Patents by Inventor TIMOTHY FREDERICK PATTERSON

TIMOTHY FREDERICK PATTERSON 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).

  • Method and apparatus for estimating fouling factor and/or inverse soluble scale thickness in heat transfer equipment
    Patent number: 9568375
    Abstract: Scale deposition on a heat transfer surface in a liquid system such as a heat exchanger is estimated by directing of small portion of the liquid flow through a test cell, consisting of a sensor positioned on and projecting through a conduit wall. The sensor consists of a conductive block containing a heater and having a heated wetted test surface that is flush with the inside of the conduit wall and in contact with the flow through the conduit. Within the conductive block are two temperature sensors which are at different distances from the heated wetted test surface and the heater. The periphery of the apparatus is designed to reduce heat flow through the periphery and allow greater heat flow through the heated wetted test surface. By comparing the temperature differential between the two temperature sensors to the differential when no scale is present, the presence of and amount of scale can be determined, based on reduced heat transfer through the heated wetted surface caused by the accumulated scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Solenis Technologies, L.P.
    Inventors: Terry Lynn Bliss, Timothy Frederick Patterson
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING FOULING FACTOR AND/OR INVERSE SOLUBLE SCALE THICKNESS IN HEAT TRANSFER EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20140177673
    Abstract: Scale deposition on a heat transfer surface in a liquid system such as a heat exchanger is estimated by directing of small portion of the liquid flow through a test cell, consisting of a sensor positioned on and projecting through a conduit wall. The sensor consists of a conductive block containing a heater and having a heated wetted test surface that is flush with the inside of the conduit wall and in contact with the flow through the conduit. Within the conductive block are two temperature sensors which are at different distances from the heated wetted test surface and the heater. The periphery of the apparatus is designed to reduce heat flow through the periphery and allow greater heat flow through the heated wetted test surface. By comparing the temperature differential between the two temperature sensors to the differential when no scale is present, the presence of and amount of scale can be determined, based on reduced heat transfer through the heated wetted surface caused by the accumulated scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: HERCULES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: TERRY LYNN BLISS, TIMOTHY FREDERICK PATTERSON