Patents by Inventor Erling Tor Heitmann

Erling Tor Heitmann 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 FOR SEPARATING OIL FROM WATER BY INJECTING SIMULTANEOUSLY A LIQUIFIED GAS INTO THE GRAVITY SEPARATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110174693
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of phase separation of a hydrocarbon containing mixed phase fluid composition into at least two separted fluid phases which method comprises introducing (8) a hydrocarbon-containing composition into a phase separator (1) and withdrawing at least two said separated fluid phases (12, 13, 14) from said separator (1), whereby a lipophilic liquefied gas is simultaneusly introduced (24, 19, 17) into said separator (1) with said composition or, preferably, into a fluid-filled region of said separator (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: KANFA MATOR AS
    Inventors: Karsten Rabe, Erling Tor Heitmann