Patents by Inventor Ove Sæle

Ove Sæle 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).

  • Publication number: 20150153074
    Abstract: A heat exchanging device is presented. The heat exchanging device includes an inlet header configured to receive a working fluid. Further, the heat exchanging device includes at least one coil segment having a first end and a second end, where the first end of the at least one coil segment is coupled to the inlet header and configured to receive the working fluid from the inlet header. In addition, the heat exchanging device includes an outlet header coupled to the second end of the at least one coil segment and configured to receive the working fluid from the at least one coil segment. Also, the heat exchanging device includes at least one propeller disposed proximate to the at least one coil segment and configured to propel subsea water across the at least one coil segment to control a temperature of the working fluid in the outlet header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Joseph Antel, JR., Odd Marius Rosvold, Ove Saele
  • Publication number: 20130136634
    Abstract: A motor and pump barrier fluids pressure regulation system for a subsea motor and pump module comprising a motor and a pump is disclosed. The regulation system comprises a motor barrier fluid circuit hydraulically separating the motor from the pump, and a pump barrier fluid circuit hydraulically separating an internal structure of the pump from a pumped medium, wherein the fluid flow and pressure in each of the motor barrier fluid circuit and the pump barrier fluid circuit are controlled by pressure controlled on/off valves arranged in each circuit, the pressure controlled on/off valves being individually controllable in response to a detected difference in pressure between the pumped medium, on a suction side of the pump or on a discharge side of the pump, and the fluid in the motor barrier fluid circuit and the pump barrier fluid circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA AS
    Inventor: Ove Sæle
  • Patent number: 8425667
    Abstract: A subsea system includes a multiphase pump, configured to transfer a multiphase fluid and a multiphase separator, configured to separate the multiphase fluid into solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. The multiphase separator includes a solid-liquid separation device, which is configured to facilitate separation of the solid phase and the liquid phase from the multiphase fluid. The multiphase separator includes a gas-liquid separation device, which is configured to facilitate separation of the gaseous phase and the liquid phase from the multiphase fluid. The multiphase separator includes a liquid reservoir, which is configured to contain a volume of the liquid phase to be used as a lubricant for the multiphase pump. Finally, the multiphase separator includes a liquid outlet, which is configured to transfer the liquid phase from the liquid reservoir to the multiphase pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Deloyd Anderson, Vasanth Srinivasa Kothnur, Hrishikesh Vishvas Deo, Johan Kristian Sveen, Ove Saele
  • Publication number: 20120048113
    Abstract: A subsea system includes a multiphase pump, configured to transfer a multiphase fluid and a multiphase separator, configured to separate the multiphase fluid into solid, liquid, and gaseous phases. The multiphase separator includes a solid-liquid separation device, which is configured to facilitate separation of the solid phase and the liquid phase from the multiphase fluid. The multiphase separator includes a gas-liquid separation device, which is configured to facilitate separation of the gaseous phase and the liquid phase from the multiphase fluid. The multiphase separator includes a liquid reservoir, which is configured to contain a volume of the liquid phase to be used as a lubricant for the multiphase pump. Finally, the multiphase separator includes a liquid outlet, which is configured to transfer the liquid phase from the liquid reservoir to the multiphase pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Deloyd Anderson, Vasanth Srinivasa Kothnur, Hrishikesh Vishvas Deo, Johan Kristian Sveen, Ove Saele