Patents by Inventor Michael Edward Moir

Michael Edward Moir 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 and system for NIR spectroscopy of mixtures to evaluate composition of components of the mixtures
    Patent number: 9678002
    Abstract: A method of estimating the relative concentration of at least two components contained in a mixture of the components is disclosed. At least two mixtures are produced by combining the at least two components, each of the at least two mixtures having different concentrations of the at least two components. NIR mixture spectra are acquired from each of the at least two mixtures. The NIR component spectra and the NIR mixture spectra are input into a computer utilizing chemometrics software and the spectra are analyzed to produce a calibration model for each component and each of the mixture NIR spectra. NIR monitored spectra for a monitored mixture of the components having an unknown concentration of the components is acquired. The calibration models are applied to the NIR monitored spectra to thereby estimate the concentration of at least one of the components in the monitored mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Toni Zhang Miao, Ajit Ramachandra Pradhan, Michael Edward Moir, Eddy Lee, Ian Phillip Benson
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NIR SPECTROSCOPY OF MIXTURES TO EVALUATE COMPOSITION OF COMPONENTS OF THE MIXTURES
    Publication number: 20160123872
    Abstract: A method of estimating the relative concentration of at least two components contained in a mixture of the components is disclosed. At least two mixtures are produced by combining the at least two components, each of the at least two mixtures having different concentrations of the at least two components. NIR mixture spectra are acquired from each of the at least two mixtures. The NIR component spectra and the NIR mixture spectra are input into a computer utilizing chemometrics software and the spectra are analyzed to produce a calibration model for each component and each of the mixture NIR spectra. NIR monitored spectra for a monitored mixture of the components having an unknown concentration of the components is acquired. The calibration models are applied to the NIR monitored spectra to thereby estimate the concentration of at least one of the components in the monitored mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Toni Zhang Miao, Ajit Ramachandra Pradhan, Michael Edward Moir, Eddy Lee, Ian Phillip Benson
  • Low smoke composition and firefighter training process
    Patent number: 5713964
    Abstract: A low smoke firefighter training hydrocarbon composition and process. The compositions preferably contain alkanes and avoid aromatics. Ferrocene or certain other volatile iron compounds are incorporated in the compositions which am readily ignitable but not dangerously so. The process enhances the firefighter training while reducing smoke and soot to the surrounding environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: James Louis Schreiner, Michael Edward Moir, Rupert David Holmes-Smith, Charles Francis Ruigrok, James Brian Mitchell