Fluid Patents (Class 703/9)
  • Patent number: 8898046
    Abstract: A method for modeling flow properties over a series of time increments of a reservoir in an earth formation having a plurality of fractures is disclosed. The method includes: building a three-dimensional stress field representing stresses in the reservoir; building a three-dimensional discrete fracture network (NFM) having fracture flow properties using information obtained from a tool or changes to the stress field; running a flow simulation of the reservoir for a time increment using the NFM to model the flow properties of the reservoir for that time increment; computing a latest change in the three-dimensional stress field from the flow simulation; and incrementing the time increment and iterating the building the NFM using the latest change in the stress field, the running of the flow simulation using the latest NFM, and the computing a latest change in the stress field from the latest running of the flow simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Moos, Colleen Barton
  • Patent number: 8892412
    Abstract: A method for correlating data predicted by a processor physics-based geologic model to describe a subsurface region with obtained data describing the subsurface region. Data is obtained describing an initial state of the subsurface region. Data describing a subsequent state of the subsurface region is predicted. The predicted data is compared with the obtained data taking into account whether the obtained data or the predicted data represent a discontinuous event. A sensitivity of the predicted data is determined if the predicted data is not within an acceptable range of the obtained data. The data describing the initial state of the subsurface region is adjusted based on the sensitivity before performing a subsequent iteration of predicting data describing the subsequent state of the subsurface region. A representation of the subsurface region based on the data describing the subsequent state of the subsurface region is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Kaveh Ghayour, Tao Sun
  • Patent number: 8886498
    Abstract: Simulators and methods for simulating an acoustic field of an acoustic waveguide are provided. A sound speed profile of the acoustic waveguide is generated, where the acoustic waveguide has a region of a first fluid within a second fluid, and the first fluid has a different acoustic index of refraction than the second fluid. The sound speed profile and predetermined parameters of a sound source and a receiver are applied to a parabolic equation (PE) model of sound propagation in the acoustic waveguide. The acoustic field of the acoustic waveguide is determined from the PE model. The acoustic field includes an interference pattern from interference between an acoustic signal of the acoustic source and at least one signal refracted by the region of the second fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: University of Delaware
    Inventors: Mohsen Badiey, Boris G. Katsnelson
  • Patent number: 8880383
    Abstract: In one example, formation fluid flow through a fractured reservoir is simulated using conductivity of aged proppants. A first conductivity profile is received for a proppant. The first conductivity profile describes an ability of the proppant to permit formation fluid flow through a fracture network under reservoir conditions in a fractured reservoir that includes the proppant in the fracture network. The proppant is aged for a duration under the reservoir conditions of the fractured reservoir over the duration. After the duration, a second conductivity profile for the aged proppant is determined. An adjusted conductivity profile for the proppant is determined based on the first conductivity profile and the second conductivity profile. The adjusted conductivity profile is provided as an input conductivity profile for the proppant. The reservoir simulator simulates formation fluid flow through the fractured reservoir using the input conductivity profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmie D. Weaver, Neelam Deepak Raysoni, Wirdansyah Lubis
  • Patent number: 8878856
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are provided for depicting a body of water utilizing a height field and particles. In use, content depicting a body of water is identified. Additionally, a height field is generated for the content. Furthermore, at least a portion of the height field is converted to a plurality of particles based on predetermined criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Nuttapong Chentanez, Matthias Heinz Müller-Fischer
  • Publication number: 20140324406
    Abstract: A monitoring and alert methodology ascertains conditions that may result in a combined sewer overflow (CSO) event. The method employs a semantic model of a combined sewer system that includes specification information describing the components of the combined sewer system. Sensors distributed throughout the components of the combined sewer system sense operating parameter information for those components. A monitoring and alerting (MA) information handling system (IHS) receives operating parameter information from the sensors. The MA IHS analyzes the operating parameter information received from the sensors together with the specification information in the semantic model of the combined sewer system to determine if a combined sewer overflow (CSO) event is possible. The MA IHS generates an alert to provide notification of a possible CSO event if the MA IHS determines that a CSO event is possible. In this manner, an operator may take early corrective action before a CSO event occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pamela A. Nesbitt, Jake Palmer, Donnie Smith, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140316758
    Abstract: This system is a computer-based system for analyzing a blood flow at a target vascular site of a subject by means of a computer simulation, having a three-dimensional shape extraction unit, by a computer, for reading a captured image at the target vascular site and generating three-dimensional data representing a shape of a lumen of the target vascular site; a fluid dynamics analysis unit, by a computer, for determining state quantities (pressure and flow velocity) of blood flow at each position of the lumen of the target vascular site by means of computation by imposing boundary conditions relating to blood flow to the three-dimensional shape data; a blood flow characteristic determination unit for determining, from the state quantities of the blood flow determined by the fluid dynamics analysis unit, a wall shear stress vector at each position of the lumen wall surface of the target vascular site, determining relative relationship between a direction of the wall shear stress vector at a specific wall surfac
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: EBM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanobu Yagi, Young-Kwang Park
  • Patent number: 8868383
    Abstract: There is provided a consumption energy calculating device which simulates power consumption of a heating and cooling appliance operated by a customer living in a house. A first receiver and a second receiver receive a demand response signal and an external environmental factor parameter. A pain level model shows a relationship between an indoor air temperature and a pain level. A first calculator calculates, when the appliance is not in operation, the indoor air temperature of a next sample time. A second calculator calculates, when the appliance is in operation, determines the indoor air temperature of the next sample time. A working sequence generator determines whether the appliance is or not to be operated during the next sample time. The power consumption determination unit determines power consumption consumed by the appliance before the next sample time and outputs data showing the power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuto Kubota, Shuichiro Imahara
  • Patent number: 8868398
    Abstract: A method for simulating an arc flash event on an electrical power system is disclosed. The virtual system model of the electrical system is modified to introduce a short circuiting feature. The standard to supply equations used in the arc flash event calculations is chosen. The arc flash event is simulated using the modified virtual system model in accordance with the chosen standard. The quantity of arc energy released by the arc flash event is calculated using results from the simulation. The report that forecasts an aspect of the arc flash event is communicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Power Analytics Corporation
    Inventors: Branislav Radibratovic, Ali Nasle
  • Patent number: 8868389
    Abstract: A computer-implemented simulation method for use in molding process by a computer processor includes specifying a simulating domain having a mold cavity configured to connect a tube of a molding machine, creating a mesh by dividing at least part of the simulating domain, generating at least one flow parameter of a molding material in the tube, specifying boundary conditions of the mesh by taking into consideration the at least one flow parameter of the molding material, and simulating a molding process of the molding material that is injected into the mold cavity by using the boundary conditions to generate a plurality of molding conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Coretech System Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong Yeu Chang, Chia Hsiang Hsu, Chuan Wei Chang, Hsien Sen Chiu, Chao Tsai Huang
  • Patent number: 8855985
    Abstract: A method of deriving blood perfusion indices for a region of interest (ROI) of a subject, comprising the steps of administering a contrast agent to the subject during a dynamic imaging scan, converting signal intensity data from raw images of the scan into contrast agent concentration data, deriving parameters from the contrast agent concentration data using at least one transport function that accounts for delay and dispersion of the contrast agent, and calculating the blood perfusion indices from the derived parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Apollo Medical Imaging Technology Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Qing Yang
  • Patent number: 8849637
    Abstract: A method of computational fluid dynamic modelling of a subterranean region comprises: defining a computational domain by generating a geometrical model of a subterranean region comprising a wellbore and a surrounding formation; associating knowledge of a physical property of the subterranean region with a computational parameter; and inputting the computational parameter into the computational domain. In one embodiment knowledge of permeability within the subterranean region is defined as a viscous resistance within the computational domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Senergy Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Maria Alejandra Jimenez Chavez, Michael Byrne
  • Patent number: 8849628
    Abstract: The software application is used to rank language translations and a method to implement those ranked language translations. The language translations are for textual or vocal phrases that a user wants to convert from its original language to a preferred language. The software application will refer to a variety of translation sources in order to create a set of applicable translations for a textual or vocal phrase. The software application will then rank each applicable translation with an accuracy score, which is weighed by three factors: the commonalities between the set of translation sources, a user input process, and a linguistic mapping process. Some methods to implement the ranked language translations include using accelerometer data from a electronic communication device to operate the software application, integrating a moderator into a conversation process, using subtitles in speech bubbles for a video chat, and using location data to communicate with different contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventor: Andrew Nelthropp Lauder
  • Patent number: 8849630
    Abstract: Techniques for monitoring and predicting environmental operating conditions in a data center are provided. In one aspect, a method for real-time, three-dimensional analysis of environmental operating conditions in a data center includes the following steps. High spatial resolution three-dimensional measurements of one or more environmental variables in the data center made at a time t1 are obtained. Real-time measurements of the environmental variables in the data center made at a time t2, wherein t2 is later in time than t1, are obtained. The high spatial resolution three-dimensional measurements are combined with the real-time measurements to derive a model for the environmental variables in the data center at the time t2. The model is used to predict three-dimensional distributions of the environmental variables in the data center at the time t2. A base model can be created and used to derive the model for the data center at the time t2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Amemiya, Hendrik F. Hamann, Walter Hirt, Ying Hung, Jing Shen
  • Publication number: 20140288901
    Abstract: In a computer-aided die design apparatus having a computer, a display adapted to be connected to the computer, and a simulator adapted to be loaded in the computer to analyze and display on the display flow behavior of resin when the resin charged into a die cavity is die-clamped by a press at a compression force, the simulator comprises an analyzer that analyzes the resin flow behavior by increasing the compression force for die-clamping the resin at a predetermined time interval until the increased compression force reaches an upper limit value, and a substitutive value calculator that calculates a substitutive value of the compression force based on a stress-relaxation time of the resin when the compression force has reached the upper limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Kobayashi, Daiya Yamashita, Yoshifumi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140278314
    Abstract: System and method for correcting the vertical structure of the ocean temperature and salinity based on velocity observations. Three relations that can be precomputed are exploited: (1) the relation between temperature and salinity throughout a water column, (2) the relation between temperature/salinity and geopotential, and (3) the relation between geopotential and velocity. The relations are stored in a form that allows efficient application through a cross-correlation matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Gregg Arthur Jacobs, Scott R. Smith, Robert W. Helber
  • Publication number: 20140278302
    Abstract: A method for independently modeling a water flow rate, an oil flow rate, and a gas flow rate using data-driven computer models is disclosed. The method can include obtaining parameters of a well associated with an asset during a well test; creating the ensemble of data-driven models to model the water flow rate, the oil flow rate, and the gas flow rate based on the parameters; evaluating each model of the ensemble of models; selecting a subset of models from the ensemble of models; modeling each of the water flow rate, the oil flow rate, and the gas flow rate independently using the subset of models; reconciling each of the water flow rate, the oil flow rate, and the gas flow rate for the well with a total flow rate at the asset; and outputting the water flow rate, the oil flow rate, and the gas flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Eric Ziegel, Shahryar Shirzadi, Richard Heddle, Richard Bailey, Carl Cook
  • Patent number: 8838425
    Abstract: A method for generating one or more geological models for oil field exploration. The method includes receiving one or more well facies logs, a vertical facies proportion curve, a lateral proportion map, a variogram model and a global target histogram. The method then includes generating a facies probability cube using a modified Sequential Gaussian Simulation (SGSIM) algorithm, the well facies logs, the vertical facies proportion curve, the lateral proportion map and the variogram model. After generating the facies probability cube, the method includes matching the facies probability cube to the global histogram and generating the geological models based on the matched facies probability cube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Tuanfeng Zhang, Ting Li, Harish Krishnamurthy
  • Publication number: 20140257782
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for estimating temporal changes in trace gas fluxes from a modifier of such trace gases. A method can include obtaining measurement amounts of trace gases from measurement sites in a region associated with the modifier. The method also includes computing modeled amounts of the trace gases based on an atmospheric transport model and prior estimates of trace gas flux from the modifier. The method further includes identifying corresponding portions of the measurement amounts and the modeled amounts associated with a time periods during which the spatial differences in measured amounts are predicted to be primarily due to the trace gas flux from the modifier. The method additionally includes selecting as a current estimate of the trace gas flux from the modifier a prior estimate associated with a difference between the corresponding measurement amounts and modeled amounts meet criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Davis, Thomas Lauvaux, Natasha L. Miles, Scott J. Richardson
  • Patent number: 8831913
    Abstract: A method of design optimization, the method comprising producing a first computer model of a first geometry, producing a CFD mesh from the first computer model, using the CFD mesh from the first computer to produce a measure of the fluid dynamic performance of the first geometry, producing a new computer model of a new geometry, producing a CFD mesh from the new computer model, using the CFD mesh to produce a measure of the fluid dynamic performance of the new geometry, and “identifying an optimal geometry using the fluid dynamic performance measurements of the first and new geometries previously produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventors: Carren Holden, Adam Nurdin, Neil W. Bressloff, Andrew K. Keane
  • Patent number: 8831921
    Abstract: A system includes a host application configured to receive a component model representing a vehicle component. The component model includes a body having a concave portion and/or a convex portion that defines a fluid retainer. A detection tool in communication with the host application is configured to determine a size and location of the fluid retainer. The detection tool is further configured to associate the size of the fluid retainer to a design rule and calculate a value representing a minimum hole size that will allow fluid to flow into or out of the fluid retainer in accordance with the design rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Bruce Tilove, Narahari K. Hunsur
  • Patent number: 8831918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pin-less registration and inductive heating system involving the use of a pre-alignment station for imaging an initial position of a laminate element, an imaging and computer operation control system for determining a required correction factor between an alignment of the laminate element at the pre-alignment station and a preferred stack orientation for the laminate element, and an alignment and transfer system for securely gripping, transferring, and repositioning a laminate element from atop position to the preferred stack orientation employing a preferred four-axis orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Duetto Integrated Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Faraci, Gary N. Sortino
  • Patent number: 8827547
    Abstract: Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating simulation of heated airflow exhaust of an electronics subsystem, electronics rack or row of electronics racks. The apparatus includes a thermal simulator, which includes an air-moving device and a fluid-to-air heat exchanger. The air-moving device establishes airflow from an air inlet to air outlet side of the thermal simulator tailored to correlate to heated airflow exhaust of the electronics subsystem, rack or row of racks being simulated. The fluid-to-air heat exchanger heats airflow through the thermal simulator, with temperature of airflow exhausting from the simulator being tailored to correlate to temperature of the heated airflow exhaust of the electronics subsystem, rack or row of racks being simulated. The apparatus further includes a fluid distribution apparatus, which includes a fluid distribution unit disposed separate from the fluid simulator and providing hot fluid to the fluid-to-air heat exchanger of the thermal simulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew R. Archibald, Richard C. Chu, Hendrik Hamann, Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8825461
    Abstract: A method of generating a model of a turbidity current in a fluid is disclosed. A first flow layer in the turbidity current is defined. The method successively defines at least one more flow layer in the turbidity current. Each successive flow layer includes the previously defined flow layer. A set of depth-averaged flow variables for each flow layer is defined. A model is developed that describes the turbidity current. The model uses fluid flow equations and the set of depth-averaged flow variables for each flow layer to predict fluid flow in each flow layer. The model is then output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Tao Sun, Dachang Li, John Van Wagoner, Xiaohui Wu
  • Patent number: 8818778
    Abstract: The present invention enables the use of a global optimization method for performing joint-inversion of multiple petrophysical data sets, using forward models based on first principle of physics, to generate a 3D rock representation of a subsurface rock structure. The resulting 3D rock representation captures the internal structure, and honors the measured petrophysical properties, of the subsurface rock structure. The 3D rock representation can then be used to predict additional properties not considered in the inversion, to further characterize the subsurface rock structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Rafael Salazar-Tio, Boqin Sun
  • Publication number: 20140236556
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate processing apparatus, including: a substrate processing chamber configured to accommodate a substrate and process the substrate; a piping coupled to the substrate processing chamber to allow a gas for processing the substrate to be introduced therethrough; and a simulation apparatus configured to simulate a path in which the gas for processing the substrate flows through the piping. The simulation apparatus includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire gas flow information defined by an operation mode in which the substrate is processed; a path determination unit configured to determine a gas path based on the gas flow information acquired by the information acquisition unit; and a simulation unit configured to simulate a flow of the gas by putting a color defined according to the type of gas on the gas path determined by the path determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoko YAMAMOTO, Kimitoshi MIURA
  • Patent number: 8805661
    Abstract: A quantitative calculation method for oil (gas) saturation of fractured reservoir during petroleum exploitation is provided. The method comprises: obtaining the fracture porosity and calculating resistivity index at different depth of fractured reservoir with known full diameter core data and imaging logging data; establishing the percolation network model of matrix and fracture combination with known pore structure feature; calibrating the numerical simulation results obtained from percolation network model based on the data of core experiment and sealed coring analysis results, then obtaining the relationship between the resistivity index (I) and water saturation (Sw) at different fracture porosity; calculating the oil (gas) saturation of fractured reservoir through selecting an interpolation function. The oil (gas) saturation calculated with said method is 0.67, however 0.49 with common method in some fractured reservoir. The accuracy is improved by more than 0.18 in the studied fractured reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: PetroChina Company Limited
    Inventors: Ning Li, Kewen Wang, Dexin Qiao, Qingfu Feng, Hongliang Wu
  • Patent number: 8805650
    Abstract: A simulation method for evaluating the aerodynamic performance of a golf club head uses arithmetic operations executed by a computer to analyze air flow around the head of a golf club when the club is swung, and thereby estimates the aerodynamic forces which act on the club head. Because the aerodynamic properties of a golf club head are evaluated without relying on experimental evaluations using physical prototypes, this method enables the efficient development of golf clubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Wataru Ban
  • Patent number: 8798976
    Abstract: Systems and method for simulating liquid containment behavior. The system comprises a solid modeler and a nonlinear equation solver. The nonlinear equation solver takes as input the solid model representation of the containment vessel from the solid modeler, a desired orientation in space, dynamic conditions (e.g., lateral acceleration) and an amount of liquid. To find the level of liquid in the vessel, the system solver iteratively performs successive Boolean subtractions using an infinite horizontal half-space that represents the liquid level of the vessel. The resulting sliced solid model is used to compute the volume of the liquid at that level. The iterative system solver terminates when the computed volume of the sliced containment vessel matches the specified volume of liquid (e.g., fuel) within a given tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Stephen L. Ray, Thomas A. Grandine, Jan H. Vandenbrande, Douglas A. Carr
  • Patent number: 8797316
    Abstract: A method for defining a fluid/solid boundary for computational fluid dynamics simulations making use of a coordinate system mesh and a solid object model, which includes the steps of defining straight lines on which all of the grid points of the coordinate system mesh are positioned; obtaining intersecting points of the straight lines with the surface of the solid object model; and a step in which, for each of the straight lines having the intersecting points, the grid points on the straight line are searched for the nearest point to each of the intersecting points, and based on the searched-out nearest points, the positioned grid points are determined as to whether the grid point is positioned inside the solid object model or in the fluid region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Tsunoda, Arjun Yadav
  • Patent number: 8798970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of predicting an amount of production from a fractured reservoir and a recorded medium for the method. The method of predicting an amount of production from a fractured reservoir can include: (a) generating a fracture network model, which includes discrete fractures, using fracture characteristic information; (b) generating a flow model for representing flow paths for a fluid between the discrete fractures using a 2-dimensional finite difference method; and (c) predicting the amount of production from the fractured reservoir using the flow model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
    Inventor: Won-Mo Sung
  • Publication number: 20140214381
    Abstract: An analyzing device includes: a particle definition unit configured to define a system including a plurality of particles in a virtual space; a constraint assigning unit configured to assign a constraint to the system defined by the particle definition unit so as to present a flow; and a numerical computation unit configured to numerically compute a governing equation that governs the motion of each particle of the particle system to which the constraint is assigned by the constraint assigning unit. The numerical computation unit identifies particles linked with a disturbance source of the flow. The analyzing device further includes display control unit configured to display identified particles on a display in a mode different from that of the other particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryouta Hirose
  • Patent number: 8793111
    Abstract: A system for automatically optimizing a Field Development Plan (FDP) for an oil or gas field uses a fast analytic reservoir simulator to dynamically model oil or gas production from the entire reservoir over time in an accurate and rapid manner. An objective function defining a Figure of Merit (FoM) for candidate FDPs is maximized, using an optimization algorithm, to determine an optimized FDP in light of physical, engineering, operational, legal and engineering constraints. The objective function for the Figure of Merit, e.g., net present value (NPV) or total production for a given period of time, relies on a production forecast from the fast analytic reservoir simulator for the entire FDP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Gerhard Tilke, Vijaya Halabe, Raj Banerjee, Tarek M. Habashy, Michael Thambynayagam, Jeffrey Spath, Andrew J. Carnegie, Benoit Couet, William J. Bailey, Michael David Prange
  • Patent number: 8790517
    Abstract: A mobile station and methods are disclosed for diagnosing and modeling site specific effluent treatment facility requirements to arrive at a treatment regimen and/or proposed commercial plant model idealized for the particular water/site requirements. The station includes a mobile platform having power intake, effluent intake and fluid outflow facilities and first and second suites of selectably actuatable effluent pre-treatment apparatus. An effluent polishing treatment array is housed at the station and includes at least one of nanofiltration, reverse osmosis and ion-exchange stages. A suite of selectively actuatable post-treatment apparatus is housed at the station. Controls are connected at the station for process control, monitoring and data accumulation. A plurality of improved water treatment technologies is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Rockwater Resource, LLC
    Inventors: Reginald A. Wiemers, Robert Kohlheb, Bardia B. Khalili, Gyorgy Lipovszki, Peter H. Zahn
  • Patent number: 8793110
    Abstract: A method for predicting fluid flow is provided. An exemplary embodiment of the method comprises obtaining data describing a stratigraphy, the stratigraphy comprising a fault, predicting a volume of shale in the fault and calculating a thickness of the fault. The exemplary method may also comprise calculating a permeability of the fault based on the volume of shale, the thickness, an estimated shale smear continuity factor and an estimated cataclastic reduction factor. The exemplary method may additionally comprise predicting fluid flow in a subsurface region based on the fault permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Rodrick D. Myers, Peter J. Vrolijk, Charles W. Kiven, Michael Tsenn
  • Publication number: 20140207435
    Abstract: Methods of using computer based models for simulating the physical behavior of bodily fluids with absorbent articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
    Inventors: Arthur Joseph KOEHLER, Gene Xiaoqing HUANG, Chengming WANG, Chuming Luke HWANG, Mel ALLENDE-BLANCO, Matthew Joseph MACURA
  • Patent number: 8788250
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes the use of grids composed solely or in part of a set of contiguous cells having six or more principal flow directions within a single layer is disclosed for use in numerical simulation. The grids are particularly well-adapted for use in modeling flow in hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs where fingering or channeling is experienced. Methods of constructing a bisected periodic grid and a substantially constant width radial grid in connection with the present disclosure are also provided. The problem of grid orientation effects is lessened by providing grids with an increased number of principal flow directions, typically six or more. The improved grids may be used in many preexisting simulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Robert D. Kaminsky, Adam S. Coutee
  • Patent number: 8788246
    Abstract: A simulation method utilizing a Cartesian grid comprises: a process in which a model of a two or three-dimensional space is defined as a Cartesian grid composed of cells; a process in which, based on a physical value and condition associated with the Cartesian grid, a Poisson equation is defined; and a process in which, the physical value is calculated by approximately solving the Poisson equation. The calculating process comprises: a step of calculating an error by using a Block-Cyclic Reduction Algorithm; a step of testing whether the calculated error is within a predetermined acceptable range or not; and a step of correcting a variable ? by the use of a correction parameter if the calculated error is outside the predetermined acceptable range. The calculating process repeats the error calculating step, testing step and error correcting step until the error becomes within the predetermined acceptable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Tsunoda, Arjun Yadav
  • Patent number: 8788251
    Abstract: A method for determining flow distribution in a formation having a wellbore formed therein includes the steps of positioning a sensor within the wellbore, wherein the sensor generates a feedback signal representing at least one of a temperature and a pressure measured by the sensor, injecting a fluid into the wellbore and into at least a portion of the formation adjacent the sensor, shutting-in the wellbore for a pre-determined shut-in period, generating a simulated model representing at least one of simulated temperature characteristics and simulated pressure characteristics of the formation during the shut-in period, generating a data model representing at least one of actual temperature characteristics and actual pressure characteristics of the formation during the shut-in period, wherein the data model is derived from the feedback signal, comparing the data model to the simulated model, and adjusting parameters of the simulated model to substantially match the data model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaowei Weng, Doug Pipchuk, Rex Burgos, Philippe Tardy
  • Patent number: 8781797
    Abstract: A channel emulator reads a record of captured radio signal data of a group of cellular base stations in a fielded cellular network from a memory. Based on the record of the captured radio signal data, the channel emulator generates a simulation of a radio environment of the fielded cellular network. In one aspect, the simulation generates a number of live cellular base station signals fewer than the group of cellular base stations in the fielded cellular network. In another aspect, a terrain environment model is applied based on the captured radio signal data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Spirent Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy L. Oltman, Steven R. Rumsby, Paul Anthony Collins, Ahmed A. Turk, Michael D. Bailey, Joshua Barry Morman, Peng Gao, Wai Kwok Law
  • Patent number: 8781805
    Abstract: A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method that includes defining a simulated fluid object that includes a first portion and a second portion being represented by a signed distance function. The method also includes applying at least one constraint to the first portion of the simulated fluid object to match a velocity of a target. The method also includes applying a collection of calculated forces to the second portion of the simulated fluid object. Also, the method includes rendering the first portion applied with the at least one constraint and the second portion applied with the collection of calculated forces to present the simulated fluid object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Lucasfilm Entertainment Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ian D. Sachs, Nicholas Grant Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 8775138
    Abstract: The invention relates to linear programming methods and systems. The linear programming model has at least one input streams, at least one intermediate stream, and at least one output stream. The linear programming model is utilized for simulating the effect of withdrawing at least a portion of an intermediate steam on one or more of the model's outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Carpency, Tom H. Arendt
  • Patent number: 8775140
    Abstract: The present invention comprises systems and methods for large eddy simulations using a scaled S-model, which may be scaled in both time and space. Prior large eddy simulation models require at least one special coefficient, which vary from case to case and need to be decided experimentally or empirically. In embodiments, the scaled S-model does not require any coefficient that varies case by case or needs to be decided experimentally or empirically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Jiun-Der Yu
  • Patent number: 8775139
    Abstract: A method for simulating fluid flow includes: discretizing a space in which a fluid flows into a regular lattice; assuming that fluid particles repetitively move and collide in the lattice; deriving a univariate polynomial equation by comparing the n-th (n is a non-negative integer) order momentum of velocity between the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution and the discretized Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution; calculating the weight coefficients corresponding to the discrete velocities of the fluid particles based on the univariate polynomial equation; and deriving a lattice Boltzmann model using the weight coefficients. A lattice Boltzmann model with superior stability and accuracy may be derived easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jae Wan Shim, Hyun Cheol Koo, Suk Hee Han, Byoung Chul Min, Jun Woo Choi, Kyung Ho Shin, Jin Dong Song
  • Patent number: 8768519
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling grille aperture ratios of a plurality of air transfer grilles which are installed in a room, includes a determining unit for determining target grille air volumes of air blowing to the racks, for determining simulation air volumes of air blowing from the air transfer grilles on the basis of the target grille air volumes so that each of air of the target grille air volumes are blown to the racks, and for determining grille aperture ratios for each of the air transfer grilles on the basis of the plurality of simulation air volumes so that each of the amounts of air blowing from the air transfer grilles is replaced by each of the simulation air volumes, and a controller for controlling each of the grille aperture ratios of the air transfer grilles on the basis of each of the determined grille aperture ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Ikuro Nagamatsu, Junichi Ishimine, Seiichi Saito, Masahiro Suzuki, Tadashi Katsui, Yuji Ohba, Nobuyoshi Yamaoka, Akira Ueda, Yasushi Uraki
  • Patent number: 8768662
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and non-transitory computer medium for calculating a shrinkage of a molding product comprises a step of using a computer processor to calculate a molding pressure of a molding fluid in a molding cavity by taking into consideration an increase of a shear viscosity of the molding fluid by a decrease of a shear rate, and a step of calculating the shrinkage of the molding products by taking into consideration a variation of a specific volume of the molding fluid as the molding pressure and a molding temperature decrease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Coretech System Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong Yeu Chang, Chia Hsiang Hsu, Hsien Sen Chiu, Shih Po Sun, Chen Chieh Wang, Huan Chang Tseng
  • Patent number: 8768672
    Abstract: A method for predicting time-lapse seismic timeshifts in a three-dimensional geomechanical system including defining physical boundaries for the geomechanical system. In addition, one or more reservoir characteristics such as pore pressure and/or temperature history are acquired from multiple wells within the physical boundaries. The method also includes determining whether a formation in the geomechanical system is in an elastic regime or a plastic regime. The method also includes obtaining first and second seismic data sets for the geomechanical system, taken at first and second times. The method also includes running a geomechanical simulation to simulate the effects of changes in pore pressure or other reservoir characteristic on time-lapse seismic timeshifts in the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil. Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Sheng-Yuan Hsu, Kevin H. Searles
  • Patent number: 8768661
    Abstract: A computerized method for creating a 2D or 3D finite element model of a rubber composite of a rubber matrix and fillers is disclosed. In the case of the 2D finite element model, a primary finite element model of the rubber composite is first created by defining a rubber matrix model of the rubber matrix and filler models of the fillers by the use of rectangular elements. Then, a second finite element model as the target 2D finite element model is created by moving boundary nodes positioned at boundaries between the rubber matrix model and filler models in the primary finite element model so that concavity and convexity of the surface of each filler model becomes less, whereby, in the second finite element model, some of the rectangular elements including the moved boundary nodes are deformed, but the rest of the rectangular elements are not deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masato Naito
  • Patent number: 8760449
    Abstract: A system includes a computing device that includes a memory for storing a three-dimensional model that represents particles of a coarse fire simulation. The computing device also includes a graphics refiner for producing two-dimensional simulation segments from the three-dimensional model that represents particles of a coarse fire simulation. The separation distance between two or more of the two-dimensional simulation segments is based upon a level of spatial detail provided by the coarse fire simulation. The graphics refiner is configured to separately process the two-dimensional simulation segments to produce a detailed fire simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Lucasfilm Entertainment Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Christopher J. Horvath
  • Patent number: 8762117
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for simulating dynamic fluids comprising a plurality of pseudo particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Algoryx Simulation AB
    Inventors: Kenneth Bodin, Claude Lacoursière, Martin Servin