Patents by Inventor Randall Todd Voland

Randall Todd Voland 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).

  • Downhole steam generator and method of use
    Patent number: 9617840
    Abstract: A downhole steam generation system may include a burner head assembly, a liner assembly, a vaporization sleeve, and a support sleeve. The burner head assembly may include a sudden expansion region with one or more injectors. The liner assembly may include a water-cooled body having one or more water injection arrangements. The system may be optimized to assist in the recovery of hydrocarbons from different types of reservoirs. A method of recovering hydrocarbons may include supplying one or more fluids to the system, combusting a fuel and an oxidant to generate a combustion product, injecting a fluid into the combustion product to generate an exhaust gas, injecting the exhaust gas into a reservoir, and recovering hydrocarbons from the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: WORLD ENERGY SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Anthony Gus Castrogiovanni, Randall Todd Voland, Charles H. Ware, Blair A. Folsom, M. Cullen Johnson
  • Downhole steam generator and method of use
    Patent number: 9528359
    Abstract: A downhole steam generation system may include a burner head assembly, a liner assembly, a vaporization sleeve, and a support sleeve. The burner head assembly may include a sudden expansion region with one or more injectors. The liner assembly may include a water-cooled body having one or more water injection arrangements. The system may be optimized to assist in the recovery of hydrocarbons from different types of reservoirs. A method of recovering hydrocarbons may include supplying one or more fluids to the system, combusting a fuel and an oxidant to generate a combustion product, injecting a fluid into the combustion product to generate an exhaust gas, injecting the exhaust gas into a reservoir, and recovering hydrocarbons from the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: WORLD ENERGY SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Anthony Gus Castrogiovanni, Randall Todd Voland, Charles H. Ware, Blair A. Folsom, M. Cullen Johnson
  • DOWNHOLE STEAM GENERATOR AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20140238680
    Abstract: A downhole steam generation system may include a burner head assembly, a liner assembly, a vaporization sleeve, and a support sleeve. The burner head assembly may include a sudden expansion region with one or more injectors. The liner assembly may include a water-cooled body having one or more water injection arrangements. The system may be optimized to assist in the recovery of hydrocarbons from different types of reservoirs. A method of recovering hydrocarbons may include supplying one or more fluids to the system, combusting a fuel and an oxidant to generate a combustion product, injecting a fluid into the combustion product to generate an exhaust gas, injecting the exhaust gas into a reservoir, and recovering hydrocarbons from the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: WORLD ENERGY SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Anthony Gus CASTROGIOVANNI, Randall Todd VOLAND, Charles H. WARE, Blair A. FOLSOM, M. Cullen JOHNSON
  • DOWNHOLE STEAM GENERATOR AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20140209310
    Abstract: A downhole steam generation system may include a burner head assembly, a liner assembly, a vaporization sleeve, and a support sleeve. The burner head assembly may include a sudden expansion region with one or more injectors. The liner assembly may include a water-cooled body having one or more water injection arrangements. The system may be optimized to assist in the recovery of hydrocarbons from different types of reservoirs. A method of recovering hydrocarbons may include supplying one or more fluids to the system, combusting a fuel and an oxidant to generate a combustion product, injecting a fluid into the combustion product to generate an exhaust gas, injecting the exhaust gas into a reservoir, and recovering hydrocarbons from the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Anthony Gus CASTROGIOVANNI, Randall Todd VOLAND, Charles H. WARE, Blair A. FOLSOM, M. Cullen JOHNSON
  • Downhole steam generator and method of use
    Patent number: 8613316
    Abstract: A downhole steam generation system may include a burner head assembly, a liner assembly, a vaporization sleeve, and a support sleeve. The burner head assembly may include a sudden expansion region with one or more injectors. The liner assembly may include a water-cooled body having one or more water injection arrangements. The system may be optimized to assist in the recovery of hydrocarbons from different types of reservoirs. A method of recovering hydrocarbons may include supplying one or more fluids to the system, combusting a fuel and an oxidant to generate a combustion product, injecting a fluid into the combustion product to generate an exhaust gas, injecting the exhaust gas into a reservoir, and recovering hydrocarbons from the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: World Energy Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Anthony Gus Castrogiovanni, Randall Todd Voland, Charles H. Ware, Blair A. Folsom, M. Cullen Johnson
  • DOWNHOLE STEAM GENERATOR AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20110214858
    Abstract: A downhole steam generation system may include a burner head assembly, a liner assembly, a vaporization sleeve, and a support sleeve. The burner head assembly may include a sudden expansion region with one or more injectors. The liner assembly may include a water-cooled body having one or more water injection arrangements. The system may be optimized to assist in the recovery of hydrocarbons from different types of reservoirs. A method of recovering hydrocarbons may include supplying one or more fluids to the system, combusting a fuel and an oxidant to generate a combustion product, injecting a fluid into the combustion product to generate an exhaust gas, injecting the exhaust gas into a reservoir, and recovering hydrocarbons from the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Anthony Gus Castrogiovanni, Randall Todd Voland, Charles H. Ware, Blair A. Folsom, M. Cullen Johnson