Patents by Inventor Zhonghuan Chen

Zhonghuan Chen 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: 11939866
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a fluid sample. The method may comprise disposing a fluid sampling tool into a wellbore. The fluid sampling tool may comprise at least one probe configured to fluidly connect the fluid sampling tool to a formation in the wellbore and at least one passageway that passes through the at least one probe and into the fluid sampling tool. The method may further comprise drawing a wellbore fluid as a fluid sample through the at least one probe and through the at least one passageway, obtaining a fluid measurement of the fluid sample, comparing the fluid measurement to a plurality of fingerprints that populate a database, and identifying the fluid sample based at least in part on one of the plurality of fingerprints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Dai, Zhonghuan Chen, Christopher Michael Jones
  • Patent number: 11933171
    Abstract: Light from a light source that has interacted with a sample of downhole fluid provided in a downhole optical tool is sequentially passed through a plurality of groups of light filters, each of the groups of light filters including of one or more light filters, to generate a data set for each of the groups of light filters, also referred to as a simultaneous channel group. The data generated for each of the simultaneous channel groups is then analyzed to determine if the data from that simultaneous channel groups is effective in providing information useful for the analysis of the sample of downhole fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhonghuan Chen, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Wei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240085341
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining the wideband spectrum of downhole fluids based on downhole optical measurements. In some aspects, a plurality of optical data measurements associated with a subsurface fluid can be obtained from a subsurface optical measurement device. In some cases, a comparison can be made between the plurality of optical data measurements associated with the subsurface fluid and one or more sets of optical data stored in an optical data library. In some examples, the one or more sets of optical data can correspond to a plurality of different fluid samples. In some instances, a first fluid sample from the plurality of fluid samples that corresponds to at least a portion of the subsurface fluid can be identified based on the comparison. In some aspects, an absorbance spectrum of the subsurface fluid can be determined based on the first fluid sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhonghuan CHEN, Bin Dal
  • Patent number: 11879834
    Abstract: A method includes identifying, by pre-set criteria, a first plurality of optical channels and a second plurality of optical channels using optical data generated from a plurality of optical filters of a tester tool. The method also includes determining, from the optical data, a first plurality of fluid types detected by each channel in the first plurality of optical channels using a bootstrap fluid identification technique and determining, from the optical data and the first plurality of fluid types, a second plurality of fluid types detected by each channel in the second plurality of optical channels using a guided fluid identification technique. Further, the method includes generating a spectral signature indicating fluid types for each channel within the tester tool based on the first plurality of fluid types and second plurality of fluid types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhonghuan Chen, Bin Dai, Wei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240011396
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a fluid sample. The method may comprise disposing a fluid sampling tool into a wellbore. The fluid sampling tool may comprise at least one probe configured to fluidly connect the fluid sampling tool to a formation in the wellbore and at least one passageway that passes through the at least one probe and into the fluid sampling tool. The method may further comprise drawing a wellbore fluid as a fluid sample through the at least one probe and through the at least one passageway, obtaining a fluid measurement of the fluid sample, comparing the fluid measurement to a plurality of fingerprints that populate a database, and identifying the fluid sample based at least in part on one of the plurality of fingerprints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Dai, Zhonghuan Chen, Christopher Michael Jones
  • Publication number: 20230393056
    Abstract: A method includes identifying, by pre-set criteria, a first plurality of optical channels and a second plurality of optical channels using optical data generated from a plurality of optical filters of a tester tool. The method also includes determining, from the optical data, a first plurality of fluid types detected by each channel in the first plurality of optical channels using a bootstrap fluid identification technique and determining, from the optical data and the first plurality of fluid types, a second plurality of fluid types detected by each channel in the second plurality of optical channels using a guided fluid identification technique. Further, the method includes generating a spectral signature indicating fluid types for each channel within the tester tool based on the first plurality of fluid types and second plurality of fluid types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Zhonghuan Chen, Bin Dai, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11808147
    Abstract: A method and a system for measuring downhole fluid properties. The downhole fluid sampling tool may comprise at least one probe and at least one passageway that passes through the at least one probe and into the downhole sampling tool. The method may comprise drawing a wellbore fluid through the at least one probe and through the at least one passageway, obtaining a first channel measurement of the wellbore fluid, obtaining at least a second channel measurement, clustering channel data from a plurality of channel measurements comprising the first channel measurement and the at least second channel measurement, and measuring a phase through a plurality of channels. The method may further comprise separating a plurality of phase signals based on the phase measured through the plurality of channels, labeling the wellbore fluid, assigning the plurality of phase signals to specific phases of a multi-phase fluid, and estimating a fluid property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhonghuan Chen, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Xiang Wu
  • Publication number: 20230220771
    Abstract: Fluid holdups within a downhole sampling tool are identified by comparing high- and low-resolution measurements of fluid samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Zhonghuan Chen, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Wei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230212946
    Abstract: Light from a light source that has interacted with a sample of downhole fluid provided in a downhole optical tool is sequentially passed through a plurality of groups of light filters, each of the groups of light filters including of one or more light filters, to generate a data set for each of the groups of light filters, also referred to as a simultaneous channel group. The data generated for each of the simultaneous channel groups is then analyzed to determine if the data from that simultaneous channel groups is effective in providing information useful for the analysis of the sample of downhole fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Zhonghuan Chen, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Wei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230097490
    Abstract: A method and a system for measuring downhole fluid properties. The downhole fluid sampling tool may comprise at least one probe and at least one passageway that passes through the at least one probe and into the downhole sampling tool. The method may comprise drawing a wellbore fluid through the at least one probe and through the at least one passageway, obtaining a first channel measurement of the wellbore fluid, obtaining at least a second channel measurement, clustering channel data from a plurality of channel measurements comprising the first channel measurement and the at least second channel measurement, and measuring a phase through a plurality of channels. The method may further comprise separating a plurality of phase signals based on the phase measured through the plurality of channels, labeling the wellbore fluid, assigning the plurality of phase signals to specific phases of a multi-phase fluid, and estimating a fluid property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhonghuan Chen, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Xiang Wu