Patents by Inventor Curtis W. Murray, Jr.
Curtis W. Murray, Jr. 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).
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Publication number: 20180178151Abstract: A sand separator for a fossil fuel processing facility is provided. The sand separator includes an inlet carrying a fluid mixture of liquid water, gaseous fossil fuel, and sand. The inlet is positioned in such a way that the fluid mixture enters the internal containing volume of the sand separator in a tangential direction relative to the inner surface. The tangentially moving fluid mixture spirals downwardly to enable the gaseous fossil fuel to separate from the sand and liquid water.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Curtis W. Murray, SR., Curtis W. Murray, JR., Leroy P. Whited
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Patent number: 10005976Abstract: The fossil fuel processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes two pressure vessels, or two separators, above a single vessel footprint area in a vertically stacked configuration. The stacked configuration permits the processing of gas to occur in a space having less length and less width than that of two separators arranged tip-to-end or side-by-side, respectively. The first and second separators are configured to separate fuel from non-fuel in a footprint area of a single gas separator as the fuel moves from upstream to downstream through a gas processing system. Further, the gas processing apparatus of the present disclosure permits the two separators to fit in a housing compartment that is more easily transportable via tractor-trailer.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: PRIDE OF THE HILLS MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Curtis W. Murray, Sr., Curtis W. Murray, Jr., Leroy P. Whited, Dustin Baker
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Publication number: 20160245592Abstract: The fossil fuel processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes two pressure vessels, or two separators, above a single vessel footprint area in a vertically stacked configuration. The stacked configuration permits the processing of gas to occur in a space having less length and less width than that of two separators arranged tip-to-end or side-by-side, respectively. The first and second separators are configured to separate fuel from non-fuel in a footprint area of a single gas separator as the fuel moves from upstream to downstream through a gas processing system. Further, the gas processing apparatus of the present disclosure permits the two separators to fit in a housing compartment that is more easily transportable via tractor-trailer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Curtis W. Murray, Sr., Curtis W. Murray, Jr., Leroy P. Whited, Dustin Baker
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Publication number: 20160237363Abstract: The gas processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes two pressure vessels, or two separators, above a single vessel footprint area in a vertically stacked configuration. The stacked configuration permits the processing of gas to occur in a space having less length and less width than that of two separators arranged tip-to-end or side-by-side, respectively. The first and second separators are configured to separate fuel from non-fuel in a footprint area of a single gas separator as the fuel moves from upstream to downstream through a gas processing system. Further, the gas processing apparatus of the present disclosure permits the two separators to fit in a housing compartment that is more easily transportable via tractor-trailer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Curtis W. Murray, SR., Curtis W. Murray, JR., Leroy P. Whited, Dustin Baker
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Publication number: 20160097363Abstract: A mobile compressed natural gas (CNG) pressure reducing choke and heater unit are mounted to a trailer. The trailer is towable to a location that does not have a sales pipeline of CNG. The CNG has already been processed and is stored in a compressed storage station facility. The CNG then flows through an inlet and through a series of valves and then through the choke. The choke on the trailer chokes down the pressure of CNG directly from a compressed tank, usually on a separate semi-tractor. CNG is then heated, and used on site. The CNG input to this system may come from two distinct sources such that the pressure reduction can continuously occur without any readily observable delay by the user. There are outlet ports to connect to a diesel engine converted to run on CNG.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Curtis W. Murray, SR., Curtis W. Murray, JR., Leroy P. Whited, Dustin Baker
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Publication number: 20160097010Abstract: The gas processing apparatus of the present invention includes two pressure vessels, or two separators, above a single vessel footprint area in a vertically stacked configuration. The stacked configuration permits the processing of gas to occur in a space having less length and less width than that of two separators arranged tip-to-end or side-by-side, respectively. The first and second separators are configured to separate fuel from non-fuel in a footprint area of a single gas separator as the fuel moves from upstream to downstream through a gas processing system. Further, the gas processing apparatus of the present invention permits the two separators to fit in a housing compartment that is more easily transportable via tractor-trailer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Curtis W. Murray, SR., Curtis W. Murray, JR., Leroy P. Whited, Dustin Baker
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Publication number: 20160097011Abstract: The present invention provides a housing for a gas processing apparatus formed by a plurality of walls joined together to form a box-like structure defining a chamber therein. The chamber is configured to retain a pair or more of gas processing pressure vessels in a vertically stacked configuration. The housing has a width less the United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration maximum width for a commercial vehicle to allow transportation of the housing without the need for an oversized load shipping permit. The floor width inside the chamber less than a width for said pair of pressure vessels if said vessels were in a side-by-side configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Curtis W. Murray, SR., Curtis W. Murray, JR., Leroy P. Whited, Dustin Baker
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Publication number: 20160024409Abstract: A gas processing system and method for blending wet well head natural gas with compressed natural gas is provided. The system has two inlets in communication with a blending chamber. The blending chamber is preferably defined by a heat exchanger. One inlet receives an amount of raw wet well head natural gas therethrough. The second inlet receives an amount of processed and compressed natural gas therethrough. The two gases are mixed and sent to a downstream destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Curtis W. Murray, SR., Curtis W. Murray, JR., Leroy P. Whited, Dustin Baker
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Publication number: 20150267136Abstract: A gas processing system and method for blending wet well head natural gas with compressed natural gas is provided. The system has two inlets in communication with a blending chamber. The blending chamber is preferably defined by a heat exchanger. One inlet receives an amount of raw wet well head natural gas therethrough. The second inlet receives an amount of processed and compressed natural gas therethrough. The two gases are mixed and sent to a downstream destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Curtis W. Murray, SR., Curtis W. Murray, JR., Leroy P. Whited, Dustin Baker
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Publication number: 20150267607Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a method of operating a well using gas processed at a same well site is provided. The method discloses of providing a well site defined by a perimeter. In ground fossil fuel is extracted and distributed to a processing facility. The processing facility is wholly located within the perimeter of the well site. Once the fossil-fuel is processed into an engine quality combustible gas, it is moved to a downstream destination. Preferably, the downstream destination is located within the perimeter. An exemplary downstream destination is a combustion engine, wherein the processed gas is burned to create an amount of work. The work drives a device also located within the perimeter. Thus, this method provides a way to draw fossil fuel upwards, process it, and burn it, all within the perimeter of the well site.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Curtis W. Murray, SR., Curtis W. Murray, JR., Leroy P. Whited, Dustin Baker
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Publication number: 20150267871Abstract: A method of operating a gas processing system is provided. Namely, the gas processing system is mounted atop a mobile facility for processing raw fossil fuel adjacent the well site where they were extracted from the ground. The method moves a fossil fuel along a pathway through the mobile gas processing system. Fuel events, such as, pressure, temperature, or flow rate are sensed by sensors along the pathway. A signal generator generates a signal containing information of the fuel event and sends the signal wirelessly to a remote access device where the signal is interpreted. Then, an element of the processing system, such as a valve, is actuated in response to the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Curtis W. Murray, SR., Curtis W. Murray, JR., Leroy P. Whited, Dustin Baker
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Patent number: 5497561Abstract: A dryer for removing moisture from natural gas includes a hollow pressure vessel with a bottom separator section, an intermediate drying section and an upper drying section. A perforated plate separates the intermediate and upper sections and supports a bed of a dry desiccant material. An annular passage is formed between an inverted down tube which is located within the intermediate section and the cylindrical wall of the vessel. A liquid drain tray separates the intermediate section and the lower separator section. An inlet tube provides communication between the intermediate section and the separator section and is located within the down tube. A sparger plate is spaced above the drain tray and is formed with a plurality of spaced openings providing a total open area of between 35% and 85% of the total area of the plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1994Date of Patent: March 12, 1996Assignee: Pride of the Hills Mfg., Inc.Inventors: Curtis W. Murray, Sr., Curtis W. Murray, Jr.