Patents Assigned to FSubsea AS
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Patent number: 12629635Abstract: A system for producing desalinated water from seawater or other saline water, wherein the system comprises the following equipment features or equipment items, in a typical direction of flow: a subsea seawater inlet, a subsea pretreatment stage, at least comprising one or more of a subsea filter and/or a subsea seawater pre-treatment unit and/or a subsea coarse screen unit, and/or a hydrocyclone, a subsea feed pump, fluidly coupled to, a subsea RO unit, a subsea product pump fluidly coupled to a RO unit product outlet, a product line fluidly coupled to the subsea product pump, and a RO unit reject outlet, preferably coupled to a reject line. The system is distinctive in that: the subsea seawater inlet is at a depth below or within the thermocline layer of the seawater, that is below the epipelagic zone, or as close as feasible if the local depth is insufficient to reach the thermocline layer, and wherein the system preferably is without any barrier fluid supply to the subsea pumps.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: FSubsea ASInventors: Alexander Fuglesang, David Pinchin
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Patent number: 12460648Abstract: Pressure booster (1) for boosting the pressure of petroleum fluids, produced water or seawater, comprising a pressure booster (2) with a motor (3), a rotatable motor shaft (4) and a rotatable pump or compressor shaft (5) where the pressure booster in the form of a centrifugal pump (2) or compressor is arranged.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: FSUBSEA ASInventors: Alexander Fuglesang, Tommy Westberg
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Patent number: 12163525Abstract: A subsea pump system includes a subsea centrifugal pump with a motor compartment and a process compartment. The subsea pump system further includes a liquid phase separator arranged downstream to the pump or downstream to at least one pump impeller. The liquid phase separator includes an inlet receiving the pressure boosted fluid, an outlet delivering a majority, or a minor part, of the pressure boosted fluid, and a liquid phase outlet, a liquid recirculation line, a flow mixer arranged on the inlet side of the pump, and a liquid lubricant line.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: FSubsea ASInventors: Terje Hollingsæter, Tommy Westberg, Christian Wik Høy
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Patent number: 12146485Abstract: The invention provides a system for subsea pressure booster HV (high voltage), MV (medium voltage) and LV (low voltage) power supply and distribution. The system is distinguished in that the system consists of, essentially consists of or comprises: a supply cable without a connected variable speed drive/variable frequency drive (VSD, VFD); at least one subsea pressure booster, and; one subsea direct online switch (SDOS) for each subsea pressure booster, wherein the supply cable at a source end is coupled to an AC power source at a topside, onshore or subsea location, wherein the supply cable at a pressure booster end is coupled directly or via a distribution device to at least one subsea direct online switch, SDOS, wherein each SDOS is coupled to one subsea pressure booster. Method of operation and use of the system.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: FSubsea ASInventors: Tommy Westberg, Torbjørn Strømsvik
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Publication number: 20240123404Abstract: A system for producing desalinated water from seawater or other saline water, wherein the system comprises the following equipment features or equipment items, in a typical direction of flow: a subsea seawater inlet, a subsea pretreatment stage, at least comprising one or more of a subsea filter and/or a subsea seawater pre-treatment unit and/or a subsea coarse screen unit, and/or a hydrocyclone, a subsea feed pump, fluidly coupled to, a subsea RO unit, a subsea product pump fluidly coupled to a RO unit product outlet, a product line fluidly coupled to the subsea product pump, and a RO unit reject outlet, preferably coupled to a reject line. The system is distinctive in that: the subsea seawater inlet is at a depth below or within the thermocline layer of the seawater, that is below the epipelagic zone, or as close as feasible if the local depth is insufficient to reach the thermocline layer, and wherein the system preferably is without any barrier fluid supply to the subsea pumps.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: FSubsea AS, FSubsea ASInventors: Alexander FUGLESANG, David PINCHIN
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Patent number: 11555498Abstract: A magnetic coupling assembly includes a rotatable male coupling member, a rotatable female coupling member, a static separation member, a first channel, a second channel, a third channel, and a magnetic coupling section of the static separation member, wherein the magnetic coupling section is a section of the static separation member. The rotatable female coupling member and the rotatable male coupling member are rotatably coupled by magnets through the magnetic coupling section. The first channel, the second channel, and the third channel contain fluid forced to flow through the first, second, and third channels for cooling and rotodynamic stabilization.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: FSubsea ASInventors: Alexander Fuglesang, Tommy Westberg, Thomas Navjord, Marius Kruse Aas
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Publication number: 20200291946Abstract: The invention provides a magnetic coupling assembly (1), comprising: a rotatable male coupling member (2) comprising magnets (3); a rotatable female coupling member (4) comprising magnets (5); a static separation member (6) arranged between the male and female coupling members, a first channel (7) in a gap between the male coupling member and the separation member, a second channel (8) in a gap between the female coupling member and the separation member, an axial internal channel (9) in the male coupling member, a magnetic coupling section (10) of the static separation member, wherein said magnetic coupling section is the section of the static separation member between the magnets of the male coupling member and the magnets of the female coupling member, wherein the female and male coupling members are rotatable coupled by the magnets through the magnetic coupling section of the static separation member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: FSubsea ASInventors: Alexander FUGLESANG, Tommy WESTBERG, Thomas NAVJORD, Marius Kruse AAS