Patents by Inventor Vipul KHOSLA

Vipul KHOSLA 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: 10920919
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a length of pipe having a pipe wall and a nominal inner diameter, comprising providing an inspection pig configured for passing along the length of pipe, wherein the inspection pig is provided with a substantially circumferential inside-out capacitance tomography sensor arrangement having a diameter smaller than the nominal inner diameter; passing the inspection pig along the length of pipe thereby defining an annular space between the sensor arrangement and the pipe wall; conducting measurements using the sensor arrangement at a plurality of locations along the length of pipe, and deriving, for each of the plurality of locations, information about an interface surrounding the inspection pig from the measurements. Further provided is an inspection pig for inspecting a length of pipe, wherein the inspection pig is provided with an inside-out capacitance tomography sensor arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas Vreenegoor, Rajneesh Varma, Vipul Khosla
  • Publication number: 20180363827
    Abstract: A method of inspecting a length of pipe having a pipe wall and a nominal inner diameter, comprising providing an inspection pig configured for passing along the length of pipe, wherein the inspection pig is provided with a substantially circumferential inside-out capacitance tomography sensor arrangement having a diameter smaller than the nominal inner diameter; passing the inspection pig along the length of pipe thereby defining an annular space between the sensor arrangement and the pipe wall; conducting measurements using the sensor arrangement at a plurality of locations along the length of pipe, and deriving, for each of the plurality of locations, information about an interface surrounding the inspection pig from the measurements. Further provided is an inspection pig for inspecting a length of pipe, wherein the inspection pig is provided with an inside-out capacitance tomography sensor arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Aloysius Johannes Nicolaas VREENEGOOR, Rajneesh VARMA, Vipul KHOSLA