Patents by Inventor Paolo Mario Alessandro ALLARA

Paolo Mario Alessandro ALLARA 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).

  • Patent number: 11319686
    Abstract: A transportable modular system for emergency treatment of water polluted by liquid hydrocarbon spillage comprises: at least a first containerized treatment module, comprising a container in the form of a standard size intermodal container which houses a coalescence separator device, configured to operate an oil/water separation; a suction pipe having a first end connected to the coalescence separator device and a second end provided with an inlet connected to at least one floating skimmer; a pump positioned on the suction pipe; a water drain pipe and an oil drain pipe, connected to a water outlet and an oil outlet, respectively, of the coalescence separator device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Mario Alessandro Allara, Fabrizio Bonifacio
  • Patent number: 11280174
    Abstract: A method for determining the shape and position of an underwater riser extending from a floating platform includes calculating a deformed shape of the riser by means of a numerical model of the deformed shape of the riser as a function of a plurality of acceleration values and of a plurality of position values in predetermined points of the riser, detecting acceleration values of the riser in a plurality of detection points along a longitudinal extension of the riser, detecting the water pressure values in at least some of the detection points, and calculating the position values as a function of the measured water pressure values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Paolo Mario Alessandro Allara, Davide Maria Gaviraghi, Giuseppe Battista Abbate
  • Publication number: 20210207454
    Abstract: An anti-collision method includes storing information on a current position of at least one vehicle within a target work volume, scanning the target work volume by a radiofrequency radiation signal to detect the presence of at least one human operator within the target work volume, determining the current position of the at least one human operator within the target work volume, comparing the current position of the at least one human operator with the current position of the at least one vehicle, and, if the current position of the at least one human operator at least partially overlaps the current position of the at least one vehicle, activating at least one safety device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Paolo Mario Alessandro ALLARA, Anna SANSONE
  • Publication number: 20210071379
    Abstract: A transportable modular system for emergency treatment of water polluted by liquid hydrocarbon spillage comprises: at least a first containerized treatment module, comprising a container in the form of a standard size intermodal container which houses a coalescence separator device, configured to operate an oil/water separation; a suction pipe having a first end connected to the coalescence separator device and a second end provided with an inlet connected to at least one floating skimmer; a pump positioned on the suction pipe; a water drain pipe and an oil drain pipe, connected to a water outlet and an oil outlet, respectively, of the coalescence separator device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Paolo Mario Alessandro Allara, Fabrizio Bonifacio
  • Publication number: 20200165914
    Abstract: A method for determining the shape and position of an underwater riser extending from a floating platform includes calculating a deformed shape of the riser by means of a numerical model of the deformed shape of the riser as a function of a plurality of acceleration values and of a plurality of position values in predetermined points of the riser, detecting acceleration values of the riser in a plurality of detection points along a longitudinal extension of the riser, detecting the water pressure values in at least some of the detection points, and calculating the position values as a function of the measured water pressure values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Paolo Mario Alessandro ALLARA, Davide Maria GAVIRAGHI, Giuseppe Battista ABBATE