Patents by Inventor Bryan R. Hollebone

Bryan R. Hollebone 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: 8338186
    Abstract: A system and method for purifying an aqueous contaminated fluid from colloidal contaminants using a closed-loop feedback control system are disclosed. Contaminated fluid flows into a mixer and mixed with a purifying agent, such as diatomaceous earth, to facilitate metathesis reaction between the purifying agent and the contaminants. The purifying agent entraps the contaminants, and is subsequently removed in a separator into sediments. An estimation of the amount of the purifying agent to dispense is performed using pre-defined equations or look-up tables stored in the database, including relationship between the concentration of contaminants in the fluid and the concentration of the added purifying agent. An automated feedback control is applied to fine tune the purification process into compliance with regulations. High accuracy of measurements is ensured by selecting the same material for both the purifying agent and the trapping medium of analyzers, and additionally by the design of the analyzers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Ecovu Analytics Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan R. Hollebone, Kexing Liu, Michael Allan Donkers
  • Publication number: 20100237018
    Abstract: A system and method for purifying an aqueous contaminated fluid from colloidal contaminants using a closed-loop feedback control system are disclosed. Contaminated fluid flows into a mixer and mixed with a purifying agent, such as diatomaceous earth, to facilitate metathesis reaction between the purifying agent and the contaminants. The purifying agent entraps the contaminants, and is subsequently removed in a separator into sediments. An estimation of the amount of the purifying agent to dispense is performed using pre-defined equations or look-up tables stored in the database, including relationship between the concentration of contaminants in the fluid and the concentration of the added purifying agent. An automated feedback control is applied to fine tune the purification process into compliance with regulations. High accuracy of measurements is ensured by selecting the same material for both the purifying agent and the trapping medium of analyzers, and additionally by the design of the analyzers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Bryan R. Hollebone, Kexing Liu, Michael Allan Donkers
  • Patent number: 7727772
    Abstract: A fluid contamination analyzer has a sample cell containing a trapping medium capable of trapping contaminants suspended in the aqueous fluid flowing through the trapping medium, a light source for illuminating the trapping medium to cause the entrapped contaminants generate a secondary radiation indicative of the identity and quantity of the contaminants, and a photodetector for receiving the secondary radiation. The fluid contamination analyzer has a reflective shell in the form of an ellipsoid extending at least partially around the sample cell and the detector, the sample cell being positioned at one of the focal points of the ellipsoid, and the photodetector at the other point of the ellipsoid to receive the secondary radiation reflected by the reflective shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Ecovu Analytics Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan R. Hollebone, John Wendell Dawson, Rajesh Krishnamurthy, Michael Allan Donkers
  • Patent number: 5512491
    Abstract: A method for ultra-analysis of water for trace impurities. An effective trapping media functions by binding gels that carry ultratrace analytes on their surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Areco Canada Inc.
    Inventors: K. Anwer Mehkeri, Abdul Malek, Bryan R. Hollebone, Xinqiang Zhou