Patents by Inventor Lee E. Baker

Lee E. Baker 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: 4766558
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for determining the minimum miscibility pressure of a three (3) or more component fluid system consisting of an in-place fluid and an injected fluid, such as a mixture of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons and another gas, such as CO.sub.2 or nitrogen. For a given pressure, the concentration of the first fluid is varied until a multiphase fluid state is indicated. The coexisting equilibrium phase compositions are calculated to determine a tieline which is translated geometrically retaining the direction of its slope to estimate a new tieline which attempts to be coincident with the second fluid's composition. The method above is repeated utilizing an increased pressure if the new tieline is coincident with a second fluid's composition and utilizing a decreased pressure if a coincident tieline does not exist, until a boundary pressure is achieved which represents the minimum miscibility pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Kraemer D. Luks, Edward A. Turek, Lee E. Baker