Patents by Inventor Rudolphus Aloysius Wijnandus Maria Henkes

Rudolphus Aloysius Wijnandus Maria Henkes 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: 6390114
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for suppressing and controlling liquid slugs and gas surges in a stream of multiphase fluid flowing from a flowline into a gas/liquid separator having a liquid outlet with a liquid flow control valve, and a gas outlet with a gas flow control valve, and a control system for monitoring said control variables and adjusting said control valves which comprises: a) Measuring at least one control variable selected from the group of the liquid level in the separator, the liquid flow rate in the liquid outlet, the gas flow rate in the gas outlet, the sum of the liquid flow rate in the liquid outlet and the gas flow rate in the gas outlet, and the fluid pressure at or near the separator; b) Entering said measurements to a control system with a controller for receiving said values as a mathematical number and responding to preset numbers; c) Said control system adjusting said liquid and gas flow control valves to reduce a difference between a selected control variable and a pre-set reference val
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Gritienus Haandrikman, Rudolphus Aloysius Wijnandus Maria Henkes, Marinus Gerardus Wilhelmus Maria Seelen, Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas Vreenegoor