Patents by Inventor Hedley C. Arscott

Hedley C. Arscott 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).

  • Gas separation from crude oil
    Patent number: 4369047
    Abstract: A foaming crude oil is separated into (i) liquid oil containing not more than 10% by volume of gas and (ii) gas containing not more than 200 parts per million of liquid oil by passing the foaming crude oil into a cyclone separator which has means for controllably adjusting the size of the inlet thereto and in which the ratio of the diameter of the vortex finder to the diameter of the vessel in the region of the inlet is from about 0.40 to 0.80, and which is also provided with a disengaging chamber and means for maintaining a minimum liquid level in said disengaging chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Assignee: The British Petroleum Company Limited
    Inventors: Hedley C. Arscott, Jiri R. Nebrensky, Christopher J. Wilson