Patents by Inventor Miguel Asuaje

Miguel Asuaje 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).

  • HIGH PRESSURE SAND AND ASPHALTENE TRAP
    Publication number: 20170101588
    Abstract: A high pressure trap for separating sand and asphaltene from a high pressure stream of oil includes a vessel having a longitudinal axis arranged substantially vertically; an oil inlet for introducing a high pressure stream of oil with entrained sand and asphaltene into the vessel; an impact plate in the vessel and arranged at the inlet so that the high pressure stream of oil impacts the plate such that the entrained sand and asphaltene separate from the stream and collect in a bottom portion of the vessel; and a chemical inlet at the bottom portion for introducing chemicals to contact separated sand and asphaltene in the bottom portion to facilitate removal of the separated sand and apshaltene from the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: INTEVEP, S.A.
    Inventors: Leonor Gonzalez, José Eduardo Castilla Alvarez, Hector Salazar, Miguel Asuaje