Patents by Inventor Emery Jay THOMAS

Emery Jay THOMAS 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: 12111102
    Abstract: Methods and systems for liquefying natural gas using environmentally-friendly low combustibility refrigerants are provided. Methods of liquefaction include cooling a fluid in an LNG facility via indirect heat exchange with an environmentally-friendly low combustibility refrigerants that are propane, ethane and methane mixed with small amounts of fluorinated olefin, but still within close proximity to the boiling points of the pure refrigerants such that the mixed refrigerants can still be used in an optimized cascade process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Davies, James Lee Harris, Jr., Emery Jay Thomas, Gregg Sapp
  • Patent number: 11885561
    Abstract: Methods and systems for liquefying natural gas using environmentally-friendly low combustibility refrigerants are provided. Methods of liquefaction include cooling a fluid in an LNG facility via indirect heat exchange with an environmentally-friendly low combustibility refrigerant selected from the group consisting of: a fluorinated olefin, xenon, any derivative thereof, and any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Davies, James Lee Harris, Jr., Emery Jay Thomas, Gregg Sapp
  • Publication number: 20230204284
    Abstract: Methods and systems for liquefying natural gas using environmentally-friendly low combustibility refrigerants are provided. Methods of liquefaction include cooling a fluid in an LNG facility via indirect heat exchange with an environmentally-friendly low combustibility refrigerants that are propane, ethane and methane mixed with small amounts of fluorinated olefin, but still within close proximity to the boiling points of the pure refrigerants such that the mixed refrigerants can still be used in an optimized cascade process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul DAVIES, James Lee HARRIS, JR., Emery Jay THOMAS, Gregg SAPP
  • Publication number: 20200132228
    Abstract: A conduit seal assembly includes an outer conduit having a first end with a first opening and a second end, opposite the first end, with a second opening. A first seal is positioned in the first opening for resisting a first temperature, and a second seal is positioned in the second opening for resisting a second temperature less than the first temperature. The first and second seals define a cavity and provide an air-tight seal of the cavity, and the assembly includes a monitoring assembly configured to sense a characteristic in the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Paul R. DAVIES, Emery Jay THOMAS, James L. HARRIS
  • Patent number: 10544883
    Abstract: A conduit seal assembly includes an outer conduit having a first end with a first opening and a second end, opposite the first end, with a second opening. A first seal is positioned in the first opening for resisting a first temperature, and a second seal is positioned in the second opening for resisting a second temperature less than the first temperature. The first and second seals define a cavity and provide an air-tight seal of the cavity, and the assembly includes a monitoring assembly configured to sense a characteristic in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Paul R. Davies, Emery Jay Thomas, James L. Harris
  • Publication number: 20150184776
    Abstract: A conduit seal assembly includes an outer conduit having a first end with a first opening and a second end, opposite the first end, with a second opening. A first seal is positioned in the first opening for resisting a first temperature, and a second seal is positioned in the second opening for resisting a second temperature less than the first temperature. The first and second seals define a cavity and provide an air-tight seal of the cavity, and the assembly includes a monitoring assembly configured to sense a characteristic in the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Paul R. DAVIES, Emery Jay THOMAS, James L. HARRIS
  • Publication number: 20140150492
    Abstract: Methods and systems for liquefying natural gas using nonflammable refrigerants are provided. Methods of liquefaction include cooling a natural gas stream via indirect heat exchange with a first nonflammable refrigerant selected from the group consisting of: difluoromethane, pentafluoromethane, trifluoromethane, hexafluoroethane, tetrafluoroethane, pentafluorethane, trifluoroethane, pentafluoroethane, any derivative thereof, and any combination thereof during a first refrigeration cycle; and cooling the natural gas stream via indirect heat exchange with a second refrigerant during a second refrigeration cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul DAVIES, James Lee HARRIS, JR., Emery Jay THOMAS, Gregg SAPP
  • Publication number: 20140150491
    Abstract: Methods and systems for liquefying natural gas using environmentally-friendly low combustibility refrigerants are provided. Methods of liquefaction include cooling a fluid in an LNG facility via indirect heat exchange with an environmentally-friendly low combustibility refrigerant selected from the group consisting of: a fluorinated olefin, xenon, any derivative thereof, and any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul DAVIES, James Lee HARRIS, JR., Emery Jay THOMAS, Gregg SAPP