Patents by Inventor Todd Robert Snyder

Todd Robert Snyder 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: 7720361
    Abstract: A system for fluid transport at elevated temperatures having a conduit having a fluid inlet end and a fluid outlet end and at least one heating element disposed within the conduit providing direct heating of a fluid flowing through the conduit. The system is particularly suited for preventing condensable constituents of a high temperature fluid from condensing out of the fluid prior to analysis of the fluid. In addition, operation of the system so as to prevent the condensable constituents from condensing out of the fluid surprisingly does not alter the composition of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Gas Technology Institute
    Inventors: Larry Gordon Felix, William Earl Farthing, James Hodges Irvin, Todd Robert Snyder
  • Patent number: 7712384
    Abstract: A dilution apparatus for diluting a gas sample. The apparatus includes a sample gas conduit having a sample gas inlet end and a diluted sample gas outlet end, and a sample gas flow restricting orifice disposed proximate the sample gas inlet end connected with the sample gas conduit and providing fluid communication between the exterior and the interior of the sample gas conduit. A diluted sample gas conduit is provided within the sample gas conduit having a mixing end with a mixing space inlet opening disposed proximate the sample gas inlet end, thereby forming an annular space between the sample gas conduit and the diluted sample gas conduit. The mixing end of the diluted sample gas conduit is disposed at a distance from the sample gas flow restricting orifice. A dilution gas source connected with the sample gas inlet end of the sample gas conduit is provided for introducing a dilution gas into the annular space, and a filter is provided for filtering the sample gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Gas Technology Institute
    Inventors: Larry Gordon Felix, William Earl Farthing, James Hodges Irvin, Todd Robert Snyder
  • Patent number: 7631566
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for diluting and cooling that is extracted from high temperature and/or high pressure industrial processes. Through a feedback process, a specialized, CFD-modeled dilution cooler is employed along with real-time estimations of the point at which condensation will occur within the dilution cooler to define a level of dilution and diluted gas temperature that results in a gas that can be conveyed to standard gas analyzers that contains no condensed hydrocarbon compounds or condensed moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Gas Technology Institute
    Inventors: William Earl Farthing, Larry Gordon Felix, Todd Robert Snyder
  • Publication number: 20080223153
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for diluting and cooling that is extracted from high temperature and/or high pressure industrial processes. Through a feedback process, a specialized, CFD-modeled dilution cooler is employed along with real-time estimations of the point at which condensation will occur within the dilution cooler to define a level of dilution and diluted gas temperature that results in a gas that can be conveyed to standard gas analyzers that contains no condensed hydrocarbon compounds or condensed moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: William Earl Farthing, Larry Gordon Felix, Todd Robert Snyder
  • Publication number: 20080202261
    Abstract: A dilution apparatus for diluting a gas sample. The apparatus includes a sample gas conduit having a sample gas inlet end and a diluted sample gas outlet end, and a sample gas flow restricting orifice disposed proximate the sample gas inlet end connected with the sample gas conduit and providing fluid communication between the exterior and the interior of the sample gas conduit. A diluted sample gas conduit is provided within the sample gas conduit having a mixing end with a mixing space inlet opening disposed proximate the sample gas inlet end, thereby forming an annular space between the sample gas conduit and the diluted sample gas conduit. The mixing end of the diluted sample gas conduit is disposed at a distance from the sample gas flow restricting orifice. A dilution gas source connected with the sample gas inlet end of the sample gas conduit is provided for introducing a dilution gas into the annular space, and a filter is provided for filtering the sample gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Larry Gordon Felix, William Earl Farthing, James Hodges Irvin, Todd Robert Snyder
  • Publication number: 20080085220
    Abstract: A system for fluid transport at elevated temperatures having a conduit having a fluid inlet end and a fluid outlet end and at least one heating element disposed within the conduit providing direct heating of a fluid flowing through the conduit. The system is particularly suited for preventing condensable constituents of a high temperature fluid from condensing out of the fluid prior to analysis of the fluid. In addition, operation of the system so as to prevent the condensable constituents from condensing out of the fluid surprisingly does not alter the composition of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Larry Gordon Felix, William Earl Farthing, James Hodges Irvin, Todd Robert Snyder
  • Patent number: 7328629
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for diluting and cooling that is extracted from high temperature and/or high pressure industrial processes. Through a feedback process, a specialized, CFD-modeled dilution cooler is employed along with real-time estimations of the point at which condensation will occur within the dilution cooler to define a level of dilution and diluted gas temperature that results in a gas that can be conveyed to standard gas analyzers that contains no condensed hydrocarbon compounds or condensed moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Gas Technology Institute
    Inventors: William Earl Farthing, Larry Gordon Felix, Todd Robert Snyder