Patents by Inventor Eric Lee Berger

Eric Lee Berger 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).

  • Method and apparatus for measuring and adjustably controlling vapor-liquid mixing ratio at pipe junctions
    Patent number: 6116259
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for adjusting, measuring and controlling the vapor/liquid ratio of wet steam in the output line of a pipe junction in a two phase fluid flow line. The vapor phase and liquid phase of the two phase fluid are separated in the main flow line of the junction and the volume flow rate of each phase measured. The two phases are recombined at the plane of symmetry of the output line of the junction and the liquid flow rate is controlled and varied through an adjustable valve in a liquid phase bypass flow line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventors: James Raymond Stoy, James Lindsey Gilbert Schrodt, Eric Lee Berger