Patents by Inventor Justin Scurte

Justin Scurte 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).

  • PROCESS FOR TREATING WATERS PRODUCED OR COLLECTED FROM THE OIL EXTRACTION IN MINING OPERATIONS AND REDUCING THE TENDENCY OF CALCIUM SCALING OF PROCESS EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20150368133
    Abstract: Oil sands process water (OSPW) is directed to an evaporator that evaporates the OSPW and produces steam and a concentrated brine. The OSPW includes alkalinity and calcium hardness. To inhibit calcium carbonate scaling of the evaporator, magnesium oxide is mixed with the OSPW, resulting in the precipitation of magnesium hydroxide which acts as a seed material for calcium carbonate precipitation to prevent fouling. The process crystallizes the calcium carbonate and the mixture of magnesium hydroxide and calcium carbonate crystals are circulated through the evaporator as well as recirculated to a point upstream of the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: David E. Gamache, Justin Scurte
  • Method of recovering oil and producing produced water that is concentrated and dried by a double drum dryer
    Patent number: 9127540
    Abstract: A method of treating concentrated produced water derived from a steam assisted gravity discharge oil recovery process is described. The method includes utilizing a double drum dryer to dry a concentrated slurry and produce a dried concentrate for deposition in a landfill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: David E. Gamache, Justin Scurte, Charlotte Bessiere