Patents Assigned to WESTERMAN, INC.
  • Patent number: 11274540
    Abstract: Provided is an indirect heated separation assembly that includes a vessel assembly having a heating section and a separation section, a wall separating the heating section from the separation section, the wall configured to be heated by a heating fluid in the heating section to provide indirect heat to the separation section, and a coil assembly at least partially disposed in the heating section, the coil assembly including an inlet configured to receive a process fluid and an outlet in communication with an inlet of the separation section to direct the process fluid after heating to the separation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: WESTERMAN, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Lee Jensen, Spencer Scott Bruner, Derek Rupp
  • Patent number: 11274539
    Abstract: Provided is an indirect heated separation assembly that includes a vessel having a heating section and a separation section, a plate separating the heating section from the separation section, the plate being configured to be heated by a heating fluid in the heating section to provide indirect heat to the separation section, and a coil assembly disposed in the heating section, the coil assembly including an inlet configured to receive a process fluid and an outlet in communication with an inlet of the separation section to direct the process fluid after heating to the separation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: WESTERMAN, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Lee Jensen, Spencer Scott Bruner, Derek Rupp
  • Patent number: 11268361
    Abstract: Provided is an assembly including a vessel having first and second ends and an interior, an inlet diverter disposed in the interior at the first end, at least one flow baffle disposed in the interior and having a gas section including a plurality of gas openings extending through the baffle, a liquid section below the gas section including a plurality of liquid openings extending through the baffle, and a bottom surface spaced from a bottom interior surface of the vessel to define a fluid flow path between the bottom surface and the bottom interior surface, and at least one vane section disposed in the interior downstream of the at least one flow baffle, the at least one vane section having a bottom surface spaced from the bottom interior surface of the vessel to define a fluid flow path between the bottom surface and the bottom interior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: WESTERMAN, INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Lee Jensen, Spencer Scott Bruner, Derek Rupp
  • Patent number: 11148072
    Abstract: Methods of separating a multiphase mixture are provided. The multiphase flow can include petrochemicals. The multiphase flow is flowed through a vane assembly having a plurality of curved passages. The multiphase mixture is gradually decelerated such that it collides with surfaces of the vane assembly at relatively oblique angles and at lower relative speeds. Such a configuration can reduce droplet breakup which, in turn, can preserve larger droplet sizes that are more likely to settle to a liquid bed below the inlet diverter due to gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: WESTERMAN, INC.
    Inventors: Patrick R. Walker, Shaun J. Pressly, Charles Mark Bevington, Patrick J. Siewny, Naethan Eagles, David J. Hesse