Patents by Inventor Knut Børseth

Knut Børseth 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: 11701613
    Abstract: A method and a plant for capturing CO2 from an incoming flue gas. The flue gas can be exhaust gas from coal and gas fired power plants, cement factories or refineries. The incoming exhaust gas is cooled, mixed with air and compressed, and thereafter introduced into a combustion chamber together with gas and/or liquid fuel. Part of the combustion is achieved by separate burners with cooling/combustion air feed with a volume equal to the volume of CO2 captured. Said burners will elevate the temperature in the combustion chamber allowing combustion of exhaust gas with low oxygen content. CO2 is captured at high partial pressure before expansion by the gas turbine to produce power and generate steam in the heat recovery unit. The gas turbine will operate with high efficiency close to design parameters with respect to inlet temperature, pressure and flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: KARBON CCS LTD
    Inventors: Knut Børseth, Henrik Fleischer
  • Publication number: 20210060478
    Abstract: A method and a plant for capturing CO2 from an incoming flue gas. The flue gas can be exhaust gas from coal and gas fired power plants, cement factories or refineries. The incoming exhaust gas is cooled, mixed with air and compressed, and thereafter introduced into a combustion chamber together with gas and/or liquid fuel. Part of the combustion is achieved by separate burners with cooling/combustion air feed with a volume equal to the volume of CO2 captured. Said burners will elevate the temperature in the combustion chamber allowing combustion of exhaust gas with low oxygen content. CO2 is captured at high partial pressure before expansion by the gas turbine to produce power and generate steam in the heat recovery unit. The gas turbine will operate with high efficiency close to design parameters with respect to inlet temperature, pressure and flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Karbon CCS Ltd
    Inventors: Knut BØRSETH, Henrik FLEISCHER
  • Publication number: 20140182835
    Abstract: A plant for generation of steam for oil sand recovery from carbonaceous fuel with capture of CO2 from the exhaust gas, comprising heat coils (105, 105?, 105?) arranged in a combustion chamber (101) to cool the combustion gases in the combustion chamber to produce steam and superheated steam in the heat coils, steam withdrawal lines (133, 136, 145) for withdrawing steam from the heat coils, an exhaust gas line (106) for withdrawal of exhaust gas from the combustion chamber (101), where the combustion chamber operates at a pressure of 5 to 15 bara, and one or more heat exchanger(s) (107, 108) are provided for cooling of the combustion gas in line (106), a contact device (113) where the cooled combustion gas is brought in countercurrent flow with a lean CO2 absorbent to give a rich absorbent and a CO2 depleted flue gas, withdrawal lines (114, 115) for withdrawal of rich absorbent and CO2 depleted flue gas, respectively, from the contact device, the line (115) for withdrawal of CO2 depleted flue gas being connect
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SARGAS AS
    Inventors: Knut Børseth, Tor CHRISTENSEN, Henrik FLEISCHER
  • Patent number: 8701764
    Abstract: A plant for generation of steam for oil sand recovery from carbonaceous fuel with capture of CO2 from the exhaust gas, comprising heat coils (105, 105?, 105?) arranged in a combustion chamber (101) to cool the combustion gases in the combustion chamber to produce steam and superheated steam in the heat coils, steam withdrawal lines (133, 136, 145) for withdrawing steam from the heat coils, an exhaust gas line (106) for withdrawal of exhaust gas from the combustion chamber (101), where the combustion chamber operates at a pressure of 5 to 15 bara, and one or more heat exchanger(s) (107, 108) are provided for cooling of the combustion gas in line (106), a contact device (113) where the cooled combustion gas is brought in countercurrent flow with a lean CO2 absorbent to give a rich absorbent and a CO2 depleted flue gas, withdrawal lines (114, 115) for withdrawal of rich absorbent and CO2 depleted flue gas, respectively, from the contact device, the line (115) for withdrawal of CO2 depleted flue gas being connect
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sargas AS
    Inventors: Knut Børseth, Tor Christensen, Henrik Fleischer
  • Publication number: 20130119667
    Abstract: A method for producing electrical power and capture CO2, where gaseous fuel and an oxygen containing gas are introduced into a gas turbine to produce electrical power and an exhaust gas, where the exhaust gas withdrawn from the gas turbine is cooled by production of steam in a boiler (20), and where cooled exhaust gas is introduced into a CO2 capture plant for capturing CO2 from the cooled exhaust gas leaving the boiler (20) by an absorption/desorption process, before the treated CO2 lean exhaust gas is released into the surroundings and the captured CO2 is exported from the plant, where the exhaust gas leaving the gas turbine has a pressure of 3 to 15 bara, and the exhaust gas is expanded to atmospheric pressure after leaving the CO2 capture plant. A plant for carrying out the method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Tor Christensen, Knut Børseth, Stellan Hamrin, Hermann De Meyer
  • Publication number: 20110094237
    Abstract: A method for separation of CO2 from the combustion gas of a gas turbine comprising the steps of: withdrawing the combustion gas at an intermediate stage of the turbine, introducing the withdrawn combustion gas into a burner together with compressed air and additional carbonaceous fuel to cause a secondary combustion therein, cooling the combustion gas from the burner, introducing the cooled combustion gas into a CO2 capturing unit, to separate the combustion gas into a CO2 rich gas, that is withdrawn for deposition, and a CO2 lean gas, and reheating and reintroducing the CO2 lean gas into the turbine at an intermediate level and further expand the gas before it is released into the atmosphere, is described. A power generation plant utilizing the method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Tor Christensen, Henrik Fleischer, Knut Børseth
  • Publication number: 20110005750
    Abstract: A plant for generation of steam for oil sand recovery from carbonaceous fuel with capture of CO2 from the exhaust gas, comprising heat coils (105, 105?, 105?) arranged in a combustion chamber (101) to cool the combustion gases in the combustion chamber to produce steam and superheated steam in the heat coils, steam withdrawal lines (133, 136, 145) for withdrawing steam from the heat coils, an exhaust gas line (106) for withdrawal of exhaust gas from the combustion chamber (101), where the combustion chamber operates at a pressure of 5 to 15 bara, and one or more heat exchanger(s) (107, 108) are provided for cooling of the combustion gas in line (106), a contact device (113) where the cooled combustion gas is brought in countercurrent flow with a lean CO2 absorbent to give a rich absorbent and a CO2 depleted flue gas, withdrawal lines (114, 115) for withdrawal of rich absorbent and CO2 depleted flue gas, respectively, from the contact device, the line (115) for withdrawal of CO2 depleted flue gas being connect
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: SARGAS AS
    Inventors: Knut BØRSETH, Tor Christensen, Henrik Fleischer
  • Publication number: 20100037771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a plant for CO2 enrichment of a CO2 containing gas, such as an exhaust gas from an industrial plant or a thermal power plant, by means of serially connected centrifuges of cyclones. Enrichment of CO2 reduces the volume of the exhaust gas, increases the partial pressure of CO2 therein and makes a less expensive and more effective capture of CO2 possible. The invention also relates to plants for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: SARGAS AS
    Inventors: Tor Christensen, Henrik Fleischer, Knut Børseth
  • Patent number: 7328581
    Abstract: A method for the generation of electrical power from a carbonaceous fuel, wherein the fuel is combusted in presence of oxygen under increased pressure in a combustion chamber is described. The exhaust gas from the combustion is separated into a CO2 rich fraction that is handled so that it does not escape to the surroundings, and a CO2 depleted fraction that is expanded over one or more turbines to power other processes and/or generation of electrical power, before the gas is released into the surroundings, where the temperature in the combustion chamber is reduced under the generation of steam that is expanded over steam turbines connected to electrical generator for the generation of electrical power. Additionally a thermal power plant for the performing of the method is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Sargas AS
    Inventors: Tor Christensen, Henrik Fleischer, Knut Børseth
  • Publication number: 20070006920
    Abstract: A method and an installation for alternating storage of CO2 and natural gas in a way that ensures minimal mixture of the gases, is described. CO2 and natural gas are alternately stored in a tank installation comprising a plurality of tanks connected in series, where CO2 is always filled and emptied through a first tank in the series of tanks, and where natural gas always is filled and emptied through a last tank in the series of tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Sargas AS
    Inventors: Knut Børseth, Henrik Fleischer
  • Patent number: 6485343
    Abstract: A loading device for marine transfer of fluids, via a flexible loading hose, from a petroleum production platform to an ordinary tanker vessel has a main hull which includes a submerged hull and a structure resting on the submerged hull an rising above the waterline. A loading hose is arranged in a crane boom and is connected upstream to the flexible hose and arranged for transferring fluid to the tanker vessel. The loading device further includes fixed contact surfaces having upwards directed surfaces on the submerged hull. The submerged hull is arranged for being ballasted and deballa ted for docking towards the bottom of the tanker vessel's hull, using direct contact friction. A power device is arranged for moving the loading device into and out of a catching position with the tanker vessel, and is arranged for controlling the position of the tanker vessel during the operation of fluid transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: PGS Offshore Technology AS
    Inventor: Knut Børseth
  • Patent number: 6375391
    Abstract: A system for use in petroleum production at sea includes a guide frame for one or more riser pipes, on a semisubmersible production vessel. One or more main buoyancy member are arranged separately on at least one riser to carry the main part of the riser's weight. Each riser separately carries a Christmas tree on its top, near a main deck of the vessel. The guide frame comprises vertical main elements extending vertically downwards from the deck, through the splash zone and through the upper, more wave- and current-influenced zone of the sea. The guide frame also includes horizontal guide plates comprising vertically open cells formed of a horizontally arranged framework of beams. Lateral stabilization devices guide the risers' and the main buoyancy members' vertical movement relative to the vessel and restrict horizontal movement of the risers with respect to the guide frame. The guide plates are arranged in at least two levels on the guide frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: PGS Offshore Technology AS
    Inventors: Knut Børseth, Ola Often
  • Patent number: 6352116
    Abstract: A riser tube tower for stabilizing riser tubes extending from respective wellheads associated with a seabed frame on the seabed to a platform, preferably a tension leg platform, at the sea surface. The riser tube tower includes vertical wires connecting the platform with the seabed frame. Horizontally disposed guide plates are fixed in position at one or more levels of the tower. Vertically movable shuttle plates are located in the vertical spaces over, between, and under the guide plates. The vertical wires and riser tubes pass through spaced apertures in the guide plates and the shuttle plates. The apertures in the shuttle plates are aligned with respective apertures in the guide plates. Bushings are disposed in the apertures of the guide plates and the shuttle plates for protecting the guide plates and shuttle plates from the riser tubes and wires, and for reducing friction therebetween. Elevator devices move the shuttle plates vertically above, below, or between the guide plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Petroleum Geo-Services AS
    Inventor: Knut Børseth
  • Patent number: 6170424
    Abstract: A mooring system provides a bridle having a star-like shape that is useful for mooring a single vessel or for mooring two or more vessels relative to one another. In general, the mooring system provides a mooring bridle formed of a plurality of anchor connections spaced about a central mooring position. Each anchor connection includes an anchor having a passageway therethrough and an anchor line threaded through the passageway. An anchor buoy is connected to each end of the anchor line; and a bridle line connects the anchor buoys. Adjacent anchor connections share a common anchor buoy and are, thus, interconnected. The length of the bridle lines are less than the distance between the anchors so that the diameter of the circle formed by the bridle lines is less than that formed by the anchors. Vessel lines attached to the anchor buoys extend to the central mooring position for attachment of a tender vessel thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Petroleum Geo-Services (US), Inc.
    Inventor: Knut Boerseth