembly slideably mounted in the chamber and comprising a swabbing piston, a supply of pressurized fluid, and a valve for releasing the pressurized fluid to act on the swabbing piston to drive it along the chamber to expel material contained therein through the outlet. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155055 | DROP BALLS - A drop ball for use in wellbore activities, such as wellbores in oil and gas drilling, completion and/or production activities comprising a generally spherical body, the spherical body carrying at least one marker, which contains and/or can determine at least one parameter related to the drop ball, the wellbore and/or activities being conducted in the wellbore. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155056 | EUTECTIC MATERIAL-BASED SEAL ELEMENT FOR PACKERS - The present invention relates to a seal element for a wellbore which includes a support member, a bag positioned on the support member and a eutectic material positionable in the bag. The bag may be axially compressed and axially extended along the support member thereby permitting sealing and unsealing of an annulus in a wellbore. The eutectic material may be a phase changing salt. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155057 | Apparatus and Method of Monitoring An Alternating Current Component of a Downhole Electrical Imbalance Voltage - An apparatus and method are provided for monitoring and controlling a power system of an electrical submersible pump assembly. A sensor monitors an alternating current component of a downhole electrical imbalance voltage at a neutral point of a motor of the electrical submersible pump assembly. The sensor measurement is transmitted to a controller at the surface. The controller analyzes the alternating current component of the downhole electrical imbalance voltage and then adjusting an operation of the electrical submersible pump assembly, or scheduling maintenance, accordingly. Also, a model of a power system of an electrical submersible pump assembly is created to predict an alternating current component of a downhole electrical imbalance voltage. The model is modified as necessary responsive to measurements from the sensor. A controller adjusts surface currents according to the model of the power system to match downhole motor drive currents to thereby optimize the power system. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155058 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A FRACTURING OPERATION - A method for monitoring a fracturing operation in a target well comprising extending a seismic sensor in a tubing string to a first position in an well offset from the target well. A coolant fluid is circulated through the tubing string for a predetermined time. The tubing string is retracted to a second uphole position such that the cooled seismic sensor is exposed in the offset wellbore. A seismic signal emitted during the fracturing operation of the target well is sensed in the offset well. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155059 | Fiber Optic Slickline and Tools - A fiber optic slickline. The slickline includes fiber optic communication means without full downhole power transmitting capability. Nevertheless, the slickline is configured to accommodate an axial load up to, and in excess of 2,000 lbs. Downhole tools and tool assemblies are configured with opto-electronic interfacing features so as to remain electronically compatible while also taking advantage of fiber optic communications afforded over the slickline. The slickline and tools may be employed in logging and other downhole operations in a manner that provides real time communication with substantially reduced surface equipment expense in terms of footprint and power requirements. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155060 | TRIANGLE AIR INJECTION AND IGNITION EXTRACTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention is a process for recovering oil from an underground oil-containing reservoir. The process includes providing one or more injection wells for injecting a gaseous fluid (steam and air) into the reservoir, the one or more injection wells having a plurality of generally horizontal injector legs, the injector legs positioned within a first depth region in the reservoir. The process further includes providing one or more extraction wells for recovering oil from the reservoir, the one or more extraction wells having plurality of generally horizontal extractor legs, the extractor legs positioned within a second depth region in the reservoir below the first depth region and spaced between the injector legs. Gaseous fluid, typically steam, is injected through the injector legs for a first period of time; and then air is injected through at least one of the injector legs. Alternative embodiments of the invention are also described. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155061 | FORMATION EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and apparatuses for evaluating a fluid from a subterranean formation of a wellsite via a downhole tool positionable in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation are provided. The apparatus relates to a downhole tool having a probe with at least two intakes for receiving fluid from the subterranean formation. The downhole tool is configured according to a wellsite set up. The method involves positioning the downhole tool in the wellbore of the wellsite, drawing fluid into the downhole tool via the at least two intakes, monitoring at least one wellsite parameter via at least one sensor of the wellsite and automatically adjusting the wellsite setup based on the wellsite parameters. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155062 | Use Of A Heavy Petroleum Fraction As A Drive Fluid In The Recovery of Hydrocarbons From A Subterranean Formation - A process is disclosed for using heavy petroleum fraction as a drive fluid in the recovery of hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation. The hydrocarbons may be in the form of bitumen or heavy oil. The heavy petroleum fraction may be injected into at least one injection well and hydrocarbons produced out of at least one distinct production well. The heavy petroleum fraction may be co-injected together with steam and/or hot water and/or solvent. The heavy petroleum fraction may be a heavy fraction of a process used to upgrade crude oil, such as a heavy asphaltene fraction produced from solvent deasphalting crude oil produced by this recovery process. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155063 | Particle Drilling System Having Equivalent Circulating Density - An injection system and method is described. In several exemplary embodiments, the injection system and method may be a part of, and/or used with, a system and method for excavating a subterranean formation. The system and method include a low density material injection to lower the circulating fluid equivalent circulating density. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155064 | Apparatus and Method for Providing an Alternate Flow Path in Isolation Devices - An apparatus for use in a wellbore is described, the apparatus having a tubular body and a throughbore which defines a primary fluid path through the apparatus. An expanding element is disposed around the tubular body and is configured to provide an annular barrier in a space between the tubular body and a surrounding wall. A conduit defining a secondary flow path through the apparatus is provided, and is configured to be in fluid communication with at least one alternate path, such as a shunt tube. The conduit is arranged to vary the secondary flow path along a longitudinal direction of the apparatus, for example to redirect the flow path to a radial position closer to the tool body. The conduit is configured to have a reduced effect on the operation of the expanding element, while still allowing the conduit to be coupled to alternate flow paths of adjacent apparatus. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155065 | METHODS FOR PLACING MULTIPLE STAGE FRACTURES IN WELLBORES - A production tubing comprising a liner is placed downhole in a wellbore. A fluid pill containing proppant is squeezed into the annulus between the formation and liner, thereby packing the proppant into the annulus, effectively isolating the annulus. The packed proppant is permeable to liquids but impermeable to fracturing proppants. After isolation of the annulus, the wellbore may be perforated using a resettable perforation assembly. Once perforating is complete, the wellbore is fractured. The presence of the packed proppant in the annulus generates resistance to the flow of fracturing fluid along the annulus, forcing the fracture to propagate down the perforation tunnels, while also allowing subsequent production fluids to be produced along the annulus. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155066 | PROPPANT CONTROL IN AN LPG FRAC SYSTEM - An apparatus for supplying proppant is disclosed, comprising a vessel and a level monitor. The vessel has an interior containing a mixture of proppant and liquid, an inlet for supplying proppant to the interior, and an outlet for supplying the mixture of proppant and liquid from the interior of the vessel. The level monitor is associated with the vessel for monitoring at least a level of liquid and has a discriminator for discriminating between the level of liquid and a level of proppant in the mixture of proppant and liquid. A method of supplying proppant is also disclosed. A vessel is provided at least partially filled with a mixture of proppant and liquid and having a level of liquid and a level of proppant. The level of liquid in the mixture of proppant and liquid is monitored. The mixture of proppant and liquid is supplied from the vessel through an outlet in the vessel. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155067 | Systems and methods for using a passageway through subterranean strata - Systems and methods usable to urge a passageway through subterranean strata, place protective lining conduit strings between the subterranean strata and the wall of said passageway without removing the urging apparatus from said passageway, and target deeper subterranean strata formations than is normally the practice for placement of said protective lining conduit strings by providing apparatuses for reducing the particle size of rock debris to generate lost circulation material to inhibit the initiation or propagation of subterranean strata fractures. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155068 | Cement retarder systems, and retarded cement compositions - A cement retarder system for use in underground wells included a borate compound, an organophosphonate salt, and a copolymer formed from AMPS and a monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, acrylamide and mixtures thereof. A method of using the retarder system in an underground well having a borehole drilled therein with a borehole wall, and further including a casing disposed in said borehole, such that an annulus exists between said casing and said borehole wall, comprising the steps of providing a cement composition and a liquid carrier, providing a retarder system for said cement composition comprising a borate compound, an organophosphonate salt, and a copolymer formed from AMPS and a monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, acrylamide, and mixtures thereof, mixing a sufficient amount of said retarder system to create a desired induction period with said cement composition and said liquid carrier to form a cement slurry, pumping the cement slurry from the surface down the casing, and causing said slurry to return to the surface in the annulus between the casing and the borehole wall. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155069 | Cement Compositions Comprising Stevia Retarders - Methods and compositions that include a method of cementing comprising providing a cement composition comprising water, a hydraulic cement, and an additive comprising at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a stevia retarder and inulin; placing the cement composition in a subterranean formation; and permitting the cement composition to set in the formation. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155070 | ORGANONITROGEN COMPOUNDS USED IN TREATING HYDROCARBON CONTAINING FORMATIONS - A method for treating subsurface formation includes providing a hydrocarbon-containing feed stream produced from an in situ heat treatment process. At least a portion of the hydrocarbon-containing feed stream is treated with one or more aqueous acid compounds to produce an aqueous stream including organonitrogen compounds. At least a portion of the aqueous stream including organonitrogen compounds is provided to at least a portion of a formation that has been at least partially treated by an in situ-heat treatment process. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155071 | Subsea Force Generating Device and Method - Method and water submerged device for generating a force under water. The device includes a low pressure recipient configured to contain a volume of a first fluid at a low pressure volume, an inlet connected to the low pressure recipient and configured to exchange a second fluid with an external enclosure, and a valve connected to the external enclosure and the inlet and configured to separate a pressure source in the external enclosure from the low pressure recipient. When the valve is open, such that there is a flow communication between the external enclosure and the low pressure recipient, a pressure imbalance occurs in the external enclosure which generates the force and the second fluid from the external enclosure enters the low pressure recipient and compresses the first fluid. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155072 | Rechargeable Subsea Force Generating Device and Method - Method and device to be used for resetting a pressure in a low pressure recipient connected to a subsea pressure control device. The device includes the low pressure recipient configured to have first and second chambers separated by a first piston; a reset recipient configured to have third and fourth chambers separated by a piston assembly, and the piston assembly includes a second piston having first and second extension elements that extend along a direction of movement of the piston assembly. The third chamber has an inlet configured to allow the hydraulic liquid to enter the third chamber and an outlet configured to allow the hydraulic liquid to exit the third chamber, and the fourth chamber has an inlet configured to allow the hydraulic liquid to enter the fourth chamber and an outlet configured to allow the hydraulic liquid to exit the fourth chamber. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155073 | RETRIEVABLE HYDRAULIC SUBSEA BOP CONTROL POD - Systems and methods for improved hydraulic control systems for actuation of subsea equipment in deep water are disclosed. The hydraulic control system relies on smaller fluid flow associated with a hydraulic pressure pulse to actuate the small volume actuation control valve. In one embodiment, the system includes small diameter control umbilical hoses and pilot-operated valves with low actuation volumes. Particularly, a hydraulic control system for reducing the signal time to a subsea blowout preventer in water depth up to and greater than about 5000 feet. Some embodiments comprise a valve arrangement which hydraulically actuate one side of a hydraulic control function, while simultaneously evacuating the opposing circuit both at the seabed and at the surface. Some embodiments comprise an umbilical hose located proximate the center of an umbilical bundle. Preferably, the umbilical hose has a plurality of layers of reinforcing fibers which increase with the diameter of the reinforcement layer. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155074 | INTERCHANGEABLE SUBSEA WELLHEAD DEVICES AND METHODS - A method for connecting a lower marine riser package to a lower blowout preventer stack. The method includes lowering a frame of the lower marine riser package toward a frame of the lower blowout preventer stack such that a first half of a feed-thru component contacts a second half of the feed-thru component; floating at least one of the first half of the feed-thru component or the second half of the feed-thru component while the frame of the lower marine package is further lowered toward the frame of the lower blowout preventer stack; and engaging the first half of the feed-thru component to the second half of the feed-thru component after further lowering the lower marine riser package toward the lower blowout preventer stack. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155075 | METHOD FOR LIQUID CONTROL IN MULTIPHASE FLUID PIPELINES - A method for control of liquid or liquid slugs in multi phase fluid pipelines, including a multiphase pipeline for the transportation of a fluid, consisting of mainly gas and some liquid such as water an/or gas condensate. The gas is evacuated via a gas separation unit connected to the multiphase pipeline to a second gas transport pipe, and the liquid is fed to a dedicated pipeline section acting as a buffer volume pipeline. The separation unit includes one or several vertical pipes connected at a distance from one another along the multiphase pipeline, whereby the gas is transported separately to a downstream processing facility on a platform or onshore or the like, and whereby the liquid proceeds to the loop which may preferably be an extension of the multiphase pipeline, or the liquid and gas may be re-combined and led in a common transport pipeline to the desired destination. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155076 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ROTATIONAL POWER IN A SUBSEA ENVIRONMENT - A technique facilitates the pumping of fluids in a subsea environment. A pumping system is formed by combining a submersible pump with a permanent magnet motor to power the submersible pump. The pumping system is positioned in cooperation with a subsea structure to improve the fluid flow and the functionality of the system in specific applications. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155077 | SELECTIVE COMPLETION SYSTEM FOR DOWNHOLE CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION - A completion system including a packer disposed in a wellbore and a tubular string having a bore therethrough configured to land into the packer. The tubular string includes an alignment sub, a seal assembly disposed below the alignment sub and having at least two longitudinal bores disposed through the seal assembly and offset from the bore of the tubular string. The tubular string also includes a sleeve sub disposed below the seal assembly, wherein the sleeve sub allows fluid communication between a bore of the tubular string and an annulus formed between the tubular string and the wellbore. The tubular string also includes at least two control lines operatively connected to the sleeve sub, wherein the at least two control lines are run through he at least two longitudinal bores of the seal assembly. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155078 | Method For Predicting Composition of Petroleum - A method for predicting petroleum expulsion is provided. An exemplary embodiment of the method comprises defining a chemical structure of a kerogen and identifying a plurality of reaction products of the kerogen under geologic heating rates. The exemplary method also comprises grouping the plurality of reaction products into a plurality of product lumps based on their chemical composition and predicting petroleum expulsion for each of the plurality of product lumps based on secondary cracking reactions. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155079 | Bellows valve - The present invention relates to a valve device comprising an external structure with a longitudinal axis and a valve seat, and a valve body mounted movably inside the external structure. The valve device comprises a first bellows device permitted to be moved in a substantially radial direction, in fluid connection with a first fluid, and hydraulically connected to a second bellows device permitted to be moved in a substantially axial direction. The second bellows device is connected to a first part piston cooperating with a second part piston, thereby giving the second part piston an oppositely directed movement relative to the first part piston, which thereby moves the valve body relative to the valve seat. The invention also relates to a method for operation of a valve device and the use thereof. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155080 | BIDIRECTIONAL RAM BOP AND METHOD - A ram blowout preventer for sealing a well, the ram blowout preventer including a body having a cavity with a recess; a ram block configured to move inside the cavity; a top seat disposed in the recess and configured to seal the well when in contact with the ram block; a movable lock ring extending inside a groove of the body and a corresponding groove of the top seat and configured to move inside the groove of the body, along a direction substantially parallel to the well; a first seal extending inside a groove of the top seat and configured to contact the body and the top seat; and a second seal extending inside a groove of the ram block and configured to contact the ram block and the top seat. A width of the groove of the body is larger than a width of the lock ring by a predetermined value, which is larger than normal tolerances, and a distance from a centerline of the well to the first seal is larger than a distance from the centerline of the well to the second seal. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155081 | FLUID ACTUATED CIRCULATING SUB - A downhole device used to divert fluid flow out of a work string into an annulus. The downhole device is activated by the movement of a plurality of pistons within the downhole device. Fluid flow through a restriction of the downhole device creates an increase in fluid pressure causing the movement of the pistons. The pistons move a flow tube between various locations within the device. In one location, the flow tube prevents fluid flow to the annulus while in another location the flow tube allows fluid flow to be diverted into the annulus. The downhole device may include a locating sleeve having a continuous j-track allowing the flow tube to be selectively retained at the various locations within the downhole device. Fluid flow through the downhole is used to cycle the device between diverting fluid flow to the annulus and forcing fluid flow down the work string. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155082 | Actuator Assembly for Tubular Expansion - A hydraulically powered downhole tool includes a tool mandrel ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155083 | OPEN-HOLE ANCHOR FOR WHIPSTOCK SYSTEM - An anchoring system including a housing; a chamber defined by the housing; and one or more telescopic assemblies disposed in contact with a wall of the housing and responsive to pressure within the chamber and a method for anchoring a tool in a wellbore. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155084 | SETTING TOOL FOR EXPANDABLE LINER HANGER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A method of conveying an expandable liner hanger in a well includes: conveying the hanger into the well on a work string with a setting tool releasably secured to the hanger by an anchoring device; applying left-hand rotation to the work string; then lowering the work string, thereby releasing the anchoring device and permitting the setting tool to be retrieved from within the hanger. A method of setting a liner hanger includes: forcing an expansion cone through a hanger portion, thereby expanding the portion; and forcing another expansion cone into another hanger portion, thereby expanding that portion. A method of setting an expandable liner hanger includes: lowering a liner into the well; then connecting the hanger and a setting tool lower section to the liner; then lowering the hanger and the lower section into the well; and then connecting a setting tool upper section to the lower section. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEALING WELLS IN CO2 SEQUESTRATION PROJECTS - Method for forming a downhole plug within an abandoned well casing for preventing the flow of gas through the plug and reaching the surface, particularly for CO2 sequestration projects. A milling tool mills out a longitudinal section of the perimeter of the well casing and surrounding cement and detritus to expose the well bore. A heater containing solid metallic alloy is lowered into the casing and the alloy is melted so that it fills the milled out area and flows into the face of the well bore. The heater is removed to allow the alloy to solidify. The upper casing acts to restrain any movement of the plug following solidification of the alloy. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155086 | Method and Device with Biasing Force for Sealing a Well - Methods and devices with biasing force for sealing a well. Such a device is a blowout preventer has a body including a cavity having first and second recesses, a ram block configured to move inside the cavity, a top seat provided in the first recess and configured to seal the well when the ram block is closed, a wear plate provided in the second recess and configured to contact the ram block when the ram block moves inside the cavity over the wear plate, and a biasing element provided inside the cavity and configured to apply a biasing force on at least one of the top seat, the ram block or the wear plate to increase the sealing of the well. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155087 | CEILING-ONLY DRY SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING A STORAGE OCCUPANCY FIRE - A ceiling-only dry sprinkler system configured to address a storage occupancy fire event with a sprinkler operational area sufficient in size to surround and drown the fire. The system and method preferably provide for the surround and effect by activating one or more initial sprinklers, delaying fluid flow to the initial activated sprinklers for a defined delay period to permit the thermal activation of a subsequent one or more sprinklers so as to form the preferred sprinkler operational area. The sprinklers of the operational area are preferably configured so as to provide sufficient fluid volume and cooling to address the fire-event with a surround and drown configuration. The defined delay period is of a defined period having a maximum and a minimum. The preferred sprinkler system is adapted for fire protection of storage commodities and provides a ceiling only system that eliminates or otherwise minimizes the economic disadvantages and design penalties of current dry sprinkler system design. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155088 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING OR EXTINGUISHING FIRE - Described herein are an inerting method as well as an inerting system ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155089 | CEILING-ONLY DRY SPRINKLER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING A STORAGE OCCUPANCY FIRE - A ceiling-only dry sprinkler system configured to address a storage occupancy fire event with a sprinkler operational area sufficient in size to surround and drown the fire. The system and method preferably provide for the surround and effect by activating one or more initial sprinklers, delaying fluid flow to the initial activated sprinklers for a defined delay period to permit the thermal activation of a subsequent one or more sprinklers so as to form the preferred sprinkler operational area. The sprinklers of the operational area are preferably configured so as to provide sufficient fluid volume and cooling to address the fire-event with a surround and drown configuration. The defined delay period is of a defined period having a maximum and a minimum. The preferred sprinkler system is adapted for fire protection of storage commodities and provides a ceiling only system that eliminates or otherwise minimizes the economic disadvantages and design penalties of current dry sprinkler system design. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155090 | NUTRIENT DEVICE AND METHOD - The nutrient device of the present invention includes a ground having a ground surface. The coulter is mounted for rotation about a coulter axis and the coulter penetrates the ground and makes the ground penetration below the ground surface. A cleaning wheel is mounted for rotation about a cleaning wheel axis, and the cleaning wheel extends upwardly from engaging the coulter to a cleaning wheel point spaced away from the coulter. A conduit is positioned to deliver a nutrient onto the coulter for dispensing the nutrient into the ground penetration. A closing wheel is positioned adjacent the rear of the coulter and the cleaning wheel for closing the ground penetration. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155091 | Furrow Opener with Replaceable Elongate Tip Body - A furrow opener comprises an opener body including a shank mount arranged to support the opener body on an agricultural implement shank for movement in a forward working direction and a tip body readily separable from the opener body and arranged for forming a furrow in the ground in the working direction. The tip body includes a furrowing portion extending downwardly and forwardly beyond the opener body so as to be arranged to form the furrow in the ground. A retainer member is supported on the opener body to retain a portion of the tip body adjacent the top end thereof on the opener body to provide support to the tip body against a moment acting on the tip body from the rearward force on the furrowing portion during furrow formation. | 2010-06-24 |