Patents by Inventor Tayeb Ayatollahy TAFTI

Tayeb Ayatollahy TAFTI 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).

  • Publication number: 20130245952
    Abstract: A method and system of characterizing a flow property of a production well site in a reservoir are provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of injection and production well sites in the reservoir; injecting fluid into selected injection well sites in accordance with an injection schedule; monitoring an output at the production well sites; determining a time delay between the selected injection sites and the production sites based on the monitored output using an estimated capacitance model; and characterizing a flow property of a production well site using the time delay and the estimated capacitance model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Yen Ting LIN, Antonio Ortega, Tayeb Ayatollahy Tafti, Ira Ershaghi
  • Publication number: 20130231867
    Abstract: A method and system of locating discontinuities in a reservoir are provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of injection and production sites in the reservoir, injecting fluid into selected injection sites in accordance with an injection schedule, monitoring an output at the production sites, determining a time delay between the injection sites and the production sites based on the monitored output, and determining a location of discontinuities based on the determined time delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Yen Ting LIN, Antonio ORTEGA, Tayeb Ayatollahy TAFTI, Ira ERSHAGHI