Patents by Inventor Ronald Anton Hofland

Ronald Anton Hofland 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).

  • Downhole desalination of aquifer water
    Publication number: 20030230535
    Abstract: A method and well is disclosed for desalinating saline aquifer water, wherein saline aquifer water flows from a subsurface aquifer layer directly into a downhole aquifer inflow region of a desalinated water production well in which a downhole assembly of one or more desalination and/or purification membranes is arranged, which separate the saline aquifer water into a primary desalinated water stream which is produced through the well to surface and a secondary concentrated brine reject stream, which can be disposed into a subsurface brine disposal zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Christian Jeremy Affeld, Ronald Anton Hofland, Zara Ibrahim Khatib, Paulus Henricus Joannes Verbeek, Chad Alan Wittfeld