Patents by Inventor Marc Andre Hesse

Marc Andre Hesse 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).

  • Iterative multi-scale method for flow in porous media
    Patent number: 8301429
    Abstract: Computer-implemented iterative multi-scale methods and systems are provided for handling simulation of complex, highly anisotropic, heterogeneous domains. A system and method can be configured to achieve simulation of structures where accurate localization assumptions do not exist. The iterative system and method smoothes the solution field by applying line relaxation in all spatial directions. The smoother is unconditionally stable and leads to sets of tri-diagonal linear systems that can be solved efficiently, such as by the Thomas algorithm. Furthermore, the iterative smoothing procedure, for the improvement of the localization assumptions, does not need to be applied in every time step of the computation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Schlumberger Technology Corporation, ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Hadi Hajibeygi, Giuseppe Bonfigli, Marc Andre Hesse, Patrick Jenny
  • ITERATIVE MULTI-SCALE METHOD FOR FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA
    Publication number: 20100094605
    Abstract: Computer-implemented iterative multi-scale methods and systems are provided for handling simulation of complex, highly anisotropic, heterogeneous domains. A system and method can be configured to achieve simulation of structures where accurate localization assumptions do not exist. The iterative system and method smoothes the solution field by applying line relaxation in all spatial directions. The smoother is unconditionally stable and leads to sets of tri-diagonal linear systems that can be solved efficiently, such as by the Thomas algorithm. Furthermore, the iterative smoothing procedure, for the improvement of the localization assumptions, does not need to be applied in every time step of the computation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicants: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, ETH ZURICH
    Inventors: Hadi Hajibeygi, Giuseppe Bonfigli, Marc Andre Hesse, Patrick Jenny