Patents by Inventor Conner Cruson

Conner Cruson 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).

  • Treatment of natural gas to remove contaminants
    Patent number: 9550144
    Abstract: A method of treating natural gas to remove contaminants is described. An input natural gas is mixed with water causing formation of CO2 hydrates and CH4 hydrates. A natural gas having a reduced CO2 concentration, and a water-hydrate mixture comprising the CO2 hydrates and CH4 hydrates, is output. The water-hydrate mixture is exposed to CO2 gas forming a CO2—CH4 gas mixture and a residual hydrate mixture. The CO2—CH4 gas mixture is recycled to remove CH4. The residual hydrate mixture is treated to produce H2O which can be recycled for use in forming the water-hydrate mixture, and gaseous CO2 for use in use in stripping CH4 from the CH4 hydrates of the water-hydrate mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Miguel Bagajewicz, Quang Nguyen, Tu Oanh Tran, Conner Cruson
  • TREATMENT OF NATURAL GAS TO REMOVE CONTAMINANTS
    Publication number: 20160184768
    Abstract: A method of treating natural gas to remove contaminants is described. An input natural gas is mixed with water causing formation of CO2 hydrates and CH4 hydrates. A natural gas having a reduced CO2 concentration, and a water-hydrate mixture comprising the CO2 hydrates and CH4 hydrates, is output. The water-hydrate mixture is exposed to CO2 gas forming a CO2—CH4 gas mixture and a residual hydrate mixture. The CO2—CH4 gas mixture is recycled to remove CH4. The residual hydrate mixture is treated to produce H2O which can be recycled for use in forming the water-hydrate mixture, and gaseous CO2 for use in use in stripping CH4 from the CH4 hydrates of the water-hydrate mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Miguel Bagajewicz, Quang Nguyen, Tu Oanh Tran, Conner Cruson