Patents by Inventor Fatiha Akrour

Fatiha Akrour 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).

  • Crude oil emulsion treating apparatus and method
    Patent number: 9902910
    Abstract: A method and apparatus a crude oil treating apparatus includes a treating section and a flashing section connected together by a pipe and a flashing valve. The method includes the steps of passing wet crude oil into the treating section; separating water from the wet crude oil in the treating section; obtaining partially dry crude oil; passing the partially dry crude oil via the pipe and the flashing valve to the flashing section of the apparatus; heating the partially dry crude oil upstream of the flashing section and downstream of the flashing valve by heat exchange with the water separated from the crude oil in the treating section; and obtaining dry crude oil from the flashing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: AKER PROCESS SYSTEMS AS
    Inventor: Fatiha Akrour
  • CRUDE OIL EMULSION TREATING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140216983
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a crude oil treating apparatus including a treating section and a flashing section connected together by a pipe and a flashing valve. The method includes the steps of: passing wet crude oil into the treating section; separating water from the wet crude oil in the treating section; obtaining partially dry crude oil; passing partially dry crude oil via the pipe and the flashing valve to the flashing section of the apparatus; heating the partially dry crude oil upstream of the flashing section and downstream of the flashing valve by heat exchanged with the water separated from the crude oil in the treating section; and obtaining dry crude oil from the flashing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventor: Fatiha Akrour