Patents by Inventor Gorm Sande

Gorm Sande 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: 10298005
    Abstract: An electrical penetrator assembly is shown, configured to feed electrical voltage and current through a wall separating a first volume and a second volume, which may have different pressure and/or may be filled with different fluids. The connector comprises a wall or partition having a through opening. An electrical conductor surrounded by a tubular insulator body passes the opening through the wall. A conductive or semi-conductive coating is arranged on the exterior of the insulator body, the coating surrounding the insulator body for a portion of its length, the coating in electrical contact with the wall, wherein the coated portion of the insulator body is shaped to displace the electric field around the conductor away from the wall and reduce the electric field strength around the insulator body by increasing the electric field strength inside the insulator body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Scandinavia AS
    Inventors: Svein Tryti, Jan Erik Elnan-Knutsen, Erik Raad, Gorm Sande
  • Publication number: 20170294770
    Abstract: An electrical penetrator assembly is shown, configured to feed electrical voltage and current through a wall separating a first volume and a second volume, which may have different pressure and/or may be filled with different fluids. The connector comprises a wall or partition having a through opening. An electrical conductor surrounded by a tubular insulator body passes the opening through the wall. A conductive or semi-conductive coating is arranged on the exterior of the insulator body, the coating surrounding the insulator body for a portion of its length, the coating in electrical contact with the wall, wherein the coated portion of the insulator body is shaped to displace the electric field around the conductor away from the wall and reduce the electric field strength around the insulator body by increasing the electric field strength inside the insulator body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Svein TRYTI, Jan Erik ELNAN-KNITSEN, Erik RAAD, Gorm SANDE
  • Patent number: 8743514
    Abstract: A high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission system includes a cable fault ride-through system. The cable fault ride-through system is configured to ensure the HVDC power transmission system remains operational via an earth path between the power source end and the load end during a transmission cable fault, even in the absence of a neutral bus and/or dc circuit breakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christof Martin Sihler, Simon Herbert Schramm, Emad Ezzat Ahmed, Gorm Sande, Rainer Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20120268099
    Abstract: A high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission system includes a cable fault ride-through system. The cable fault ride-through system is configured to ensure the HVDC power transmission system remains operational via an earth path between the power source end and the load end during a transmission cable fault, even in the absence of a neutral bus and/or dc circuit breakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Christof Martin Sihler, Simon Herbert Schramm, Emad Ezzat Ahmed, Gorm Sande, Rainer Hoffman
  • Patent number: 7749459
    Abstract: A device, located in a vessel having an inlet and at least one outlet, through which a mixture of fluids flows, for promoting electrostatic coalescence of a first conductive fluid emulsified in a second fluid. The device includes a number of tubular electrostatic coalescer elements extending in the flow direction which are arranged in a matrix arranged over the cross sectional area of the vessel, and an applicator operative to apply an electrical field to the fluids flowing through the coalescer elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Aibel AS
    Inventors: Pål Jahre Nilsen, Gorm Sande, Wojciech Piasecki
  • Publication number: 20090210453
    Abstract: Any external application using data access functionality can use the attribute consistency service to update and synchronize attribute value for an entity. The application can access the relations of an entity, which are stored in an entity reference database. In case of inconsistent attribute values, a master attribute value is determined which is then written to the defined attributes of the applications. The consistency of data stored in various IT systems can be ensured prior to attempting to access it. Errors by calling a service or functionality that would require access to data that is not available or that is inconsistent are therefore avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: ABB Research Ltd
    Inventors: Claus Vetter, Thomas Werner, Jan Bugge, Gorm Sande
  • Patent number: 7520985
    Abstract: An electrically energized device for coalescing a first conductive fluid emulsified in a second fluid. A tube member has at least one fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet. The tube member defines a flow channel for an emulsion of the first and second fluid from its inlet side to its outlet side and includes at least one electrically insulating wall portion. An interacting pair of a first and a second electrode is separated from the first and second fluid by at least one insulating wall portion of the tube member. The electrodes are supplied with a voltage for the purpose of subjecting the first and second fluid flowing through the flow channel to an electrostatic field. At least one passive center electrode is made of a conducting material and is arranged in the channel and electrically insulated from the first and second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Aibel AS
    Inventors: Pål Jahre Nilsen, Gorm Sande, Wojciech Piasecki
  • Publication number: 20080195576
    Abstract: A method and computer-based system for retrieving, accessing and storing data otherwise stored in a plurality of IT systems arranged for operating a part of one or more electrical power networks. The method and computer-based system provide integration of otherwise separate systems such as GIS, SCADA, ERP and/or CMMS. The integration includes an XML/CIM layer for data exchange and a virtual asset register containing references to objects representing assets in the power networks. A human-machine interface and a computer program for carrying out the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: ABB Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Gorm Sande, Jan Bugge, Lars Gundersen, Svein Vatland, Tormod Lund, Erik Svensson, Danny Julian, Claus Vetter, Thomas Werner
  • Publication number: 20050040045
    Abstract: A device, located in a separator vessel having an inlet and a number of outlets, through which a mixture of fluids flows, for promoting electrostatic coalescence of a first conductive fluid emulsified in a second fluid, said device comprises a number of tubular electrostatic coalescer elements extending in the flow direction which are arranged in a matrix substantially covering the entire cross sectional area of said vessel, and means to apply an electrical field to the fluids flowing through said coalescer elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Pal Nilsen, Gorm Sande, Wojciech Piasecki
  • Patent number: 6811693
    Abstract: An electrically energised device for coalescing a first conductive fluid, emulsified in a second fluid, comprising a tube member (1), having at least one fluid inlet (2) and at least one fluid outlet (3), the tube B member (1) defining a flow channel (4) for an emulsion of the first and second fluid from its inlet side to its outlet side and comprising at least one electrically insulating layer portion, the channel B (4) having a generally circular or elliptic cross section, and an interacting pair of a first and a second electrode (5, 6) that are arranged outside and adjacent to the at least one insulating layer portion, that separates the electrodes (5, 6) from the channel (4) and thereby from immediate contact with the emulsion, and supplied with a pulsed or alternating voltage for the purpose of subjecting the first and second fluid flowing through the flow channel to an electrostatic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: ABB Offshore Systems AS
    Inventors: Pål J. Nilsen, Ole-Morten Midtgård, Gorm Sande
  • Publication number: 20040144640
    Abstract: An electrically energised device for coalescing a first conductive fluid, emulsified in a second fluid, comprising a tube member (1), having at least one fluid inlet (2) and at least one fluid outlet (3). The tube member (1) defines a flow channel (4) for an emulsion of the first and second fluid from its inlet side to its outlet side and comprises at least one electrically insulating wall portion, and an interacting pair of a first and a second electrode (5, 6), separated from the first and second fluid by at least one insulating wall portion of the tube member (1). Said electrodes are supplied with a voltage for the purpose of subjecting the first and second fluid flowing through the flow channel to an electrostatic field. The device comprises at least one passive centre electrode (11), made of a conducting material, arranged in the channel (4) and electrically insulated from the first and second electrode (5, 6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Pal Jahre Nilsen, Gorm Sande, Wojciech Piasecki
  • Publication number: 20030155310
    Abstract: An electrically energised device for coalescing a first conductive fluid, emulsified in a second fluid, comprising a tube member (1), having at least one fluid inlet (2) and at least one fluid outlet (3), said tube member (1) defining a flow channel (4) for an emulsion of the first and second fluid from its inlet side to its outlet side and comprising at least one electrically insulating layer portion, said channel (4) having a generally circular or elliptic cross section, and an interacting pair of a first and a second electrode (5, 6) that are arranged outside and adjacent to the at least one insulating layer portion, that separates the electrodes (5, 6) from the channel (4) and thereby from immediate contact with the emulsion, and supplied with a pulsed or alternating voltage for the purpose of subjecting the first and second fluid flowing through the flow channel to an electrostatic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Pal J Nilsen, Ole-Morten Midtgard, Gorm Sande