Patents by Inventor Robert Blackmon

Robert Blackmon 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).

  • Process for removing dissolved gas from an evaporator feed stream
    Patent number: 10337305
    Abstract: A method for treating produced water or a feedwater stream with an evaporator. The feedwater stream or produced water is directed to and through a deaerator located upstream of the evaporator. Steam produced by the evaporator is utilized to strip dissolved gases from the produced water or feedwater stream passing through the deaerator. To efficiently strip dissolved gases, the vapor pressure in the deaerator is maintained at below atmospheric pressure and the produced water or feedwater stream is heated to a temperature greater than the saturated vapor temperature in the deaerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Veolia Water Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Blackmon, Mikel Garcia, Mark D. Patterson
  • PROCESS FOR REMOVING DISSOLVED GAS FROM AN EVAPORATOR FEED STREAM
    Publication number: 20170321527
    Abstract: A method for treating produced water or a feedwater stream with an evaporator. The feedwater stream or produced water is directed to and through a deaerator located upstream of the evaporator. Steam produced by the evaporator is utilized to strip dissolved gases from the produced water or feedwater stream passing through the deaerator. To efficiently strip dissolved gases, the vapor pressure in the deaerator is maintained at below atmospheric pressure and the produced water or feedwater stream is heated to a temperature greater than the saturated vapor temperature in the deaerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: Veolia Water Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Blackmon, Mikel Garcia, Mark D. Patterson