Patents by Inventor Ahmed T. Al-Gazi

Ahmed T. Al-Gazi 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: 11918937
    Abstract: A system includes a vessel containing a crude oil inlet for introducing crude oil into the vessel; a fixed super-hydrophobic mesh subsystem comprising a fixed super-hydrophobic mesh; an inductor cup set system comprising at plurality of inductor cups, each of the plurality of inductor cups comprising a primary coil and a secondary coil, the inductor cups to determine an amount of water in the crude oil based on a comparison of the induced voltage between the primary coil and the secondary coil; a movable super-hydrophobic mesh subsystem comprising a super-hydrophobic mesh coupled to at least one stepper motor, the stepper motor to rotate the mesh by a predefined angle based on the comparison of the induced voltage determined by the inductor cups; and a metal grid subsystem comprising a metal grid electrically coupled to a transformer residing outside of the vessel, the metal grid to electrostatically dehydrate the crude oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Adel Abu-Rejailah, Ahmed T. Al-Gazi, Thamer K. Al-Harbi