Patents by Inventor Edward Messenger
Edward Messenger 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).
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Publication number: 20230406795Abstract: A MEG recovery process is described, in which a MEG stream is processed by performing a divalent treatment to reduce dissolved divalent cations in the portion of the stream; performing a sulfate treatment to reduce dissolved sulfate ions in the stream, the sulfate treatment comprising adding an underdose of one or more calcium halides, one or more lower calcium carboxylates, or a mixture thereof to a treatment stream; and precipitating calcium sulfate from the treatment stream; performing a solids removal treatment to reduce solids in the stream; and returning the treated stream, depleted in divalent cations, sulfate ions, and solids, to the MEG recovery process.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventor: Brian Edward Messenger
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Patent number: 11524927Abstract: Monoethylene glycol (MEG) may be reclaimed by a process that includes contacting a MEG-water-salt stream with a heat transfer fluid and then flash separating the MEG and water in the flash separator vessel where the pressure is higher than 0.3 barA (0.03 MPa), the temperature is in the range of above 120° C. to about 250° C., and the residence time of the MEG and water ranges from about 1 second to about 10 minutes, and then removing the MEG and water in an overhead of the flash separator vessel and removing the salt from the flash separator vessel. In some embodiments it is expected that the temperature of the process may range from above 165° C. to about 250° C. and/or that the pressure may be atmospheric.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher Stephen King, Brian Edward Messenger, Harihara V. Nemmara, Z. Frank Zheng, Shihui Zhou
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Patent number: 10918966Abstract: A system and method to vaporize a process or feed water stream does so in a liquid pool zone of a vessel as the stream comes into contact with a heating medium that is less volatile than the process stream. To keep the pool hot, the heating medium can be recirculated through a heater of a pump-around loop or a heater can be placed in the liquid pool. As the process stream is vaporized, any solids present in the process stream come out of the process stream and move into the heating medium. These solids may be further removed from the heating medium in the pool or in the pump-around loop. The vaporized process stream can be further condensed. Any heat recovered can be used to pre-heat the process stream or used in the pump around loop's heater in case of mechanical vapor recovery.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Z. Frank Zheng, Christopher Stephen King, Harihara V. Nemmara, Brian Edward Messenger
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Publication number: 20200079713Abstract: Monoethylene glycol (MEG) may be reclaimed by a process that includes contacting a MEG-water-salt stream with a heat transfer fluid and then flash separating the MEG and water in the flash separator vessel where the pressure is higher than 0.3 barA (0.03 MPa), the temperature is in the range of above 120° C. to about 250° C., and the residence time of the MEG and water ranges from about 1 second to about 10 minutes, and then removing the MEG and water in an overhead of the flash separator vessel and removing the salt from the flash separator vessel. In some embodiments it is expected that the temperature of the process may range from above 165° C. to about 250° C. and/or that the pressure may be atmospheric.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Cameron International CorporationInventors: Christopher Stephen King, Brian Edward Messenger, Harihara V. Nemmara, Z. Frank Zheng, Shihui Zhou
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Patent number: 10478745Abstract: A system and method to vaporize a process or feed water stream does so in a liquid pool zone of a vessel as the stream comes into contact with a heating medium that is less volatile than the process stream. To keep the pool hot, the heating medium can be recirculated through a heater of a pump-around loop or a heater can be placed in the liquid pool. As the process stream is vaporized, any solids present in the process stream come out of the process stream and move into the heating medium. These solids may be further removed from the heating medium in the pool or in the pump-around loop. The vaporized process stream can be further condensed. Any heat recovered can be used to pre-heat the process stream or used in the pump around loop's heater in case of mechanical vapor recovery.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: CAMERON SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Z. Frank Zheng, Christopher Stephen King, Harihara V. Nemmara, Brian Edward Messenger
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Publication number: 20190262740Abstract: A system and method to vaporize a process or feed water stream does so in a liquid pool zone of a vessel as the stream comes into contact with a heating medium that is less volatile than the process stream. To keep the pool hot, the heating medium can be recirculated through a heater of a pump-around loop or a heater can be placed in the liquid pool. As the process stream is vaporized, any solids present in the process stream come out of the process stream and move into the heating medium. These solids may be further removed from the heating medium in the pool or in the pump-around loop. The vaporized process stream can be further condensed. Any heat recovered can be used to pre-heat the process stream or used in the pump around loop's heater in case of mechanical vapor recovery.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Z. Frank Zheng, Christopher Stephen King, Harihara V. Nemmara, Brian Edward Messenger
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Publication number: 20170368468Abstract: A system and method to vaporize a process or feed water stream does so in a liquid pool zone of a vessel as the stream comes into contact with a heating medium that is less volatile than the process stream. To keep the pool hot, the heating medium can be recirculated through a heater of a pump-around loop or a heater can be placed in the liquid pool. As the process stream is vaporized, any solids present in the process stream come out of the process stream and move into the heating medium. These solids may be further removed from the heating medium in the pool or in the pump-around loop. The vaporized process stream can be further condensed. Any heat recovered can be used to pre-heat the process stream or used in the pump around loop's heater in case of mechanical vapor recovery.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Z. Frank Zheng, Christopher Stephen King, Harihara V. Nemmara, Brian Edward Messenger
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Publication number: 20170015613Abstract: Monoethylene glycol (MEG) may be reclaimed by a process that includes contacting a MEG-water-salt stream with a heat transfer fluid and then flash separating the MEG and water in the flash separator vessel where the pressure is higher than 0.3 barA (0.03 MPa), the temperature is in the range of above 120° C. to about 250° C., and the residence time of the MEG and water ranges from about 1 second to about 10 minutes, and then removing the MEG and water in an overhead of the flash separator vessel and removing the salt from the flash separator vessel. In some embodiments it is expected that the temperature of the process may range from above 165° C. to about 250° C. and/or that the pressure may be atmospheric.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicant: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN KING, BRIAN EDWARD MESSENGER, HARIHARA V. NEMMARA, Z. FRANK ZHENG, SHIHUI ZHOU
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Patent number: 9401569Abstract: A header assembly of a mezzanine connector system may include a main housing defining signal channels extending through the main housing and ground channels extending into a first surface of the main housing, a plurality of signal modules, and a plurality of ground shields. At least a portion of each of the plurality of signal modules is retained within a respective one of the signal channels. At least a portion of each of the plurality of ground shields is retained within at least one of the ground channels.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignees: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.Inventors: Wayne Samuel Davis, Michael James Horning, John Joseph Consoli, Thomas Edward Messenger, Andrew Michael Homick, Daniel Briner Shreffler, Chad W. Morgan, Raymond D. Boyer, Vincent Ruminski, Masayuki Aizawa, Edward Lee Hengst
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Publication number: 20160099532Abstract: A header assembly of a mezzanine connector system may include a main housing defining signal channels extending through the main housing and ground channels extending into a first surface of the main housing, a plurality of signal modules, and a plurality of ground shields. At least a portion of each of the plurality of signal modules is retained within a respective one of the signal channels. At least a portion of each of the plurality of ground shields is retained within at least one of the ground channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2014Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.Inventors: Wayne Samuel Davis, Michael James Horning, John Joseph Consoli, Thomas Edward Messenger, Andrew Michael Homick, Daniel Briner Shreffler, Chad W. Morgan, Raymond D. Boyer, Vincent Ruminski, Masayuki Aizawa, Edward Lee Hengst
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Patent number: 7291760Abstract: A process for the production of an olefin comprising partially combusting in a reaction zone a mixture of a hydrocarbon and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst which is capable of supporting combustion beyond the fuel rich limit of flammability to produce the olefin, wherein the superficial feed velocity of said mixture is at least 250 cm s?-1? at standard temperature and operating pressure with the proviso that where the catalyst is an unsupported catalyst, the superficial feed velocity of said mixture is at least 300 cm s?1 at standard temperature and operating pressure.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2006Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Ineos Europe LimitedInventors: David Charles Griffiths, Ian Raymond Little, Brian Edward Messenger, Ian Allan Beattie Reid
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Patent number: 7223897Abstract: A process for the production of an olefin from a hydrocarbon by autothermal cracking, which process comprises: partially combusting the hydrocarbon and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the stoichiometric ratio of hydrocarbon to oxygen is 5 to 16 times the stoichiometric ratio of hydrocarbon to oxygen required for complete combustion of the hydrocarbon to carbon dioxide and water, characterised in that the catalyst comprises palladium and at least one further metal being a Group IIIA, Group IVA, VA, a transition metal or a lanthanide.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2007Assignee: Ineos Europe LimitedInventors: John William Couves, David Charles Griffiths, Brian Edward Messenger, Ian Allan Beattie Reid
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Patent number: 7169962Abstract: Process for the production of an olefin comprising partially combusting in a reaction zone a mixture of a hydrocarbon and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst which is capable of supporting combustion beyond the fuel rich limit of flammability to produce the olefin. The superficial feed velocity of the mixture is at least 250 cm s?1 at standard temperature and operating pressure, with the proviso that where the catalyst is an unsupported catalyst, the superficial feed velocity of the mixture is at least 300 cm s?1 at standard temperature and operating pressure. The process is carried out at a pressure of at least 1.3 bara and the reaction zone is not externally heated.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2001Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Ineos Europe LimitedInventors: David Charles Griffiths, Ian Raymond Little, Brian Edward Messenger, Ian Allan Beattie Reid
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Patent number: 7164053Abstract: Process for the production of an olefin from a hydrocarbon, which process comprises contacting the hydrocarbon and a molecular oxygen-containing gas with a catalyst under auto-thermal conditions sufficient to produce the olefin. The catalyst comprises a component (a) and a component (b), wherein component (a) is at least one metal selected from Group IIIA, Group IVA, Group VA and the transition metals and component (b) is at least one transition metal. The catalyst does not comprise either palladium or platinum.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2001Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Ineos Europe LimitedInventors: Gavin Thomas Binmore, David Charles Griffiths, Brian Edward Messenger, Ian Allan Beattie Reid
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Patent number: 7135603Abstract: Process for the production of olefins such as ethylene from a hydrocarbon such as ethane. The process involves passing a mixture of the hydrocarbon and an oxagen-containing gas through a catalyst zone which is capable of supporting combustion beyond the fuel rich limit of flammability to produce the olefin. The catalyst zone comprises at least a first catalyst bed and a second catalyst bed. The second catalyst bed is located downstream of the first catalyst bed, is of a different composition to the first catalyst bed and comprises at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mo, W, and groups IB, IIB, IIIB, IVB, VB, VIIB and VIII of the Periodic Table. Suitably, the first catalyst bed comprises platinum and the second catalyst bed comprises tin- or copper-promoted nickel, cobalt or iridium catalyst or a copper-only catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2001Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Innovene Europe LimitedInventor: Brian Edward Messenger
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Publication number: 20040039068Abstract: A process for the production of an olefin comprising partially combusting in a reaction zone a mixture of a hydrocarbon and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst which is capable of supporting combustion beyond the fuel rich limit of flammability to produce the olefin, wherein the superficial feed velocity of said mixture is at least 250 cm s?—1? at standard temperature and operating pressure with the proviso that where the catalyst is an unsupported catalyst, the superficial feed velocity of said mixture is at least 300 cm s−1 at standard temperature and operating pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventors: David Charles Griffiths, Ian Raymond Little, Brian Edward Messenger, Ian Allan Beattie Reid
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Publication number: 20040015031Abstract: A process for the production of olefins such as ethylene from a hydrocarbon such as ethane. The process involves passing a mixture of the hydrocarbon and an oxagen-containing gas through a catalyst zone which is capable of supporting combustion beyond the fuel rich limit of flammability to produce the olefin. The catalyst zone comprises at least a first catalyst bed and a second catalyst bed. The second catalyst bed is located downstream of the first catalyst bed, is of a different composition to the first catalyst bed and comprises at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Mo, W, and Groups IB, IIB, IIIB, IVB, VB, VIIB and VIII of the Periodic Table. Suitably, the first catalyst bed comprises platinum and the second catalyst bed comprises tin- or copper-promoted nickel, cobalt or iridium catalyst or a copper-only catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Inventor: Brian Edward Messenger
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Publication number: 20030092953Abstract: A process for the production of an olefin from a hydrocarbon, which process comprises: partially combusting the hydrocarbon and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst, characterised in that the catalyst comprises palladium and at least one further metal, said further metal being a Group IIA, Group IVA, VA or a transition metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Inventors: John William Couves, David Charles Griffiths, Brian Edward Messenger, Ian Allan Beattie Reid
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Publication number: 20030055306Abstract: A process for the production of an olefin from a hydrocarbon, which process comprises: partially combusting the hydrocarbon and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst, characterised in that the catalyst comprises platinum and at least one further metal, said further metal being a Group IIIA, Group IVA, VA or a transition metal; wherein said catalyst is: a) not a platinum catalyst consisting essentially of platinum modified with Sn, Cu or mixtures thereof, and b) not a platinum catalyst consisting essentially of platinum modified with Sb or a mixture of Sb and Sn.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventors: John Wiliiam Couves, David Charles Griffiths, Brian Edward Messenger
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Patent number: D675025Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Inventor: Edward Messenger