Patents by Inventor Robert N. McLEAN

Robert N. McLEAN 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).

  • Waste pond volume management
    Patent number: 9975786
    Abstract: A method of improving the evaporation from surface bodies of water which comprises artificially inducing air flow over a body of water using air jets at an air flow rate of at least 10 m/second while the water partial pressure of air at the surface temperature of the body of water (Pbs) is greater than the water partial pressure of the ambient air at the surface temperature of the body of water (Pas). The rate of evaporation can be materially enhanced by the transfer of geothermal heat from the lower region of the body of water to the surface region by means of a heat exchanger or a heat pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Mustafa Al-Sabawi, Gordon Bryce McGarvey, Robert James Falkiner, Robert N. McLean, Lawrence J. Evers
  • WASTE POND VOLUME MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20160362306
    Abstract: A method of improving the evaporation from surface bodies of water which comprises artificially inducing air flow over a body of water using air jets at an air flow rate of at least 10 m/second while the water partial pressure of air at the surface temperature of the body of water (Pbs) is greater than the water partial pressure of the ambient air at the surface temperature of the body of water (Pas). The rate of evaporation can be materially enhanced by the transfer of geothermal heat from the lower region of the body of water to the surface region by means of a heat exchanger or a heat pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Mustafa AL-SABAWI, Gordon Bryce McGARVEY, Robert James FALKINER, Robert N. McLEAN, Lawrence J. EVERS