Patents by Inventor Ryan Malone

Ryan Malone 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: 11938422
    Abstract: One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a separator vessel that is adapted to separate solids particles from a flow of a multi-phase fluid, a differential pressure sensing system that is adapted to measure a differential pressure of a column of the multi-phase fluid in the separator vessel and a control system that is adapted to determine at least one of a level, volume or weight of the separated solids particles within the separator vessel based upon at least the measured differential pressure of the column of the multi-phase fluid in the separator vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Malone, Sander Baaren, Eric Rasmussen, Richard Minter
  • Publication number: 20230374901
    Abstract: A vapor pressure monitoring system may include a plurality of sensors disposed on equipment at a processing facility during one or more stages of refining and/or processing fluids. The plurality of sensors may be configured to monitor one or more properties of the fluid. In addition, one or more transmitters may be configured to transmit the one or more properties from the plurality of sensors to a computer system. The computer system may be configured to determine vapor pressure of the fluids based on the one or more fluid properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sander Baaren, Ryan Malone, Eric Rasmussen, Victor Van Asperen
  • Publication number: 20230013295
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a separation system having a first inlet line through which a multiphase fluid is directed; a first separator connected to the first inlet line, the first separator being configured to separate the fluid into a heavy fraction primarily comprising solids and a light fraction primarily comprising gas, oil and water, the first separator comprising a heavy fraction outlet for discharge of the heavy fraction and a light fraction outlet for discharge of the light fraction; a heavy fraction outlet line connected to the heavy fraction outlet; a light fraction outlet line connected to the light fraction outlet; a second inlet line connected to the light fraction outlet line; a second separator connected to the second inlet line, the second separator being configured to separate the light fraction into separate gas, oil and water fractions, and the second separator comprising a gas outlet for discharge of the gas fraction, an oil outlet for discharge of the oil fraction, and a wate
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ryan Malone, Eric Joseph Rasmussen, Isabel Chan, Victor van Asperen, Sander Guido Baaren
  • Patent number: 11473415
    Abstract: A system for separating a multiphase well stream into a solids fraction, a water fraction, an oil fraction and a gas fraction includes a transportable support surface; a solids separator which is mounted on the support surface and is configured to receive the multiphase well stream and separate the well stream into a first heavy fraction primarily comprising the solids fraction and a first light fraction primarily comprising the gas, oil and water fractions; and a multiphase fluid separator which is mounted on the support surface and includes a first separator section and a second separator section which is positioned vertically below and connected directly to the first separator section. The first separator section is configured to receive the first light fraction and separate the first light fraction into a second light fraction primarily comprising the gas fraction and a second heavy fraction primarily comprising the oil and water fractions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan Malone, Eric Joseph Rasmussen, Isabel Chan, Victor van Asperen, Sander Guido Baaren
  • Publication number: 20210299595
    Abstract: One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a separator vessel that is adapted to separate solids particles from a flow of a multi-phase fluid, a differential pressure sensing system that is adapted to measure a differential pressure of a column of the multi-phase fluid in the separator vessel and a control system that is adapted to determine at least one of a level, volume or weight of the separated solids particles within the separator vessel based upon at least the measured differential pressure of the column of the multi-phase fluid in the separator vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Ryan Malone, Sander Baaren, Eric Rasmussen, Richard Minter
  • Publication number: 20210252431
    Abstract: A system (100) includes a separator vessel (134) that is adapted to separate solids particles (192) from a flow of a multi-phase fluid (190), a level sensor (154) that is coupled to the separator vessel (134), wherein the level sensor (154) includes a viscosity sensor that is adapted to measure changes in the viscosity of a fluid mixture that includes the solids particles (192) that are separated from the flow of multi-phase fluid (190) by the separator vessel (134), and a control system (160) that is adapted to determine a level of the separated solids particles (192) accumulated in the separator vessel (134) from the changes in the viscosity of the fluid mixture measured by the viscosity sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Malone, Eric Rasmussen, Sander Baaren
  • Publication number: 20200141221
    Abstract: A system for separating a multiphase well stream into a solids fraction, a water fraction, an oil fraction and a gas fraction includes a transportable support surface; a solids separator which is mounted on the support surface and is configured to receive the multiphase well stream and separate the well stream into a first heavy fraction primarily comprising the solids fraction and a first light fraction primarily comprising the gas, oil and water fractions; and a multiphase fluid separator which is mounted on the support surface and includes a first separator section and a second separator section which is positioned vertically below and connected directly to the first separator section. The first separator section is configured to receive the first light fraction and separate the first light fraction into a second light fraction primarily comprising the gas fraction and a second heavy fraction primarily comprising the oil and water fractions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Ryan Malone, Eric Joseph Rasmussen, Kelly Ciprick, Isabel Chan, Victor van Asperen, Sander Guido Baaren