Patents by Inventor Lori Acor

Lori Acor 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).

  • Method of heating a fluid using a line heater comprising an alkali metal formate
    Patent number: 6893582
    Abstract: A heat transfer fluid comprising potassium formate is used to good effect in line heaters for heating natural gas in gas transmission lines, and for other uses. The solution is heated in a liquid heat transfer medium in a fluid heating zone and transferred to a gas heating zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Clearwater International, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Smith, John H. Hallman, Lori Acor, Joseph Miller
  • Fluid Heating
    Publication number: 20020003223
    Abstract: A heat transfer fluid comprising potassium formate is used to good effect in line heaters for heating natural gas in gas transmision lines, and for other uses. The solution is heated in a liquid heat transfer medium in a fluid heating zone and transferred to a gas heating zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Applicant: Clearwater, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Smith, John H. Hallman, Lori Acor, Joseph Miller