Patents by Inventor Sander Baaren
Sander Baaren 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).
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Patent number: 11938422Abstract: One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a separator vessel that is adapted to separate solids particles from a flow of a multi-phase fluid, a differential pressure sensing system that is adapted to measure a differential pressure of a column of the multi-phase fluid in the separator vessel and a control system that is adapted to determine at least one of a level, volume or weight of the separated solids particles within the separator vessel based upon at least the measured differential pressure of the column of the multi-phase fluid in the separator vessel.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Malone, Sander Baaren, Eric Rasmussen, Richard Minter
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Patent number: 11925882Abstract: One method disclosed herein of processing a process fluid that comprises dissolved gas includes performing a degassing process on the process fluid by heating the process fluid via heat transfer with a heat transfer fluid, wherein at least some amount of the heat transfer fluid condenses in the first heat transfer process and latent heat of the heat transfer fluid as it condenses is used to increase the temperature of the process fluid. Thereafter, the heat transfer fluid is passed through an expansion device so as to produce a post-expansion heat transfer fluid. The temperature of the heated process fluid is decreased by performing a second heat transfer process between the post-expansion heat transfer fluid and the heated process fluid, wherein the temperature of the post-expansion heat transfer fluid is increased and the latent heat that was supplied to the process fluid in the first heat transfer process is removed.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Sander Baaren
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Publication number: 20230374901Abstract: A vapor pressure monitoring system may include a plurality of sensors disposed on equipment at a processing facility during one or more stages of refining and/or processing fluids. The plurality of sensors may be configured to monitor one or more properties of the fluid. In addition, one or more transmitters may be configured to transmit the one or more properties from the plurality of sensors to a computer system. The computer system may be configured to determine vapor pressure of the fluids based on the one or more fluid properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sander Baaren, Ryan Malone, Eric Rasmussen, Victor Van Asperen
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Publication number: 20230191287Abstract: One method disclosed herein of processing a process fluid that comprises dissolved gas includes performing a degassing process on the process fluid by heating the process fluid via heat transfer with a heat transfer fluid, wherein at least some amount of the heat transfer fluid condenses in the first heat transfer process and latent heat of the heat transfer fluid as it condenses is used to increase the temperature of the process fluid. Thereafter, the heat transfer fluid is passed through an expansion device so as to produce a post-expansion heat transfer fluid. The temperature of the heated process fluid is decreased by performing a second heat transfer process between the post-expansion heat transfer fluid and the heated process fluid, wherein the temperature of the post-expansion heat transfer fluid is increased and the latent heat that was supplied to the process fluid in the first heat transfer process is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: FWC Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Sander Baaren
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Publication number: 20230114563Abstract: A method of retrofitting an existing separator pressure vessel (100) with a solids removal system (118) includes installing a support structure (122) in the separator pressure vessel (100), adjusting a size of the support structure (122) within the separator pressure vessel to frictionally engage contact surfaces of the support structure with an inner surface of the separator pressure vessel or a surface of a component installed in the separator pressure vessel, installing a supply header (124) and a suction header (126) on the support structure in the separator pressure vessel, coupling a jetting nozzle (128) or a cyclonic device to the supply header, coupling the supply header to an inlet nozzle (160a) extending from an interior of the separator pressure vessel to an exterior of the separator pressure vessel; and coupling the return header to an outlet nozzle (160b) from an interior of the separator pressure vessel to an exterior of the separator pressure vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Sander Baaren
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Patent number: 11577183Abstract: One method disclosed herein of processing a process fluid that comprises dissolved gas includes performing a degassing process on the process fluid by heating the process fluid via heat transfer with a heat transfer fluid, wherein at least some amount of the heat transfer fluid condenses in the first heat transfer process and latent heat of the heat transfer fluid as it condenses is used to increase the temperature of the process fluid. Thereafter, the heat transfer fluid is passed through an expansion device so as to produce a post-expansion heat transfer fluid. The temperature of the heated process fluid is decreased by performing a second heat transfer process between the post-expansion heat transfer fluid and the heated process fluid, wherein the temperature of the post-expansion heat transfer fluid is increased and the latent heat that was supplied to the process fluid in the first heat transfer process is removed.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Sander Baaren
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Patent number: 11571701Abstract: One illustrative cyclone separator disclosed herein includes an outer body, an inner body positioned at least partially within the outer body, an internal flow path within the inner body, the internal flow path having a fluid entrance and a fluid outlet, a first fluid flow channel between the inner body and the outer body, and a re-entrant fluid opening that extends through the outer body and is in fluid communication with the fluid flow channel, wherein the re-entrant fluid opening is positioned at a location upstream of the fluid entrance of the internal flow path in the inner body.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Sander Baaren
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Publication number: 20210299595Abstract: One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a separator vessel that is adapted to separate solids particles from a flow of a multi-phase fluid, a differential pressure sensing system that is adapted to measure a differential pressure of a column of the multi-phase fluid in the separator vessel and a control system that is adapted to determine at least one of a level, volume or weight of the separated solids particles within the separator vessel based upon at least the measured differential pressure of the column of the multi-phase fluid in the separator vessel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Ryan Malone, Sander Baaren, Eric Rasmussen, Richard Minter
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Publication number: 20210268520Abstract: One illustrative cyclone separator disclosed herein includes an outer body, an inner body positioned at least partially within the outer body, an internal flow path within the inner body, the internal flow path having a fluid entrance and a fluid outlet, a first fluid flow channel between the inner body and the outer body, and a re-entrant fluid opening that extends through the outer body and is in fluid communication with the fluid flow channel, wherein the re-entrant fluid opening is positioned at a location upstream of the fluid entrance of the internal flow path in the inner body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Sander Baaren
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Publication number: 20210252431Abstract: A system (100) includes a separator vessel (134) that is adapted to separate solids particles (192) from a flow of a multi-phase fluid (190), a level sensor (154) that is coupled to the separator vessel (134), wherein the level sensor (154) includes a viscosity sensor that is adapted to measure changes in the viscosity of a fluid mixture that includes the solids particles (192) that are separated from the flow of multi-phase fluid (190) by the separator vessel (134), and a control system (160) that is adapted to determine a level of the separated solids particles (192) accumulated in the separator vessel (134) from the changes in the viscosity of the fluid mixture measured by the viscosity sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ryan Malone, Eric Rasmussen, Sander Baaren
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Patent number: 11007542Abstract: One illustrative cyclone separator disclosed herein includes an outer body, an inner body positioned at least partially within the outer body, an internal flow path within the inner body, the internal flow path having a fluid entrance and a fluid outlet, a first fluid flow channel between the inner body and the outer body, and a re-entrant fluid opening that extends through the outer body and is in fluid communication with the fluid flow channel, wherein the re-entrant fluid opening is positioned at a location upstream of the fluid entrance of the internal flow path in the inner body.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Sander Baaren
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Publication number: 20210023477Abstract: One method disclosed herein of processing a process fluid that comprises dissolved gas includes performing a degassing process on the process fluid by heating the process fluid via heat transfer with a heat transfer fluid, wherein at least some amount of the heat transfer fluid condenses in the first heat transfer process and latent heat of the heat transfer fluid as it condenses is used to increase the temperature of the process fluid. Thereafter, the heat transfer fluid is passed through an expansion device so as to produce a post-expansion heat transfer fluid. The temperature of the heated process fluid is decreased by performing a second heat transfer process between the post-expansion heat transfer fluid and the heated process fluid, wherein the temperature of the post-expansion heat transfer fluid is increased and the latent heat that was supplied to the process fluid in the first heat transfer process is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventor: Sander Baaren
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Publication number: 20200316618Abstract: One illustrative cyclone separator disclosed herein includes an outer body, an inner body positioned at least partially within the outer body, an internal flow path within the inner body, the internal flow path having a fluid entrance and a fluid outlet, a first fluid flow channel between the inner body and the outer body, and a re-entrant fluid opening that extends through the outer body and is in fluid communication with the fluid flow channel, wherein the re-entrant fluid opening is positioned at a location upstream of the fluid entrance of the internal flow path in the inner body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2019Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventor: Sander Baaren