Patents by Inventor Kedar M. Deshpande

Kedar M. Deshpande 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).

  • REAL TIME FLOW RATE AND RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20230287746
    Abstract: A flow measurement apparatus can include a main flow passage, a bypass flow passage having an inlet and an outlet connected with the main flow passage, a mass flowmeter connected in the bypass flow passage between the inlet and the outlet, and a flow restrictor connected in the bypass flow passage between the inlet and the outlet. A method can include connecting the flow measurement apparatus, so that a fluid flow in the well also flows through the flow measurement apparatus, and determining at least one rheological parameter of a non-Newtonian fluid, based on an output of the flow measurement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Paul R. NORTHAM, Pravin Sadashiv NAPHADE, Kedar M. DESHPANDE
  • Real time flow rate and rheology measurement
    Patent number: 11661805
    Abstract: A flow measurement apparatus can include a main flow passage, a bypass flow passage having an inlet and an outlet connected with the main flow passage, a mass flowmeter connected in the bypass flow passage between the inlet and the outlet, and a flow restrictor connected in the bypass flow passage between the inlet and the outlet. A method can include connecting the flow measurement apparatus, so that a fluid flow in the well also flows through the flow measurement apparatus, and determining at least one rheological parameter of a non-Newtonian fluid, based on an output of the flow measurement apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Paul R. Northam, Pravin Sadashiv Naphade, Kedar M. Deshpande
  • REAL TIME FLOW RATE AND RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20230032537
    Abstract: A flow measurement apparatus can include a main flow passage, a bypass flow passage having an inlet and an outlet connected with the main flow passage, a mass flowmeter connected in the bypass flow passage between the inlet and the outlet, and a flow restrictor connected in the bypass flow passage between the inlet and the outlet. A method can include connecting the flow measurement apparatus, so that a fluid flow in the well also flows through the flow measurement apparatus, and determining at least one rheological parameter of a non-Newtonian fluid, based on an output of the flow measurement apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Paul R. NORTHAM, Pravin Sadashiv NAPHADE, Kedar M. DESHPANDE
  • Systems and methods for optimizing formation fracturing operations
    Patent number: 10001769
    Abstract: Systems and methods generate optimized formation fracturing operational parameters by iteratively optimizing bottom hole temperature design, perforation design, fracturing fluid pulse design, and proppant design based on formation properties, proppant properties, candidate selection, flow and geomechanical modeling, and engineering design, where the systems and methods as implemented on a digital processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jian Huang, Kedar M. Deshpande, Mohammad Reza Safariforoshani, Ovunc Mutlu, Chih-Chau Hwang, Rajesh K. Saini, Leonid Vigderman, Duane Treybig, Clayton S. Smith, Mathew M. Samuel, Kern L. Smith
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING FORMATION FRACTURING OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20160139588
    Abstract: Systems and methods generate optimized formation fracturing operational parameters by iteratively optimizing bottom hole temperature design, perforation design, fracturing fluid pulse design, and proppant design based on formation properties, proppant properties, candidate selection, flow and geomechanical modeling, and engineering design, where the systems and methods as implemented on a digital processing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Jian Huang, Kedar M. Deshpande, Mohammad Reza Safariforoshani, Ovunc Mutlu, Chih-Chau Hwang, Rajesh K. Saini, Leonid Vigderman, Duane Treybig, Clayton S. Smith, Mathew M. Samuel, Kern L. Smith