Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Warren

Kenneth W. Warren 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).

  • Process for application of electrostatic fields to mixing and separating fluids
    Patent number: 4204934
    Abstract: Flow paths for liquids are disclosed in vessels, the paths oriented with electrodes which are electrically energized to establish electrostatic fields through the paths, one of the liquids is more polar than the other liquids in the paths, one of the fields is intense enough to generate the force to move drops of the polar liquid fast enough to shear the drops to smaller sizes and disperse the smaller drops. A second one of the fields is less intense than the first field yet intense enough to generate the force to move the dispersed drops into coalescense. Various spacing and means of energizing the electrodes are disclosed to place the forces on the liquids in sequence and at different intensities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Warren, Floyd L. Prestridge
  • Apparatus for application of electrostatic fields to mixing and separating fluids
    Patent number: 4161439
    Abstract: Flow paths for liquids are disclosed in vessels, the paths oriented with electrodes which are electrically energized to establish electrostatic fields through the paths. One of the liquids is more polar than the other liquids in the paths. One of the fields is intense enough to generate the force to move drops of the polar liquid fast enough to shear the drops to smaller sizes and disperse the smaller drops. A second one of the fields is intense enough to generate the force to move the dispersed drops into coalescense. Various spacing and means of energizing the electrodes are disclosed to place the forces on the liquids in sequence and at different intensities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1979
    Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Warren, Floyd L. Prestridge
  • Drilling fluids containing polyethoxylated, sulfurized fatty alcohols
    Patent number: 4141840
    Abstract: Aqueous drilling fluids containing polyethoxylated sulfurized fatty alcohols. Such fluids are especially useful where reduced torque drilling fluids are needed. Another embodiment of this invention relates to a method of drilling utilizing the above-described fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1979
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: Thad O. Walker, Kenneth W. Warren