Patents by Inventor Nam Seop Woo

Nam Seop Woo 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).

  • Pipe-integrated oil well fluid or oilfield fluid separation apparatus, and method thereof
    Patent number: 9776889
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inline separator for separating well fluid or gas-dominant fluid using centrifugal force. The inline separator includes: an outer pipe provided with an inlet; a vortex-generating rotor installed in the outer pipe; a fixed extraction pipe having an external diameter smaller than an internal diameter of the outer pipe and installed in the outer pipe at a downstream side of the vortex-generating rotor; a movable extraction pipe connected to an end of the fixed extraction pipe, close to the vortex-generating rotor, and having an extendable and retractable structure such that a position of an introduction hole of the movable extraction pipe is changeable; a pressure compensation pipe that applies pressure to oil or gas separated in a downstream end of the fixed extraction pipe; and a seawater discharge pipe connected to a portion of the outer pipe at which the fixed extraction pipe is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES
    Inventors: Young Ju Kim, Nam Seop Woo
  • PIPE-INTEGRATED OIL WELL FLUID OR OILFIELD FLUID SEPARATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170129783
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inline separator for separating well fluid or gas-dominant fluid using centrifugal force. The inline separator includes: an outer pipe provided with an inlet; a vortex-generating rotor installed in the outer pipe; a fixed extraction pipe having an external diameter smaller than an internal diameter of the outer pipe and installed in the outer pipe at a downstream side of the vortex-generating rotor; a movable extraction pipe connected to an end of the fixed extraction pipe, close to the vortex-generating rotor, and having an extendable and retractable structure such that a position of an introduction hole of the movable extraction pipe is changeable; a pressure compensation pipe that applies pressure to oil or gas separated in a downstream end of the fixed extraction pipe; and a seawater discharge pipe connected to a portion of the outer pipe at which the fixed extraction pipe is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Young Ju Kim, Nam Seop Woo