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20090084604 | COMPRESSIBLE OBJECTS HAVING PARTIAL FOAM INTERIORS COMBINED WITH A DRILLING FLUID TO FORM A VARIABLE DENSITY DRILLING MUD - A compressible object is described that may be utilized in drilling mud and with a drilling system to manage the density of the drilling mud. The compressible object includes a shell that encloses an interior region. The interior region of the shell is at least partially filled with a foam. The internal pressure of the compressible object may be greater than about 200 psi (pounds per square inch) at atmospheric pressure, greater than 500 psi at atmospheric pressure, greater than 1500 psi at atmospheric pressure or more preferably greater than 2000 psi at atmospheric pressure. | 04-02-2009 |
20090090558 | Compressible Objects Having A Predetermined Internal Pressure Combined With A Drilling Fluid To Form A Variable Density Drilling Mud - A compressible object is described that may be utilized in drilling mud and with a drilling system to manage the density of the drilling mud. The compressible object includes a shell that encloses an interior region. Also, the compressible object has an internal pressure (i) greater than about 200 pounds per square inch at atmospheric pressure and (ii) selected for a predetermined external pressure, wherein external pressures that exceed the internal pressure reduce the volume of the compressible object and wherein the shell being designed to reduce localized strains of the compressible object during expansion and compression of the compressible object. | 04-09-2009 |
20090090559 | COMPRESSIBLE OBJECTS COMBINED WITH A DRILLING FLUID TO FORM A VARIABLE DENSITY DRILLING MUD - A compressible object is described that may be utilized in drilling mud and with a drilling system to manage the density of the drilling mud. The compressible object includes a shell that encloses an interior region. The shell experiences less strain when the external pressure is about equal to the internal pressure than when the external pressure is above or below a predetermined compression interval of the compressible object includes a shell that encloses an interior region. | 04-09-2009 |
20090091053 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING COMPRESSIBLE OBJECTS FOR A VARIABLE DENSITY DRILLING MUD - Methods for fabricating compressible object are described. These compressible objects may be utilized in drilling mud and with a drilling system to manage the density of the drilling mud. The method includes selecting an architecture for a compressible object; selecting a wall material for the compressible object; and fabricating the compressible object, wherein the compressible object has a shell that encloses an interior region, and has an internal pressure (i) greater than about 200 pounds per square inch at atmospheric pressure and (ii) selected for a predetermined external pressure, wherein external pressures that exceed the internal pressure reduce the volume of the compressible object. | 04-09-2009 |
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20100170830 | Mitigation of top of catalyst bed fouling - This invention relates to reactors with mitigation of fouling-related pressure buildup, the reactors having a reactor bed containing at least one catalyst layer through which reactants flow. The mitigation of fouling which occurs at the top of the reactor bed is accomplished by using at least one blowback ring located near the top of the reactor bed. | 07-08-2010 |
20110217218 | Systems and Methods for Acid Gas Removal - A method and system for the selective removal of CO | 09-08-2011 |
20120085126 | LOW ENERGY DISTILLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A distillation system for separating components fluid feed includes a stripper and a rectifier. The stripper includes an inlet to receive a feed of fluid a compressor in fluid communication with a more volatile portion of the fluid within the stripper to provide an output feed, and a reboiler in fluid communication with a less volatile portion of fluid within the stripper. The rectifier receives the output feed and includes a condenser in fluid communication with a more volatile portion of the output feed from the compressor, the condenser including an exit to remove at least one component from the more volatile portion of the output feed, and an outlet to recycle a less volatile portion of the output feed back to the stripper. Heat pipes transfer thermal energy from the rectifier to the stripper. | 04-12-2012 |
20120222555 | Gas Purification Process Utilizing Engineered Small Particle Adsorbents - A gas separation process uses a structured particulate bed of adsorbent coated shapes/particles laid down in the bed in an ordered manner to simulate a monolith by providing longitudinally extensive gas passages by which the gas mixture to be separated can access the adsorbent material along the length of the particles. The particles can be laid down either directly in the bed or in locally structured packages/bundles which themselves are similarly oriented such that the bed particles behave similarly to a monolith but without at least some disadvantages. The adsorbent particles can be formed with a solid, non-porous core with the adsorbent formed as a thin, adherent coating on the exposed exterior surface. Particles may be formed as cylinders/hollow shapes to provide ready access to the adsorbent. The separation may be operated as a kinetic or equilibrium controlled process. | 09-06-2012 |
20130180593 | HEAT PIPE WITH CONTROLLED FLUID CHARGE AND HYDROPHOBIC COATING - The present invention is a heat pipe having a specified volume of working fluid determined in relation to the interior volume of the heat pipe and a target temperature T | 07-18-2013 |
20130333391 | INTEGRATION OF PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION WITH A POWER PLANT FOR CO2 CAPTURE/UTILIZATION AND N2 PRODUCTION - Systems and methods are provided for combined cycle power generation while reducing or mitigating emissions during power generation. Recycled exhaust gas from a power generation combustion reaction can be separated using a swing adsorption process so as to generate a high purity CO | 12-19-2013 |
20150027849 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO REMOVE POLAR MOLECULES FROM REFINERY STREAMS - The present invention relates to methods and systems for removing polar molecule contaminants from a refinery stream in connection with the processing of hydrocarbon fluids, chemicals, whole crude oils, blends and fractions in refineries and chemical plants that include adding high surface energy and/or high surface area nanoparticle compounds to a refinery stream to remove the polar molecule contaminants. | 01-29-2015 |
20150175898 | METHOD FOR OXYGENATE CONVERSION - Methods for organic compound conversion are disclosed. Particular methods include providing a first mixture comprising ≧10.0 wt % of at least one oxygenate, based on the weight of the first mixture; contacting said first mixture in at least a first moving bed reactor with a catalyst under conditions effective to covert at least a portion of the first mixture to a product stream comprising water, hydrogen, and one or more hydrocarbons; and separating from said product stream (i) at least one light stream and ii) at least one heavy stream, wherein the method is characterized by a recycle ratio of ≦5.0. | 06-25-2015 |
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20090050374 | Method and apparatus for managing variable density drilling mud - A method and system for drilling a wellbore is described. The system includes a wellbore with a variable density drilling mud, drilling pipe, a bottom hole assembly disposed in the wellbore and a drilling mud processing unit in fluid communication with the wellbore. The variable density drilling mud has compressible particles and drilling fluid. The bottom hole assembly is coupled to the drilling pipe while the drilling mud processing unit is configured to separate the compressible particles from the variable density drilling mud. The compressible particles in this embodiment may include compressible hollow objects filled with pressurized gas an configured to maintain the mud weight between the fracture pressure gradient and the pore pressure gradient. In addition, the system and method may also manage the use of compressible particles having different characteristics, such as size, during the drilling operations. | 02-26-2009 |
20100116553 | Method and Apparatus For Managing Variable Density Drilling Mud - A method and system for drilling a wellbore is described. The system includes a wellbore with a variable density drilling mud, drilling pipe, a bottom hole assembly disposed in the wellbore and a drilling mud processing unit in fluid communication with the wellbore. The variable density drilling mud has compressible particles and drilling fluid. The bottom hole assembly is coupled to the drilling pipe, while the drilling mud processing unit is configured to separate the compressible particles from the variable density drilling mud. The compressible particles in this embodiment may include compressible hollow objects filled with pressurized gas and configured to maintain the mud weight between the fracture pressure gradient and the pore pressure gradient. In addition, the system and method may also manage the use of compressible particles having different characteristics, such as size, during the drilling operations. | 05-13-2010 |
20110139687 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS TO REMOVE POLAR MOLECULES FROM REFINERY STREAMS - The present invention relates to methods and systems for removing polar molecule contaminants from a refinery stream in connection with the processing of hydrocarbon fluids, chemicals, whole crude oils, blends and fractions in refineries and chemical plants that include adding high surface energy and/or high surface area nanoparticle compounds to a refinery stream to remove the polar molecule contaminants. | 06-16-2011 |
20140174291 | CO2 CAPTURE PROCESSES USING ROTARY WHEEL CONFIGURATIONS - The disclosure relates to a continuous or semi-continuous, cyclic, countercurrent sorption-desorption method for enhanced control, separation, and/or purification of CO | 06-26-2014 |
20140175336 | CO2 CAPTURE PROCESSES USING ROTARY WHEEL CONFIGURATIONS - The disclosure relates to a continuous or semi-continuous, cyclic, countercurrent sorption-desorption method for enhanced control, separation, and/or purification of CO | 06-26-2014 |
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20140109206 | Multi-Control Password Changing - Multi-control password changing includes initiating a password change cycle to change a target user's password, selecting a plurality of administrators to provide password part inputs, receiving password part inputs separately and confidentially from the plurality of administrators, generating a multi-control password comprised of multiple password part inputs, changing the target user's password to the multi-control password, and transmitting either the single multi-control password or multiple password parts each separately to target user. In an exemplary embodiment, a system for multi-control password changing includes a multi-control password changing module configured to change a target user's password, a recruitment module configured to select a plurality of administrators to provide password part inputs, a regulation module configured to receive and process password part inputs from the plurality of administrators, and a change value module configured to generate a multi-control password comprised of multiple password part inputs. | 04-17-2014 |
20150026215 | AUTONOMOUS ROLE-BASED SECURITY FOR DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Embodiments described herein generally relate to creating an autonomous role-based security system for a database management system, wherein a super user may not always be required. A computer-implemented method is described. The method includes establishing one or more privileges in a database system, each privilege controlling access to an administrative function for the database system. Each privilege is assigned to one or more roles. Each role may always have a minimum set of users with only administrative rights over the role. A request is received from a first user to grant a role to a second user. A database management system determines whether the first user has administrative privileges over the role. If the first user has administrative privileges over the role, the role is granted to the second user. The database system may satisfy the principles of least privilege and separation of duties. | 01-22-2015 |
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20130308438 | HIGHLY SCALABLE MODULAR SYSTEM WITH HIGH RELIABILITY AND LOW LATENCY - A computing system for processing network traffic includes a plurality of network ports configured to receive network traffic, a plurality of processing blades, not directly coupled with the plurality of network ports, configured to process the network traffic, a switch coupled with the plurality of processing blades and configured to support inter-blade communications among the plurality of processing blades, a router coupled with the switch and the plurality of network ports, the router configured to forward the network traffic to one or more of the plurality of processing blades based on resource information of the plurality of the processing blades, and a system controller coupled to the router and the plurality of processing blades, the system controller configured to receive and maintain the resource information from the plurality of the processing blades and further configured to update the router with the resource information of the plurality of the processing blades. | 11-21-2013 |
20130308439 | HIGHLY SCALABLE MODULAR SYSTEM WITH HIGH RELIABILITY AND LOW LATENCY - A computing system for processing network traffic includes a plurality of network ports configured to receive network traffic, a plurality of processing blades, not directly coupled with the plurality of network ports, configured to process the network traffic, a switch coupled with the plurality of processing blades and configured to support inter-blade communications among the plurality of processing blades, a router coupled with the switch and the plurality of network ports, the router configured to forward the network traffic to one or more of the plurality of processing blades based on resource information of the plurality of the processing blades, and a system controller coupled to the router and the plurality of processing blades, the system controller configured to receive and maintain the resource information from the plurality of the processing blades and further configured to update the router with the resource information of the plurality of the processing blades. | 11-21-2013 |
20130308459 | HIGHLY SCALABLE MODULAR SYSTEM WITH HIGH RELIABILITY AND LOW LATENCY - A computing system for processing network traffic includes a plurality of network ports configured to receive network traffic, a plurality of processing blades, not directly coupled with the plurality of network ports, configured to process the network traffic, a switch coupled with the plurality of processing blades and configured to support inter-blade communications among the plurality of processing blades, a router coupled with the switch and the plurality of network ports, the router configured to forward the network traffic to one or more of the plurality of processing blades based on resource information of the plurality of the processing blades, and a system controller coupled to the router and the plurality of processing blades, the system controller configured to receive and maintain the resource information from the plurality of the processing blades and further configured to update the router with the resource information of the plurality of the processing blades. | 11-21-2013 |
20140172947 | CLOUD-BASED VIRTUAL LOCAL NETWORKS - Systems and methods are described for providing cloud-based virtual local networks. A computerized method for providing cloud-based virtual local networks includes receiving at a network gateway a request for a network address from a network switch, communicating with a user device management entity (uDME) server to authorize the network switch, receiving an authorization response from the uDME server for the network switch, receiving a network address pool at the network gateway from the uDME server, and creating at the network gateway a virtual home router containing a virtual home router context that is unique to the virtual home router and associated with the network address pool. | 06-19-2014 |
20140344449 | IP ADDRESS ALLOCATION FOR WI-FI CLIENTS - Computerized systems and computerized methods are provided for internet protocol (IP) address allocation for Wi-Fi clients in a manner that avoids assigning a public IP address to a device if the device is not first activated to use services provided by the network. A private IP network address is allocated to a device, wherein the private IP network address is only valid for a predetermined period, and only allows the device to activate itself with the network instead of providing the device full access to the network. The device is monitored during the predetermined period so that if the device is activated to use the network during the predetermined period, the computing device assigns a public IP address to the device so that the device can access a full set of services provided by the network. | 11-20-2014 |