Patents by Inventor Earl E. Siders

Earl E. Siders 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).

  • Dynamic desalter simulator
    Patent number: 8043858
    Abstract: A small-scale dynamic simulator for crude oil refinery desalters has a pressurized oil deviblis configured to hold a supply of crude oil and a water deviblis configured to hold a supply of wash water. At least one chemical feed pump selectively adds emulsion breaker chemicals to the desalter simulator and a low shear metering pump is configured to pump crude oil and wash water through the desalter simulator. An emulsion forming device forms a crude oil-wash water emulsion that is then received in a desalter vessel. The desalting vessel is fitted with electric grids which simulate those found in electric desalters. The emulsion is resolved within the desalter vessel with the assistance of the emulsion breaker chemicals so the wash water and crude oil form distinct phases, with substantially desalted crude oil removed from an upper portion of the desalter vessel and substantially oil-free wash water removed from a bottom portion of the desalter vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Cato R. McDaniel, Harold J. Eggert, Kevin S. Solomon, Earl E. Siders, Frank Denison, Alan E. Goliaszewski, David B. Engel, Sherif Eldin, Thomas K. Brow
  • Dynamic desalter simulator
    Publication number: 20100015720
    Abstract: A small-scale dynamic simulator for crude oil refinery desalters has a pressurized oil deviblis configured to hold a supply of crude oil and a water deviblis configured to hold a supply of wash water. At least one chemical feed pump selectively adds emulsion breaker chemicals to the desalter simulator and a low shear metering pump is configured to pump crude oil and wash water through the desalter simulator. An emulsion forming device forms a crude oil-wash water emulsion that is then received in a desalter vessel. The desalting vessel is fitted with electric grids which simulate those found in electric desalters. The emulsion is resolved within the desalter vessel with the assistance of the emulsion breaker chemicals so the wash water and crude oil form distinct phases, with substantially desalted crude oil removed from an upper portion of the desalter vessel and substantially oil-free wash water removed from a bottom portion of the desalter vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Cato R. McDaniel, Harold J. Eggert, Kevin S. Solomon, Earl E. Siders, Frank Dennison, Alan E. Goliaszewski, David B. Engel, Sherif Eldin, Thomas K. Brow