Patents by Inventor Thibault Candela

Thibault Candela 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: 11149526
    Abstract: A method of oscillating a pressure in a borehole is provided that includes determining a hydraulic diffusivity, using injection tests, in a borehole, calculating a pressure field using a programmed computer at a proximal distance to the borehole using a first forced oscillation result in a porous media, calculating a flow rate at the proximal distance from the borehole by multiplying a gradient of the pressure field by a measured permeability and dividing by a viscosity of a fluid, computing, using the programmed computer, a volumetrically averaged flow rate by integrating a square of the flow rate over a volume around the borehole, outputting a value of an angular frequency for which the volumetrically-averaged flow rate is maximum, and operating a pump at a second forced oscillation according to the angular frequency on the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Emily E. Brodsky, Thibault Candela
  • Publication number: 20200318459
    Abstract: A method of oscillating a pressure in a borehole is provided that includes determining a hydraulic diffusivity, using injection tests, in a borehole, calculating a pressure field using an appropriately programmed computer at a proximal distance to the borehole using a first forced oscillation result in a porous media, calculating a flow rate at the proximal distance from the borehole by multiplying a gradient of the pressure field by a measured permeability and dividing by a viscosity of a fluid under test, computing, using the appropriately programmed computer, a volumetrically averaged flow rate by integrating a square of the flow rate over a volume around the borehole, outputting a value of an angular frequency for which the volumetrically-averaged flow rate is maximum, and operating a pump at a second forced oscillation according to the angular frequency on the fluid under test, where an increase in permeability around the borehole is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Emily E. Brodsky, Thibault Candela
  • Patent number: 10513909
    Abstract: A method of oscillating a pressure in a borehole is provided that includes determining a hydraulic diffusivity, using injection tests, in a borehole, calculating a pressure field using an appropriately programmed computer at a proximal distance to the borehole using a first forced oscillation result in a porous media, calculating a flow rate at the proximal distance from the borehole by multiplying a gradient of the pressure field by a measured permeability and dividing by a viscosity of a fluid under test, computing, using the appropriately programmed computer, a volumetrically averaged flow rate by integrating a square of the flow rate over a volume around the borehole, outputting a value of an angular frequency for which the volumetrically-averaged flow rate is maximum, and operating a pump at a second forced oscillation according to the angular frequency on the fluid under test, where a change in permeability around the borehole is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Emily E. Brodsky, Thibault Candela
  • Publication number: 20180135385
    Abstract: A method of oscillating a pressure in a borehole is provided that includes determining a hydraulic diffusivity, using injection tests, in a borehole, calculating a pressure field using an appropriately programmed computer at a proximal distance to the borehole using a first forced oscillation result in a porous media, calculating a flow rate at the proximal distance from the borehole by multiplying a gradient of the pressure field by a measured permeability and dividing by a viscosity of a fluid under test, computing, using the appropriately programmed computer, a volumetrically averaged flow rate by integrating a square of the flow rate over a volume around the borehole, outputting a value of an angular frequency for which the volumetrically-averaged flow rate is maximum, and operating a pump at a second forced oscillation according to the angular frequency on the fluid under test, where an increase in permeability around the borehole is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Emily E. Brodsky, Thibault Candela