Patents by Inventor Hangyu Zhou

Hangyu Zhou 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: 11568111
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a numerical simulation method for proppant transport considering wall-retardation effect, comprising the followings: establish a physical model of laboratory experiment on proppant transport with a large flat-panel device; establish a drag coefficient model considering wall-retardation effect according to the numerical simulation experiment; establish a computational geometric model; set boundary conditions and physical parameters of the geometric model according to the two-fluid simulation method for solid proppant quasi-fluidization; verify the grid independence of the computational geometric model to obtain the transport characteristics and placement pattern of the proppant in fractures. The present invention employs a numerical simulation method to study the migration and distribution patterns of proppant under the retardation effect of narrow walls during the hydraulic fracturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Southwest Petroleum University
    Inventors: Hangyu Zhou, Jianchun Guo, Tao Zhang, Kun Sun, Mingyong Zeng
  • Publication number: 20220391567
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a numerical simulation method for proppant transport considering wall-retardation effect, comprising the followings: establish a physical model of laboratory experiment on proppant transport with a large flat-panel device; establish a drag coefficient model considering wall-retardation effect according to the numerical simulation experiment; establish a computational geometric model; set boundary conditions and physical parameters of the geometric model according to the two-fluid simulation method for solid proppant quasi-fluidization; verify the grid independence of the computational geometric model to obtain the transport characteristics and placement pattern of the proppant in fractures. The present invention employs a numerical simulation method to study the migration and distribution patterns of proppant under the retardation effect of narrow walls during the hydraulic fracturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Southwest Petroleum University
    Inventors: Hangyu ZHOU, Jianchun GUO, Tao ZHANG, Kun SUN, Mingyong ZENG
  • Patent number: 11284561
    Abstract: An agricultural aircraft for spreading granular fertilizer and a spreading method thereof. The agricultural aircraft includes an aircraft body, a power system, and a spreading device, where the spreading device is located at a front part of the aircraft body, and the aircraft body is also provided at the front thereof with a wind direction sensor and a wind speed sensor communicatively connected a controller; the spreading device includes a box body, a throwing disc, and a tray connected to the box body, where a left baffle plate and a right baffle plate with controllable opening angles are disposed on the tray; an upper part of the box body is a material box for storing granular fertilizer, a cavity for accommodating the tray and the throwing disc is disposed on one side of the box body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Yong He, Yufei Liu, Hui Fang, Haiyan Cen, Hangyu Zhou, Zhengyu Zheng, Shiwei Yu
  • Publication number: 20210068339
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an agricultural aircraft for spreading granular fertilizer and a spreading method thereof. The agricultural aircraft includes an aircraft body, a power system, and a spreading device, where the spreading device is located at a front part of the aircraft body, and the aircraft body is also provided at the front thereof with a wind direction sensor and a wind speed sensor communicatively connected a controller; the spreading device includes a box body, a throwing disc, and a tray connected to the box body, where a left baffle plate and a right baffle plate with controllable opening angles are disposed on the tray; an upper part of the box body is a material box for storing granular fertilizer, a cavity for accommodating the tray and the throwing disc is disposed on one side of the box body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yong He, Yufei Liu, Hui Fang, Haiyan Cen, Hangyu Zhou, Zhengyu Zheng, Shiwei Yu