Patents by Inventor SAMI AL-GHAMDI

SAMI AL-GHAMDI 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).

  • Glass fiber reinforced polymer liner for reinforced concrete molten sulfur storage tank
    Patent number: 11897820
    Abstract: A system and method for storing molten sulfur includes a reinforced concrete vessel, the reinforced concrete vessel being subterranean. The vessel has a floor that is a raft footing formed of reinforced concrete and has a floor interior surface. The vessel also has a ceiling that is a slab of reinforced concrete and has a ceiling interior surface. Sidewalls of the vessel extend between the floor and the ceiling and are formed of reinforced concrete, each sidewall having a sidewall interior surface. A liner is bonded to the floor interior surface, the ceiling interior surface, and each sidewall interior surface. The liner formed of an epoxy vinyl ester resin, and a glass fiber sheet embedded in the epoxy vinyl ester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Hassan Alkhalifah, Muhammed Kalimur Rahman, Sami Al-Ghamdi, Ali Al-Gadhib
  • GLASS FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER LINER FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE MOLTEN SULFUR STORAGE TANK
    Publication number: 20210147306
    Abstract: A system and method for storing molten sulfur includes a reinforced concrete vessel, the reinforced concrete vessel being subterranean. The vessel has a floor that is a raft footing formed of reinforced concrete and has a floor interior surface. The vessel also has a ceiling that is a slab of reinforced concrete and has a ceiling interior surface. Sidewalls of the vessel extend between the floor and the ceiling and are formed of reinforced concrete, each sidewall having a sidewall interior surface. A liner is bonded to the floor interior surface, the ceiling interior surface, and each sidewall interior surface. The liner formed of an epoxy vinyl ester resin, and a glass fiber sheet embedded in the epoxy vinyl ester resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: HASSAN ALKHALIFAH, MUHAMMED KALIMUR RAHMAN, SAMI AL-GHAMDI, ALI AL-GADHIB