Patents Issued in July 24, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140202679
    Abstract: By a feedback arithmetic operation based on a temperature deviation, an input number is set which corresponds to a requested heat quantity generation, which is a controlled object, to a hot water supply apparatus. The temperature deviation is calculated by correcting a deviation of a tapping temperature with respect to a set hot water temperature with use of a Smith compensation temperature calculated by a Smith compensator for predicting a variation in a tapping temperature prior to an elapse of a dead time corresponding to a detection lag of the tapping temperature. The Smith compensator calculates a Smith compensation temperature to be used in the next control cycle based on the input scale number, the present Smith compensation temperature, and a time constant set in accordance with a flow rate of the hot water supply apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: NORITZ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rena KUSACHI, Yuki MAESHIMA, Hiroki NABESHIMA, Kenichi NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140202680
    Abstract: A conversion factor learning unit successively updates a temperature conversion factor by learning a performance ratio of an output heat quantity with respect to an input scale number corresponding to a requested heat quantity generation to a hot water supply apparatus. The temperature conversion factor learned by the conversion factor learning unit is reflected in arithmetic operation of an FF scale number by a feedforward control unit and arithmetic operation of the FB scale number by the feedback control unit. An integral control in the feedback control unit is preferably turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: NORITZ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rena KUSACHI, Kenichi NAKAYAMA, Hiroki NABESHIMA, Yuki MAESHIMA
  • Publication number: 20140202681
    Abstract: A submersible pump assembly has modules, including a rotary pump, an electrical motor, and a seal section located between the motor and the pump. The seal section has a tubular housing with a lower adapter secured to the housing and joining the seal section with the motor. An upper adapter is secured to the housing and joins the seal section with another one of the modules. An inlet port in the upper adapter admits well fluid into the housing. A tubular, flexible compensator element has an upper end sealed to the upper adapter and a lower end sealed to the lower adapter. A communication passage in the lower adapter admits lubricant from the motor into the compensator element. A cap is mounted around the upper end of the compensator element. The cap has a skirt extending radially outward to limit upward expansion of the compensator element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Dan A. Merrill, Kelsey A. McKinney, Steven W. Pyron, Jimmy J. Donnell, Kevin R. Bierig
  • Publication number: 20140202682
    Abstract: An apparatus for performing a downhole operation includes: a carrier configured to be deployed in a borehole in an earth formation; and an optical fiber assembly disposed at the carrier, the optical fiber assembly including an optical fiber and a polymer material bonded to a length of the optical fiber. A portion of the polymer material has been removed by: disposing a liquid metallic material proximate to the polymer material, the polymer material being bonded to the optical fiber; heating the liquid metallic material to a temperature sufficient to burn the polymer material and de-bond the polymer material from a surface of the optical fiber; and removing the polymer material and liquid metal from the surface of the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christopher H. Lambert, Robert M. Harman, Daniel S. Homa
  • Publication number: 20140202683
    Abstract: An ultrasonic device and system is provided for specific application to unloading non-gaseous production (typically mineralized water which may or may not be associated with produced solids and/or hydrocarbon liquids) from gas producing wells. In one embodiment, the system comprises an ultrasonic particle generator bank, including a transformer as needed (geometry of bank varies depending on down hole configurations) with multiple ultrasonic sources for redundancy/longevity and particle formation rate control. The multiple ultrasonic sources may be powered electrically from the surface, or by other means, with a length management conveyance system. The ultrasonic sources may be buoyed at substantially optimal depth below the surface of the non-gaseous production being particlized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Cenovus Energy Inc.
    Inventors: Cindy Wolfe, Ken Lowe
  • Publication number: 20140202684
    Abstract: Methods of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore of a well, wherein the subterranean formation includes carbonate. The methods can include the following steps of: (1) optionally, fracturing the subterranean formation; (2) optionally, acidizing the subterranean formation with a Bronsted-Lowry acid; (3) treating the subterranean formation with an acid-producing microorganism, a nutrient for the microorganism, and, if needed, a suitable electron acceptor for respiration by the microorganism; (4) optionally, flushing the wellbore with a wash fluid to push the microorganism deeper into the subterranean formation and wash it away from the metal tubulars of the well; (5) preferably, shutting-in the well for a required incubation period for in-situ acid generation by the microorganism; and (6) preferably, after the shut-in, flowing back fluid from the subterranean formation into the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Achala V. Danait, Lalit Pandurang Salgaonkar, Ramesh Uppuluri
  • Publication number: 20140202685
    Abstract: Methods of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore of a well, wherein the subterranean formation includes carbonate. The methods can include the following steps of: (1) optionally, fracturing the subterranean formation; (2) optionally, acidizing the subterranean formation with a Bronsted-Lowry acid; (3) treating the subterranean formation with an acid-producing microorganism, a nutrient for the microorganism, and, if needed, a suitable electron acceptor for respiration by the microorganism; (4) optionally, flushing the wellbore with a wash fluid to push the microorganism deeper into the subterranean formation and wash it away from the metal tubulars of the well; (5) preferably, shutting-in the well for a required incubation period for in-situ acid generation by the microorganism; and (6) preferably, after the shut-in, flowing back fluid from the subterranean formation into the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC
    Inventors: Achala V. Danait, Lalit Pandurang Salgaonkar, Ramesh Uppuluri
  • Publication number: 20140202686
    Abstract: A method of producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir comprises pre-heating by exposure to electromagnetic radiation from a electromagnetic radiation source, injecting through at least one injection well a solvent into the reservoir to dilute the hydrocarbons contained in the pre-conditioned portion, and producing through at least one production well a mixture of hydrocarbons and solvent. An apparatus for producing hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir comprises at least one radio frequency antenna configured to transmit radio frequency energy into a subterranean reservoir, a power source to provide power to the at least one radio frequency antenna, at least one injection well configured to inject a solvent from a solvent supply source into the subterranean reservoir to lower the viscosity of the hydrocarbons, and at least one production well configured to produce a mixture comprising hydrocarbons and solvent from the subterranean reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: MARK TRAUTMAN, DERIK EHRESMAN, NEIL EDMUNDS, GEORGE TAYLOR, MAURO CIMOLAI
  • Publication number: 20140202687
    Abstract: A system and method to determine a length of a fracture induced from a borehole are described. The method includes isolating a portion of the borehole, the portion of the borehole including an end of the fracture at the borehole wall, increasing fluid pressure in the portion of the borehole, deploying a low-frequency source in the portion of the borehole, and varying a frequency of the low-frequency source to generate resonance oscillations at a resonance frequency in the fracture. The method also includes determining the length of the fracture based on the resonance frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: Vitaly N. Dorovsky
  • Publication number: 20140202688
    Abstract: A method for determining fracture plane orientation from seismic signals detected above a subsurface formation of interest includes detecting seismic signals using an array of seismic sensors deployed above the subsurface formation during pumping of a hydraulic fracture treatment of the subsurface formation. A time of origin and a spatial position of origin (hypocenter) of microseismic events resulting from the hydraulic fracture treatment are determined. Time consecutively occurring ones of the hypocenters falling within a selected temporal sampling window are selected. A best fit line through the selected hypocenters using a preselected linear regression coefficient is determined. The selecting hypocenters and determining best fit lines is repeated for a selected number of windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: MICROSEISMIC, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan P. McKenna, Nathan M. Toohey
  • Publication number: 20140202689
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for remote actuation of a downhole tool. One system includes a work string providing a flow path therein, a downhole tool coupled to the work string, at least one actuation device operatively coupled to the downhole tool and configured to act on the downhole tool such that the downhole tool performs a predetermined action, and an optical computing device communicably coupled to the at least one actuation device and configured to detect a characteristic of a substance in the flow path and trigger actuation of the at least actuation device when the characteristic is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary W. Walton, Andy Eis, Matthew Todd Howell, Michael Fripp
  • Publication number: 20140202690
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for testing a cemented bonding with the formation under wellbore pressure conditions. The apparatus comprises a pressure chamber containing a core of formation material. The cement material to be tested is allowed to set or bond to one side of the core while formation fluids under wellbore pressure conditions are present on the other side. Leakage of formation fluids is measured to evaluate the quality of the interface between the cement and formation materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Sairam KS PINDIPROLU, Abhinandan Chiney, Venkata Gopala Rao Palla
  • Publication number: 20140202691
    Abstract: A method of correcting a downhole speed of a tool string moving in a wellbore includes inserting a tool string into a proximal upper end of the wellbore, spooling out cable at the surface allowing the tool string to move into the wellbore, obtaining a downhole tool speed with an accelerometer and providing said data to a processor that calculates the downhole speed of the tool string based on the accelerometer data, moving the tool string past at least two casing collars and sending data to the processor including the depth of each of the collars and time that the casing collar locator passes each of the casing collars, calculating the average tool speed over the interval between collars, and comparing the downhole line speed as calculated using the data from the accelerometer to the average tool speed calculated based on the time and casing collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: Randolph S. Coles
  • Publication number: 20140202692
    Abstract: A method for extracting bitumen from a subterranean oil sand deposit including: drilling a portion of the deposit; fragmenting the drilled deposit; drilling of the fragmented deposit to allow for flooding, wherein one or more wells are drilled to provide access to the deposit and retrieval of extracted bitumen, to form a drilled fragmented deposit; flooding the drilled fragmented deposit with a first flood volume of fluid to permit the first flood volume of fluid to admix with the fragmented first portion, to re lease heavy oil from any inert material so that the heavy oil floats within the first flood volume of fluid in the drilled fragmented deposit to form a flooded first portion; recovering the heavy oil; and repeating the above for each additional portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Howard Keele
  • Publication number: 20140202693
    Abstract: The instant application relates to nanogels or compositions that hold multivalent metal ions until some level of nanogel degradation has occurred, then slowly release the multivalent metal ions for gelation with carboxylate containing polymers. Compositions comprising such nanogels, together with polymers that can be crosslinked with multivalent metal ions, allow the deployment of such mixtures in various applications, and greatly increased gelation times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicants: The University of Kansas, CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Huili GUAN, Cory BERKLAND, Ahmad MORADI-ARAGHI, Jenn-Tai LIANG, Terry M. CHRISTIAN, Riley B. Needham, Min CHENG, Faye Lynn SCULLY, James H. HEDGES
  • Publication number: 20140202694
    Abstract: A borehole completion method treats a formation surrounding a borehole with a chemical treatment that alters how formation particulates interact. A standalone screen deploys downhole in the borehole (either before or after the treatment) on a downhole string. When fluid is produced, formation particulates treated with the chemical treatment agglomerate in the annulus surrounding the screen in permeable structures. This can be especially when the standalone screen is useful in a cased hole having perforations. The chemical treatment includes an inner salt adapted to neutralize the zeta potential (i.e., electrokinetic potential) of the formation particulates so they aggregate into one or more permeable structures in the annulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Inventor: Ronald van Petegem
  • Publication number: 20140202695
    Abstract: Treatment fluids employing stabilized heteropolysaccharide-based gels in brines are used as part of gravel packing and combined gravel packing-fracturing operations; a method includes providing a treatment fluid which includes an aqueous brine base, a heteropolysaccharide including one selected from the group consisting of diutan, scleroglucan, and succinoglycan, and a protein present in an amount sufficient to stabilize the heteropolysaccharide and hence minimizing the salting out phenomenon, the method including placing the treatment fluid in a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Prerana Umesh Suryawanshi, Lalit Pandurang Salgaonkar, Achala Vasudev Danait
  • Publication number: 20140202696
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method for treating a subterranean formation including injecting into the subterranean formation a fluid composition that includes a fluid and a deformable proppant having an interpenetrating polymer network formed from a first polymer component and a second polymer component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Liang Hong, Aaron Johnson, Marvin Tegen, Ari Kar, Timothy Dellinger
  • Publication number: 20140202697
    Abstract: Methods for improving the bonding of a cement sheath to a tubular body in a subterranean well involve anchoring elements mounted on the outside surface of the tubular body—in the annular space between the tubular body and the borehole wall. The cement contains an expansive agent that causes the cement to expand after it sets. The anchoring elements are mounted such that an angle exists between the elements and the tubular-body surface, thereby providing resistance to cement sheath movement away from the tubular-body surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Simon Gareth James, Alice Chougnet-Sirapian
  • Publication number: 20140202698
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cement compositions and methods of using set-delayed cement compositions in subterranean formations. An embodiment includes a method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising: providing a cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, a set retarder, and a strength enhancer, wherein the strength enhancer comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of cement kiln dust, slag, amorphous silica, a pozzolan, and any combination thereof; introducing the cement composition into the subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to set in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Kyriacos Agapiou, Juan Humberto Martinez, Samuel Jason Lewis, Lance Everett Brothers, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Peter James Boul, Matthew Grady Kellum, Ronnie Glen Morgan
  • Publication number: 20140202699
    Abstract: A method for removing fines and debris from a downhole wellbore in a formation, including introducing a tubing string having a downhole debris removal tool disposed substantially near the lower end of the tubing string into the downhole wellbore; positioning the downhole debris removal tool substantially proximal to the fines and debris; circulating fluid through the downhole debris removal tool for disintegrating the fines and debris; and collecting the fines and debris in the downhole debris removal tool for removal out of the downhole wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Stanley W. Loving
  • Publication number: 20140202700
    Abstract: A biodegradable and environmentally friendly oil external emulsion for the removal of asphaltenes, paraffin's, and/or scales which accumulate in the well bores and walls of the pipes used to bring the oil up from the underground deposits, and methods of using and formulating the composition are disclosed. The emulsion comprises oil extracted from orange peels as the external continuous phase and acid as the internal phase. The emulsion has a particular utility in cleaning asphaltenes and paraffin residues from the well formation surface, well cuttings, and down hole and surface oil well drilling and production equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: CUDD PRESSURE CONTROL, INC.
    Inventor: Cecil Curtis Blair
  • Publication number: 20140202701
    Abstract: The disclosure herein relates to iron control during subterranean operations, and more specifically, to reducing iron precipitation during subterranean operations to avoid formation damage; a method includes providing an acidizing treatment fluid that includes a polyepoxysuccinic acid and an acidizing agent, and placing the acidizing treatment fluid in a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Prajakta Ratnakar Patil, Yogesh Kumar Choudhary
  • Publication number: 20140202702
    Abstract: A mixing device has an elongate shell, an inlet, an outlet and at least one shear orifice between the inlet and the outlet. A hydration passage is located between the shear orifice and the outlet. The hydration passage has a flow area greater than a total shear flow area of the shear orifice, greater than an inlet flow area of the inlet and greater than an outlet flow area of the outlet. During operation, a polymer is mixed in a fluid flow flowing to the intake of a positive displacement pump, which pumps the fluid through the mixing device and into an injection conduit leading into a well. The shear orifice produces high shear separation of molecules of the polymer. The hydration passage causes hydration under pressure of the various polymer molecules in addition to blending the various chemicals and/or gases with other components of the fluid flow stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: ChemRight, LLC
    Inventor: Don B. Cobb
  • Publication number: 20140202703
    Abstract: A method for reducing corrosion on the exterior or interior surface, for example coiled tubing and casing, is disclosed. The method includes mixing a selected surfactant and particles of a polymer in oil, then adding the oil to water and contacting the surfaces of the tubing with the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Coil Chem, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry W. Noles, JR., Alex J. Watts
  • Publication number: 20140202704
    Abstract: Subsea apparatus (10) for processing a well stream (2) and a method of processing a well stream subsea is described. In an embodiment, liquid (5) and gas (3) contained in the well stream (2) is separated. The separated gas (3) is cooled and the cooled gas (32) is combined with the separated liquid (5) to form a wet gas (52) for a compressor (90). An active cooling arrangement (30) may be used in one example to enhance the cooling effect provided by the cooler (30). Advantageously, the apparatus (10) can be arranged compactly, and may be provided on a subsea retrievable module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Tom Grimseth, William Bakke, Tor Bjørge, Håvard Torpe, Håvard Eidsmoen, Birgitte Nordheim Tveter, Harald Underbakke, Lars Brenne
  • Publication number: 20140202705
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for harnessing flow-induced electrostatic energy in a tubular length and using this energy to power electrical devices (e.g., flowmeters, electrically-actuated valves, etc.). The present invention is also directed to corresponding systems through which such methods are implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Phillipe Costa Ferreira Tosi, H. Mitchell Cornette, David R. Underdown
  • Publication number: 20140202706
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing system comprising a valve comprising a housing comprising ports, and a sleeve slidably positioned within the housing and transitional from a first to a second position to a third position, when the sleeve is in the first position and the second position, the sleeves blocks fluid communication via the ports and, when in the third position the sleeve does not block such fluid communication, wherein application of a fluid pressure transitions the sleeve from the first to the second position, and a reduction in fluid pressure transitions the sleeve from the second to the third position, and a deactivatable locking assembly between the housing and the sliding sleeve and configured such that, when activated, the locking assembly inhibits movement of the sleeve toward the third position, and when deactivated, the locking assembly will not inhibit movement of the sliding sleeve toward the third position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Todd HOWELL, Kendall Lee PACEY
  • Publication number: 20140202707
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing system comprising a valve comprising a housing comprising ports, and a sleeve slidably positioned within the housing and transitional from a first to a second position to a third position, when the sleeve is in the first position and the second position, the sleeves blocks fluid communication via the ports and, when in the third position the sleeve does not block such fluid communication, wherein application of a fluid pressure transitions the sleeve from the first to the second position, and a reduction in fluid pressure transitions the sleeve from the second to the third position, and a deactivatable locking assembly between the housing and the sliding sleeve and configured such that, when activated, the locking assembly inhibits movement of the sleeve toward the third position, and when deactivated, the locking assembly will not inhibit movement of the sliding sleeve toward the third position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Todd HOWELL, Kendall Lee PACEY
  • Publication number: 20140202708
    Abstract: An apparatus that is usable with a well includes a first component and a second component. The first component is adapted to dissolve at a first rate, and the second component is adapted to contact the first component to perform a downhole operation and dissolve at a second rate that is different from the first rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Gregoire Jacob, Manuel P. Marya, Michael J. Bertoja, John Fleming
  • Publication number: 20140202709
    Abstract: A method for reducing the friction forces between tubulars, for example coiled tubing in casing, is disclosed. The method includes mixing a selected suspending agent and surfactant and polymer particles in oil, then adding the mixture to water and pumping the mixture down the tubing. The mixture is particularly useful in coiled tubular drilling inside casing of an oil or gas well. The formulation has also been found to reduce corrosion on metal surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: COIL CHEM, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry W. Noles, JR., Alex J. Watts
  • Publication number: 20140202710
    Abstract: A method is presented for connecting and disconnecting sections of a work string for use in a subterranean wellbore. A preferred method of disconnecting includes the steps of positioning a stinger and a downhole tool assembly of a work string adjacent upper and lower sealing rams, such as in a BOP and lubricator assembly. The sealing rams are closed, defining a first and second pressure zone adjacent the tool. A differential pressure is applied across the pressure zones, moving a piston element in the tool assembly. Axial movement of the piston element causes relative rotational movement of cooperating locking elements. In one embodiment, the locking elements are rotated to an unlocked position and then move relative to one another axially in response to a biasing spring. The relative axial movement of the locking elements results in unlatching of a latching assembly, thereby disconnecting the tool and stinger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: John H. Hales, Ed A. Eaton, John D. Burleson, John P. Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20140202711
    Abstract: A well tool can include multiple electrical devices and multiple electronic circuits which control operation of the respective electrical devices, each electronic circuit including a respective isolation circuit, wherein each of the isolation circuits isolates a corresponding one of the electronic circuits from a respective one of the electrical devices in response to a predetermined condition. A method of operating a well tool can include providing multiple electronic circuits for operation of respective multiple electrical devices of the well tool, disconnecting one electronic circuit from its respective electrical device in the well, and connecting another electronic circuit to the electrical device in the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce E. SCOTT, John J. GOIFFON
  • Publication number: 20140202712
    Abstract: A wellbore isolation device comprises a first material and pieces of a second material, wherein the first material: is a metal or a metal alloy; forms a matrix of the portion of the wellbore isolation device; and partially or wholly dissolves when an electrically conductive path exists between the first material and the second material and at least a portion of the first and second materials are in contact with the electrolyte, wherein the pieces of the second material: are a metal or metal alloy; and are embedded within the matrix of the first material; wherein the first material and the second material form a galvanic couple and wherein the first material is the anode and the second material is the cathode of the couple. The isolation device can also include a bonding agent for bonding the pieces of the second material into the matrix of the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael L. FRIPP, Zachary R. MURPHREE, Zachary W. WALTON
  • Publication number: 20140202713
    Abstract: A system comprising a control valve comprising a flapper either activated or inactivated, when activated the flapper may be closed or open and, when inactivated the flapper is open, a first sleeve transitional from a first to a second position, and a second sleeve transitional from a first to a second position, when the first and second sleeves are in the first position, the flapper is activated, when the first sleeve is in the second and the second sleeve is in the first position, the flapper is inactivated, when the first and second sleeves are in the second position, the flapper is activated, the application of pressure to the first sleeve via a first member transitions the first sleeve from the first to the second position, and the application of pressure to the second sleeve via a second member transitions the second sleeve from the first to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Takao STEWART, Eric BIVENS, Timothy Holiman HUNTER
  • Publication number: 20140202714
    Abstract: A fire protection system includes a dry pipe system and a controlled discharge gas vent. The dry pipe system and controlled discharge gas vent operate using a breathing cycle to displace oxygen and/or water vapor from within the piping network of the dry pipe system. The controlled gas discharge vent allows displacement of pressurized air with nitrogen, for example, using manual or automated processes that can employ one or more sensors. Corrosion resulting from oxygen, water, and/or microbial growth is reduced or nearly eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicants: HOLTEC GAS SYSTEMS, LLC, ENGINEERED CORROSION SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: David J. Burkhart, Jeffrey T. Kochelek, Kenneth Jones, Thorstein Holt
  • Publication number: 20140202715
    Abstract: An explosion-venting method for an aerosol fire suppression apparatus, comprising the following steps: 1) when the aerosol fire suppression apparatus explodes, an explosion-venting device matching the aerosol fire suppression apparatus generating a limited displacement along a direction that a hot air stream of the aerosol fire suppression apparatus is jetting towards; 2) when an extremity of the explosion-venting device reaches an edge of the aerosol fire suppression apparatus, being limited, the explosion-venting apparatus stops the displacement along the direction that the hot air stream of the aerosol fire suppression apparatus is jetting towards, thus achieving for the aerosol fire suppression apparatus the effects of explosion-venting and reduced recoil force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: XI'AN J&R FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jian Qiang, Zhengjun Lei
  • Publication number: 20140202716
    Abstract: A novel flame retardant and fire extinguishing product for preventing and fighting fires in liquids is disclosed herein. The product comprises water, one or more flame retardants, one or more polymers, one or more surfactants, one or more emulsifiers, one or more preservatives, and one or more firming agents. In some embodiments, the product may further comprise one or more stabilizers, one or more binders, and/or one or more fining agents. The product may be used as a fire extinguishing agent in active firefighting and as a flame retardant to prevent fires. The product may be biodegradable in a natural environment, may be readily cleaned off equipment and materials to which it has been applied using water, and may also provide other features which render it safe for the environment as compared to other commonly used products in fire prevention and firefighting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Miraculum Applications AB
    Inventors: Freddy Kai Klaffmo, Bert Jonny Nilsson, Britt Ann-Christine Langselius
  • Publication number: 20140202717
    Abstract: A novel flame retardant and fire extinguishing product for preventing and fighting fires in solid materials is disclosed herein. The product is thixotropic and comprises water, one or more flame retardants, one or more stabilizers, and one or more preservatives. In some embodiments, the product further comprises one or more thickeners, one or more binders, one or more fining agents, one or more firming agents, one or more water retention agents, one or more polymers, one or more detergents, and/or one or more surfactants. The product may be used as a flame retardant to prevent fires and in active firefighting. The product may be biodegradable in a natural environment, may be readily cleaned off equipment and materials using water, and may also provide other features which render it safe for the environment as compared to other commonly used products in fire prevention and firefighting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Miraculum Applications AB
    Inventors: Freddy Kai Klaffmo, Bert Jonny Nilsson, Britt Ann-Christine Langselius
  • Publication number: 20140202718
    Abstract: An aircraft comprises a fuselage having a compartment, and a fire suppression system for delivering fire suppressant to the compartment. The system includes at least one suppressant concentration sensor located in the compartment, a valve for regulating flow of the fire suppressant to the compartment, and a controller, responsive to the sensor, for controlling the valve to maintain fire suppressant concentration within the compartment at a target concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: The Boeing Company
  • Publication number: 20140202719
    Abstract: A system for delivery of a fire extinguishing agent includes an agent tank at least partially filled with a volume of liquid fire extinguishing agent and a supply of pressurizing gas operatively connected to inject pressurizing gas into the volume of liquid agent. A discharge valve is configured to open when the agent tank reaches a desired pressure due to the injection of pressurizing gas therein thereby delivering a flow including fire extinguishing agent with associated dissolved pressurizing gas from the agent tank. The flow of fire extinguishing agent and associated dissolved pressurizing gas is discharged from the agent tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: UTC FIRE & SECURITY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Joseph Senecal
  • Publication number: 20140202720
    Abstract: A method and device for suppressing an electrical fire within an electrical wire carrying conduit. The device is a flexible receptacle containing an admixture of super absorbent polymer and water having substantially superior fire suppression and extinguishing properties that does not provide an electrically conductive environment. The receptacle is drawn though a conduit either before or after wires have been placed in the conduit, and the filled with the admixture. A sleeve may be placed over the receptacle to prevent breaching of the receptacle during installation. Once the receptacle and admixture is positioned within the conduit, should arcing or a buildup of heat occur, the receptacle will rupture and the admixture will cover the specific area. These particular properties and ratios of the admixture will enable electrical fires to be extinguished more rapidly and not flare back up. The admixture further encapsulates noxious and toxic gases associated with electrical fires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: GelTech Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Cordani
  • Publication number: 20140202721
    Abstract: A smoke-barrier device for securely sealing the spaces beneath and around a door and a fire and smoke retardant door cloth panel will gain two or more hours for a person(s) trapped by a fire in a closed room, even one that has a residential style wood door that is known to burn in about 20 minutes. The combined use of the tested and rated smoke-guard device and the tested and rated fire and smoke retardant panel will prevent fire, smoke, and lethal gases from entering the room through a doorway even after the wooden door burns through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: BUTTERFLY SAFETY PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventor: Alan Shaw
  • Publication number: 20140202722
    Abstract: A device for protecting a lineman or firefighter from an electrical fire that occurs while working within a manhole. The device dispenses a non-conductive amount of hydrated super absorbent polymer having fire suppression and extinguishing properties without creating an electrically conductive environment. The admixture can cling to walls, ladders, clothing and skin. The admixture is capable of encapsulating noxious gases produced by electrical fires and prevent the release of toxic gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: GelTech Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Cordani
  • Publication number: 20140202723
    Abstract: An apparatus for protecting a lineman, firefighter or any other individual using an aerial bucket from a fire. The apparatus dispenses a non-conductive admixture of hydrated super absorbent polymer having fire suppression and extinguishing properties without creating an electrically conductive environment to allow protection from electrical fires. The admixture can cling to clothing and skin with properties that can inhibit injury to an operator lineman when applied in time. A pressurized dispensing system discharges the admixture into the aerial bucket when authorized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: GelTech Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Cordani
  • Publication number: 20140202724
    Abstract: A fastener-driving tool including a housing having an air connector, at least one of a power storage device and an electrical component associated with the housing and an electric motor assembly associated with the housing. The electric motor assembly includes a fan where air is supplied to the housing through the air connector and moves through the housing and contacts the fan to cause the fan to rotate, rotation of the fan causing the electric motor to generate electricity that is directed to the at least one power storage device and the electrical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Moore, Hanxin Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140202725
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of power tools with spindle locks are disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, a power tool may include a drive train including an output assembly, the output assembly including a spindle configured to support a tool element, a power source configured to selectively supply energy to the drive train to cause the output assembly including the spindle to rotate, a switch movable between a first position in which the power source does not supply energy to the drive train and a second position in which the power source supplies energy to the drive train, and a spindle lock configured to automatically engage the output assembly including the spindle when the switch is in the first position and to automatically disengage the output assembly including the spindle when the switch is in the second position, the spindle lock preventing rotation of the output assembly including the spindle when engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY
    Inventor: Joshua Odell Johnson
  • Publication number: 20140202726
    Abstract: In a power supply enclosure and a method of manufacturing the same, the power supply enclosure is divided into an independent top cover, an independent bottom base, as well as two independent side panels. The top cover, the bottom base, and the side panels are formed by blanking After extruded hole, punching or bending processes by using a change core method, the top cover and the bottom base were made, followed by assembling the two side panels on the two sides between the top cover and the bottom base to form the power supply enclosure group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Chicony Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hang LEE, Yung-Hung HSIAO, Pei-Li CHANG, Yen-Ming CHEN, Chi-Chang HO
  • Publication number: 20140202727
    Abstract: A power conditioner assembly includes: first and second brackets and a power conditioner. Each bracket includes a rear portion adapted to attach to a rear portion of an equipment rack and a front portion that extends frontwardly. The power conditioner includes a housing having a rear panel, a first side panel mounted to the first bracket and a second, opposed side panel mounted to the second bracket. The power conditioner is mountable to the brackets in a plurality of orientations including: a rearward orientation with the rear panel oriented substantially vertically; and at least one angled orientation with the rear panel at an oblique angle to vertical. The brackets may also be adapted to attach to other mounting surfaces and/or other brackets may be provided for this purpose to provide additional mounting options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: WirePath Home Systems, LLC d/b/a SnapAV
    Inventors: David G. Moore, John Hatcher, Mark H. Linton
  • Publication number: 20140202728
    Abstract: There are provided: a shield projecting portion (4A) being a part of a shield layer (4) of a shield wire (1) projected outside of an exterior covering (5) to be exposed; an annular member for grounding (10, 10A, 10B) disposed in a position surrounding an outer circumference of the shield wire (1) and including a housing chamber (12, 22) having an opening (13) along an annular shape of the annular member for grounding and being configured to house the shield projecting portion (4A) and a ground wire (7) inserted from the opening (13); and a push-in member (20, 20B) inserted from the opening (13) and housed in the housing chamber (12, 22) after insertion of the ground wire (7) and the shield projecting portion (4A) to bring the shield projecting portion (4A) and the ground wire (7) into close contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kiyohito Fukuda