Patents by Inventor Tyler LAVALLEY

Tyler LAVALLEY 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).

  • Oilsands processing using inline agitation and an inclined plate separator
    Patent number: 10184084
    Abstract: A method and system of separating a mixture of water, diluted bitumen and a mineral phase comprising fine solids, produced from oil-wet or carbonate-cemented oil sands ore, includes the steps of agitating the mixture to produce a micronized emulsion of the diluted bitumen in a continuous water phase such that a majority of the diluted bitumen associates with the fine solids, and passing the micronized emulsion through a separator to produce a bitumen stream enriched in bitumen and fine solids, and a water stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph Fournier, Barclay Cuthbert, Tyler Lavalley, Trevor Grant Lavalley
  • OILSANDS PROCESSING USING INLINE AGITATION AND AN INCLINED PLATE SEPARATOR
    Publication number: 20160160126
    Abstract: A method and system of separating a mixture of water, diluted bitumen and a mineral phase comprising fine solids, produced from oil-wet or carbonate-cemented oil sands ore, includes the steps of agitating the mixture to produce a micronized emulsion of the diluted bitumen in a continuous water phase such that a majority of the diluted bitumen associates with the fine solids, and passing the micronized emulsion through a separator to produce a bitumen stream enriched in bitumen and fine solids, and a water stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: US OIL SANDS INC.
    Inventors: Joseph FOURNIER, Barclay CUTHBERT, Tyler LAVALLEY, Trevor Grant LAVALLEY