Patents by Inventor Mohammad Hossein Ordouei

Mohammad Hossein Ordouei 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).

  • Ultra-low water input oil sands recovery process
    Patent number: 9738840
    Abstract: A method of processing raw oil sands material that includes bitumen. The method includes, in a predistillation process, heating the raw oil sands material to between approximately 535° C. and at least approximately 600° C. to at least partially vaporize the bitumen, to provide atmospheric gas oil and vacuum gas oil from the bitumen, and to provide coked oil sands material that includes carbon-heavy hydrocarbons and sand. The coked oil sands material is heated to approximately 900° C., to produce a dry barren hot oil sands material and syngas including hydrogen and carbon monoxide gases. Heat energy is transferred from at least a portion of the barren hot oil sands material to the raw oil sands material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Lakes Environmental Research Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Thé, Roydon Andrew Fraser, Mohammad Hossein Ordouei
  • ULTRA-LOW WATER INPUT OIL SANDS RECOVERY PROCESS
    Publication number: 20170145326
    Abstract: A method of processing raw oil sands material that includes bitumen. The method includes, in a predistillation process, heating the raw oil sands material to between approximately 535° C. and at least approximately 600° C. to at least partially vaporize the bitumen, to provide atmospheric gas oil and vacuum gas oil from the bitumen, and to provide coked oil sands material that includes carbon-heavy hydrocarbons and sand. The coked oil sands material is heated to approximately 900° C., to produce a dry barren hot oil sands material and syngas including hydrogen and carbon monoxide gases. Heat energy is transferred from at least a portion of the barren hot oil sands material to the raw oil sands material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Lakes Environmental Research Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Thé, Roydon Andrew Fraser, Mohammad Hossein Ordouei
  • Ultra-low water input oil sands recovery process
    Patent number: 9605212
    Abstract: A method of processing oil sands material including bitumen. The method includes subjecting the oil sands material to a predistillation process. The predistillation process includes heating the oil sands material to between approximately 350° C. and approximately 400° C., to produce atmospheric gas oil from the bitumen, and intermediate dried oil sands material, and heating the intermediate dried oil sands material to between approximately 535° C. and at least approximately 600° C., to produce vacuum gas oil and coked oil sands material comprising carbon-heavy hydrocarbons and sand. The method also includes subjecting the coked oil sands material to gasification, to produce barren hot oil sands material, and syngas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Lakes Environmental Research Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Thé, Roydon Andrew Fraser, Mohammad Hossein Ordouei
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OIL SANDS
    Publication number: 20150307793
    Abstract: A method of processing oil sands material including bitumen. The method includes subjecting the oil sands material to a predistillation process. The predistillation process includes heating the oil sands material to between approximately 350° C. and approximately 400° C., to produce atmospheric gas oil from the bitumen, and intermediate dried oil sands material, and heating the intermediate dried oil sands material to between approximately 535° C. and at least approximately 600° C., to produce vacuum gas oil and coked oil sands material comprising carbon-heavy hydrocarbons and sand. The method also includes subjecting the coked oil sands material to gasification, to produce barren hot oil sands material, and syngas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INC.
    Inventors: Roydon Andrew Fraser, Jesse Thé, Mohammad Hossein Ordouei