Patents by Inventor Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas Vreenegoor

Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas Vreenegoor has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10920919
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a length of pipe having a pipe wall and a nominal inner diameter, comprising providing an inspection pig configured for passing along the length of pipe, wherein the inspection pig is provided with a substantially circumferential inside-out capacitance tomography sensor arrangement having a diameter smaller than the nominal inner diameter; passing the inspection pig along the length of pipe thereby defining an annular space between the sensor arrangement and the pipe wall; conducting measurements using the sensor arrangement at a plurality of locations along the length of pipe, and deriving, for each of the plurality of locations, information about an interface surrounding the inspection pig from the measurements. Further provided is an inspection pig for inspecting a length of pipe, wherein the inspection pig is provided with an inside-out capacitance tomography sensor arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas Vreenegoor, Rajneesh Varma, Vipul Khosla
  • Publication number: 20180363827
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a length of pipe having a pipe wall and a nominal inner diameter, comprising providing an inspection pig configured for passing along the length of pipe, wherein the inspection pig is provided with a substantially circumferential inside-out capacitance tomography sensor arrangement having a diameter smaller than the nominal inner diameter; passing the inspection pig along the length of pipe thereby defining an annular space between the sensor arrangement and the pipe wall; conducting measurements using the sensor arrangement at a plurality of locations along the length of pipe, and deriving, for each of the plurality of locations, information about an interface surrounding the inspection pig from the measurements. Further provided is an inspection pig for inspecting a length of pipe, wherein the inspection pig is provided with an inside-out capacitance tomography sensor arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas VREENEGOOR, Rajneesh VARMA, Vipul KHOSLA
  • Patent number: 8678039
    Abstract: An elongated conduit including a tubular outer pipe, an elastic inner pipe and an annulus between the outer pipe and inner pipe, the conduit being provided with a fluid supply device, the outer pipe being provided with an inlet for introducing the fluid in the annulus between the outer pipe and the inner pipe, which inlet communicates with the fluid supply device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Franciscus Antonius Henri Janssen, Raghunath Gopal Menon, Juan Pablo Pontaza, Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas Vreenegoor, Johannes Bernardus Wilhelmus Van Zummeren
  • Publication number: 20120192984
    Abstract: The invention provides an elongated conduit (2) comprising a tubular outer pipe (3), an elastic inner pipe (4) and an annulus between the outer pipe and inner pipe, the conduit being provided with a fluid supply device (7), the outer pipe being provided with inlet means (6) for introducing the fluid (9) in the annulus between the outer pipe and the inner pipe, which inlet means communicates with the fluid supply device. The invention also provides a method to remove a blockage in the inner pipe of said elongated conduit. In addition, the invention relates to a method for transporting a liquid, semi-liquid, paste-like or solid material through the inner pipe of said elongated conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Franciscus Antonius Henri Janssen, Raghunath Gopal Menon, Juan Pablo Pontaza, Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas Vreenegoor, Johannes Bernardus Wilhelmus Van Zummeren
  • Patent number: 6390114
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for suppressing and controlling liquid slugs and gas surges in a stream of multiphase fluid flowing from a flowline into a gas/liquid separator having a liquid outlet with a liquid flow control valve, and a gas outlet with a gas flow control valve, and a control system for monitoring said control variables and adjusting said control valves which comprises: a) Measuring at least one control variable selected from the group of the liquid level in the separator, the liquid flow rate in the liquid outlet, the gas flow rate in the gas outlet, the sum of the liquid flow rate in the liquid outlet and the gas flow rate in the gas outlet, and the fluid pressure at or near the separator; b) Entering said measurements to a control system with a controller for receiving said values as a mathematical number and responding to preset numbers; c) Said control system adjusting said liquid and gas flow control valves to reduce a difference between a selected control variable and a pre-set reference val
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Gritienus Haandrikman, Rudolphus Aloysius Wijnandus Maria Henkes, Marinus Gerardus Wilhelmus Maria Seelen, Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas Vreenegoor