Patents by Inventor Alfred Susu

Alfred Susu 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).

  • Realtime computer assisted leak detection/location reporting and inventory loss monitoring system of pipeline network systems
    Patent number: 6970808
    Abstract: There is provided a method for detecting and locating leaks in a pipeline network in real-time. A flow model is provided that characterizes flow behavior for at least one of steady and unsteady states respectively corresponding to an absence and a presence of model leaks in the pipeline network, the flow model including a leaking factor kL. A deterministic model is provided to evaluate at least one of a leak status and a no leak status relating to the pipeline network using deterministic criteria. The deterministic criteria is based on a Liapunov Stability Theory. A deviation matrix is constructed based on the flow model and the deterministic model to generate eigenvalues. A leak alarm is generated when at least one of the eigenvalues is less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Inventors: Kingsley E. Abhulimen, Alfred A. Susu
  • REALTIME COMPUTER ASSISTED LEAK DETECTION/LOCATION REPORTING AND INVENTORY LOSS MONITORING SYSTEM OF PIPELINE NETWORK SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20050246112
    Abstract: There is provided a method for detecting and locating leaks in a pipeline network in real-time. A flow model is provided that characterizes flow behavior for at least one of steady and unsteady states respectively corresponding to an absence and a presence of model leaks in the pipeline network, the flow model including a leaking factor kL. A deterministic model is provided to evaluate at least one of a leak status and a no leak status relating to the pipeline network using deterministic criteria. The deterministic criteria is based on a Liapunov Stability Theory. A deviation matrix is constructed based on the flow model and the deterministic model to generate eigenvalues. A leak alarm is generated when at least one of the eigenvalues is less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Kingsley Abhulimen, Alfred Susu