Patents by Inventor WAYNE BENIDECT JANSEN

WAYNE BENIDECT JANSEN 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).

  • High temperature froth underwash in an oil sand bitumen extraction separation vessel
    Patent number: 9051518
    Abstract: A process for enhancing the froth quality, improving vessel operability and increasing the froth temperature from an oil sand slurry in a primary separation vessel is provided, comprising introducing the oil sand slurry into a separation vessel; retaining the oil sand slurry within the separation vessel so that separate layers of bitumen froth, middlings and sand tailings are formed; introducing sufficient heated water having a temperature greater than about 80° C. as an evenly distributed underwash layer beneath the bitumen froth layer; and separately removing the bitumen froth, middlings and sand tailings from the separation vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD.
    Inventors: Yin Ming Samson Ng, Wayne Benidect Jansen, Kevin Liu, Shao-Shan Tang
  • HIGH TEMPERATURE FROTH UNDERWASH IN AN OIL SAND BITUMEN EXTRACTION SEPARATION VESSEL
    Publication number: 20140048451
    Abstract: A process for enhancing the froth quality, improving vessel operability and increasing the froth temperature from an oil sand slurry in a primary separation vessel is provided, comprising introducing the oil sand slurry into a separation vessel; retaining the oil sand slurry within the separation vessel so that separate layers of bitumen froth, middlings and sand tailings are formed; introducing sufficient heated water having a temperature greater than about 80° C. as an evenly distributed underwash layer beneath the bitumen froth layer; and separately removing the bitumen froth, middlings and sand tailings from the separation vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD. in trust for the owners of the Syncrude Project
    Inventors: YIN MING SAMSON NG, WAYNE BENIDECT JANSEN, KEVIN LIU, SHAO-SHAN TANG