Patents by Inventor Per Salater

Per Salater 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: 7896170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flow divider promoting separation, the flow divider comprising an inlet, at least one dividing fin, and two or more outlets. According to the present invention a pipeline leading to the inlet is sufficiently long to promote at least a degree of separation of a fluid that is carried through the pipeline and that initially is mixed, the lighter constituents flowing through a top section of the pipeline, and the heavier constituents flowing through a bottom section of the pipeline, wherein the at least one dividing fin is/are arranged either vertically and/or horizontally in order to divide the flow into two or more smaller flow streams downstream of the flow divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Statoil ASA
    Inventors: Bernt Bjerkreim, Karl Olav Haram, Per Salater
  • Publication number: 20090159528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flow divider (1) promoting separation, said flow divider (1) comprising an inlet (2), at least one dividing fin (3), and two or more outlets (4, 5). According to the present invention a pipeline (7) leading to the inlet (2) is sufficiently long to promote at least a degree of separation of a fluid that is carried through the pipeline (7) and that initially is mixed (6), the lighter constituents flowing through a top section of the pipeline (7), and the heavier constituents flowing through a bottom section of the pipeline (7), wherein the at least one dividing fin (3) is/are arranged either vertically and/or horizontally in order to divide the flow into two or more smaller flow streams downstream of the flow divider (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Bernt Bjerkreim, Karl Olav Haram, Per Salater
  • Patent number: 6729145
    Abstract: A process plant (1) for handling combustibles fluids, for example an oil production plant in which gaseous hydrocarbons are separated from oil and in which surplus gases or residual gases from uncontrolled build-ups of gas pressure in the process escape through process or safety valves in the plant and are conducted to a collection line (9). The surplus or residual gases are conducted via the collection line (9) to one or more low-pressure stores (2) and a connection line or return line (11, 3) is arranged from the store(s) (2) to the process or another treatment unit for processing the returned or collected fluid. The low-pressure store(s) can expediently comprise the crude oil or raw product store (2) of the process plant upstream of the process plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Norsk Hydro ASA
    Inventors: Sverre Johannesen Overå, Per Salater