Patents by Inventor Rodney Denton

Rodney Denton 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 recovery of hydrocarbon from tailings
    Patent number: 6358403
    Abstract: A process for recovery of hydrocarbon diluent from tailings produced in a bitumen froth treatment plant comprises introducing the tailings into a vacuum flash vessel maintained at a sufficiently low sub-atmospheric pressure to vaporize the major portion of the contained diluent and some water. The residual then pool near the bottom of the flash vessel. Steam is then introduced into the tailings pool for vaporizing residual diluent and some water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: AEC Oil Sands, L.P.
    Inventors: Wayne Brown, Barry Bara, Sukhamoy Sarkar, Rodney Denton