Patents by Inventor James Lee Arluck

James Lee Arluck 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: 10422352
    Abstract: A rotary isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) includes a first end cover having a first surface that interfaces with a first end face of a rotor, wherein the first end cover has at least one first fluid inlet and at least one first fluid outlet. The IPX includes a second end cover having a second surface that interfaces with a second end face of the rotor, wherein the second end cover has at least one second fluid inlet and at least one second fluid outlet. The IPX includes a port disposed through the first surface of the first end cover or through the second surface of the second end cover, wherein during rotation of the cylindrical rotor about the rotational axis the port is configured to fluidly communicate with at least one channel of the plurality of channels within the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: ENERGY RECOVERY, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Grant Martin, James Lee Arluck
  • Publication number: 20180252239
    Abstract: A rotary isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) includes a first end cover having a first surface that interfaces with a first end face of a rotor, wherein the first end cover has at least one first fluid inlet and at least one first fluid outlet. The IPX includes a second end cover having a second surface that interfaces with a second end face of the rotor, wherein the second end cover has at least one second fluid inlet and at least one second fluid outlet. The IPX includes a port disposed through the first surface of the first end cover or through the second surface of the second end cover, wherein during rotation of the cylindrical rotor about the rotational axis the port is configured to fluidly communicate with at least one channel of the plurality of channels within the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Jeremy Grant Martin, James Lee Arluck
  • Patent number: 9976573
    Abstract: A rotary isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) includes a first end cover having a first surface that interfaces with a first end face of a rotor, wherein the first end cover has at least one first fluid inlet and at least one first fluid outlet. The IPX includes a second end cover having a second surface that interfaces with a second end face of the rotor, wherein the second end cover has at least one second fluid inlet and at least one second fluid outlet. The IPX includes a port disposed through the first surface of the first end cover or through the second surface of the second end cover, wherein during rotation of the cylindrical rotor about the rotational axis the port is configured to fluidly communicate with at least one channel of the plurality of channels within the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: ENERGY RECOVERY, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Grant Martin, James Lee Arluck
  • Patent number: 9885372
    Abstract: A system includes an isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) that includes a housing and a rotor disposed within the housing. The system also includes a rotor advancing tool configured to engage and to move the rotor while the rotor is within the housing. The housing includes an opening that enables the rotor advancing tool to extend through the opening to engage and move the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: ENERGY RECOVERY, INC.
    Inventors: James Lee Arluck, Prem Krish, Jeremy Grant Martin, Felix Winkler, Alexander Patrick Theodossiou
  • Patent number: 9604889
    Abstract: A system includes an amine gas processing system that includes a contactor configured to remove an acid gas from an untreated natural gas using an amine in a lean amine stream, output a treated natural gas, and output a rich amine stream. The system also includes a regenerator configured to regenerate the amine in the rich amine stream, output the lean amine stream, and output the acid gas. The system also includes an isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) configured to transfer the rich amine stream from the contactor to the regenerator and to transfer the lean amine stream from the regenerator to the contactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: ENERGY RECOVERY, INC.
    Inventors: James Lee Arluck, Jeremy Grant Martin, Prem Krish
  • Patent number: 9440895
    Abstract: A system includes an amine gas processing controller that includes one or more tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media collectively storing one or more sets of instructions and one or more processing devices configured to execute the one or more sets of instructions to operate a contactor to remove an acid gas from an untreated natural gas using an amine in a lean amine, output a treated natural gas, and output a rich amine stream, operate a regenerator to regenerate the amine in the rich amine stream, output the lean amine stream, and output the acid gas, transfer the rich amine stream from the contactor to the regenerator using an isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX), and transfer the lean amine stream from the regenerator to the contactor using the IPX.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: ENERGY RECOVERY, INC.
    Inventors: James Lee Arluck, Jeremy Grant Martin, Prem Krish, John Sienkiewicz
  • Publication number: 20160146229
    Abstract: A system includes a rotary isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX). The rotary IPX includes a sleeve. The rotary IPX also includes a rotor having a first longitudinal length in an axial direction disposed within the sleeve in a concentric arrangement. The rotor includes at least one groove disposed along the first longitudinal length. The at least one groove extends in a circumferential direction about the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Jeremy Grant Martin, James Lee Arluck, Alexander Miner
  • Publication number: 20160040510
    Abstract: A rotary isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) includes a first end cover having a first surface that interfaces with a first end face of a rotor, wherein the first end cover has at least one first fluid inlet and at least one first fluid outlet. The IPX includes a second end cover having a second surface that interfaces with a second end face of the rotor, wherein the second end cover has at least one second fluid inlet and at least one second fluid outlet. The IPX includes a port disposed through the first surface of the first end cover or through the second surface of the second end cover, wherein during rotation of the cylindrical rotor about the rotational axis the port is configured to fluidly communicate with at least one channel of the plurality of channels within the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Jeremy Grant Martin, James Lee Arluck
  • Publication number: 20150184678
    Abstract: A system includes an isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) that includes a housing and a rotor disposed within the housing. The system also includes a rotor advancing tool configured to engage and to move the rotor while the rotor is within the housing. The housing includes an opening that enables the rotor advancing tool to extend through the opening to engage and move the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: James Lee Arluck, Prem Krish, Jeremy Grant Martin, Felix Winkler, Alexander Patrick Theodossiou
  • Publication number: 20140128655
    Abstract: A system includes an amine gas processing system that includes a contactor configured to remove an acid gas from an untreated natural gas using an amine in a lean amine stream, output a treated natural gas, and output a rich amine stream. The system also includes a regenerator configured to regenerate the amine in the rich amine stream, output the lean amine stream, and output the acid gas. The system also includes an isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) configured to transfer the rich amine stream from the contactor to the regenerator and to transfer the lean amine stream from the regenerator to the contactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Energy Recovery, Inc.
    Inventors: James Lee Arluck, Jeremy Grant Martin, Prem Krish
  • Publication number: 20140128656
    Abstract: A system includes an amine gas processing controller that includes one or more tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media collectively storing one or more sets of instructions and one or more processing devices configured to execute the one or more sets of instructions to operate a contactor to remove an acid gas from an untreated natural gas using an amine in a lean amine, output a treated natural gas, and output a rich amine stream, operate a regenerator to regenerate the amine in the rich amine stream, output the lean amine stream, and output the acid gas, transfer the rich amine stream from the contactor to the regenerator using an isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX), and transfer the lean amine stream from the regenerator to the contactor using the IPX.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Energy Recovery, Inc.
    Inventors: James Lee Arluck, Jeremy Grant Martin, Prem Krish, John Sienkiewicz