Patents by Inventor Eric Serval

Eric Serval 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).

  • Water deaeration process
    Patent number: 4613347
    Abstract: A process for deaerating water in an upright column immersed in a body of water and equipped at its lower end with an electrical pump which, essentially, provides the water lift in the column, comprises injecting into the upright column, at at least one injection point situated above the electrical pump, fine bubbles of an inert gas, for example purified nitrogen, under a pressure which is at most equal to the hydrostatic pressure in the column at the level of the injection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1986
    Assignee: Compagnie Francaise des Petroles
    Inventors: Jean. P. Ranchet, Eric Serval