Patents by Inventor Ed Bailey

Ed Bailey 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).

  • LNG SYSTEM EMPLOYING STACKED VERTICAL HEAT EXCHANGERS TO PROVIDE LIQUID REFLUX STREAM
    Publication number: 20080022716
    Abstract: An improved apparatus and method for providing reflux to a refluxed heavies removal column of a LNG facility. The system withdraws a fraction of a predominately methane refrigerant from a methane refrigeration cycle of the LNG facility. The withdrawn methane refrigerant is then cooled in an auxiliary heat exchange system by indirect heat exchange with a refrigerant that is also used to cool the natural gas feed stream upstream of the heavies removal column. The resulting cooled predominately methane steam is then employed as reflux to the heavies removal column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Anthony Eaton, David Messersmith, Ed Bailey