06th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 9 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150034230 | METHOD FOR RETREADING A TYRE OF WHICH THE CROWN AREA IS PROVIDED WITH A SUB-LAYER COMPRISING A THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER - The present invention relates to a process for retreading a radial tyre ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034231 | SEALING AND DE-STACKING - When being sealed, insulating glass blanks ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034232 | CHIP CARD ASSEMBLING STRUCTURE AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a chip card assembling structure and a method thereof, including at least one base plate, at least one fixing element having a side forming a fixing trough corresponding to the base plate, at least one adhesive film disposed on one side of the fixing element to cover the fixing trough, and at least one thin-film chip received in the fixing trough and bonded to the adhesive film. To use the present invention, the adhesive film, together with the thin-film chip, is lifted and the base plate is placed into the fixing trough, following setting the adhesive film and the thin-film chip back to have the thin-film chip coupled to the base plate. Then, the adhesive film is lifted to remove the coupled thin-film chip and base plate, so that the relative position between the thin-film chip and the base plate is precise and correct. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034233 | HIGH-PRESSURE GAS TANK PRODUCTION METHOD - The FW technique is employed to suppress a non-fiber-wound space from being left during formation of a fiber layer for reinforcement on a liner. A process of forming a fiber-reinforce resin layer on a liner winds and fixes a winding start end fiber of a resin-impregnated carbon fiber on a fiber fixation flange, which is away from the top of a dome section. The process subsequently forms an innermost helical layer from the winding start end fiber extended from the fixation position and the subsequently fed resin-impregnated carbon fiber. The process subsequently forms an inner hoop layer over the innermost helical layer and cuts the winding start end fiber extended from the fixation position of the fiber fixation flange at a position on the periphery of the top of the dome section, prior to formation of a subsequent second helical layer. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034234 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL; A BALLISTIC RESISTANT ARTICLE MADE FROM SAME AND METHOD OF MAKING THE ARTICLE - A fiber reinforced resin composite for ballistic protection comprising a plurality of first and second plies wherein the first and second plies further comprise a woven fabric and a polymeric resin. The fabric has a Russell tightness factor of from 0.2 to 0.7 and a cover factor of at least 0.45, The fabric is impregnated with the resin, the resin comprising from 5 to 30 weight percent of the total weight of fabric plus resin. The fabric of each first and second ply comprises regions wherein the fabric is distorted from an orthogonal woven state by a distortion angle of least 30 degrees. The composite may further comprising a third ply having a surface area no greater than 50% of the surface area of a first and second ply. The ratio of the number of first plus second plies to the number of third plies is from 2:1 to 12:1. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034235 | FORMED SHEET METAL COMPOSITE TOOLING - A method and apparatus for manufacturing a tool for creating composite components. A sheet metal material is secured over a forming tool in an incremental sheet metal forming machine. The sheet metal material is incrementally shaped with a stylus to form a shape for the tool. The tool is removed from the incremental sheet metal forming machine when the shape for the tool is complete. Composite materials on the tool are laid up, wherein the shape of the tool provides a desired shape for a composite component. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034236 | Sports Ball with Integral Ball Casing and Bladder Body - A sports ball includes a barebone ball and an outer ball layer. The barebone ball includes an inflatable bladder body and a ball casing. The ball casing, which is formed in an integrated structure, has an outer circumferential surface, an inner circumferential surface to define an interior cavity to fittingly enclose the bladder body therein, and a plurality of pre-formed channels integrally and indently formed on the outer circumferential surface, such that the ball casing and the bladder body enclosed therewithin form a one piece integrated semi-product of the sports ball. The outer ball layer comprising a plurality of outer cover panels overlapping on the outer circumferential surface of the ball casing at a position that edges of each of the outer cover panels are aligned with the corresponding pre-formed channels respectively. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034237 | ROLL-TO-ROLL MANUFACTURING PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING SELF-HEALING ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER DEVICES - A process for producing a corrugated electrode for use in an electroactive polymer cartridge is disclosed. A laminated web comprising a support sheet laminated to a dielectric elastomer film is positioned. The support sheet defines areas exposing portions of the dielectric elastomer film. A force is applied to the positioned laminated web to stretch the laminated support sheet-dielectric elastomer film web in a direction that is orthogonal to a plane defined by the web. An electrically conductive material is applied to the laminated support sheet-dielectric elastomer film web while the laminated support sheet-dielectric elastomer film web is in a stretched state. The laminated support sheet-dielectric elastomer film web is relaxed to form the corrugated electrode on the dielectric elastomer film portion of the web. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034238 | LAMINATE BODY, METHOD, AND MATERIALS FOR TEMPORARY SUBSTRATE SUPPORT AND SUPPORT SEPARATION - A laminate body, method, and materials for temporary substrate support are provided. The laminate body can hold N and protect thin, brittle substrates such as flexible glass or thin semiconductor wafers during further processing such as vapor deposition or thinning by grinding. The provided laminate body, in one embodiment, includes a support, a release layer disposed upon the support, a joining layer disposed upon and in contact with the release layer, and a substrate disposed upon and in contact with the joining layer. The release layer can include an acrylic adhesive and an adhesion modifying agent. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034239 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEALING OPEN ENDS OF MULTI-WALL SHEETS - A device and a method allow for adhering sealing tape to open end of a multilayer sheet, usable at the production line and at the installation site. The device comprise means for applying pressure and heat onto the sealing tape and cutting blades for removing protruding edges of the sealing tape after it was adhered. The method comprise providing of a sealing tape, attaching and adhering the sealing tape to an open end of a multi-wall sheet by means of heat and/or pressure and adhesive and removal of protruding edges using cutting blades. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034240 | METHOD OF BONDING GLASS SUBSTRATE AND METAL SUBSTRATE - A bonding method for glass and metal requires a glass substrate and a metallic oxide film to be coated on a side of the glass substrate. A plurality of metallic oxide beads are impressed on a side of a metal substrate to be bonded. The glass substrate is placed on the metal substrate so the metallic oxide film makes contact with the metallic oxide beads, and the metallic oxide beads are heated to a melted state via a focusing laser, all the elements being pressed together at the same time and during slow cooling thereafter. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034241 | STRETCH RELEASE ARTICLE - Provided are adhesive articles and assemblies that include a flat and at least partially elastic backing along with a patterned adhesive coating on each side of the backing. When viewed from directions perpendicular to the backing, the adhesive on one side of the backing does not substantially overlap the adhesive on the opposing side of the backing. As a result, it is possible to use a stretch removable adhesive article that uses, for example, an aggressive adhesive to provide a reliable bond but still remove cleanly and easily from delicate substrates that would otherwise be damaged or destroyed if bonded with conventional adhesive constructions. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034242 | SCAFFOLD AND METHOD OF FORMING SCAFFOLD BY ENTANGLING FIBRES - A porous scaffold is provided, which comprises tangled fibres. A porous scaffold can be formed by applying a fluid to fibres to entangle them. The fibres comprise a polyelectrolyte complex and a cross-linker. The cross-linker links polyelectrolytes within individual fibres and inhibits secondary polyelectrolyte complication between adjacent fibres. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034243 | RESIN COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising (a) an unsaturated polyester resin and/or a methacrylate functional resin, wherein the resin composition further comprises an aromatic amine (b) according to formula (1) in which P | 2015-02-05 |
20150034244 | Adhesive and Use for Attachment to Microfiber Garments - The present invention relates to an adhesive and its use for attachment to microfiber garments. The adhesive provides peel strength, complex modulus and glass transition properties suitable for this application. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034245 | SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS - An inventive substrate treatment method includes a silylation step of supplying a silylation agent to a substrate, and an etching step of supplying an etching agent to the substrate after the silylation step. The method may further include a repeating step of repeating a sequence cycle including the silylation step and the etching step a plurality of times. The cycle may further include a rinsing step of supplying a rinse liquid to the substrate after the etching step. The cycle may further include a UV irradiation step of irradiating the substrate with ultraviolet radiation after the etching step. The method may further include a pre-silylation or post-silylation UV irradiation step of irradiating the substrate with the ultraviolet radiation before or after the silylation step. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034246 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING FASTENING FIXTURE AND FASTENING BASE - A chemical mechanical polishing fastening fixture includes a fastening base and a fastening ring. The fastening base includes an annular substrate having a first combining face and a plurality of protruded blocks annularly aligned on the first combining face. Each protruded block is made of polyphenylene sulfide and includes a first buckling face. The first buckling face is tilted from a root portion thereof toward an outer side of the protruded block along a plane radially extending from the annular substrate. The fastening ring has a second combing face and a plurality of first grooves. The first grooves are annularly aligned on the second combining face. Parts of a flange of each first groove are constituted of a second buckling face, and the second buckling face is tilted from a root portion thereof toward the second combining face. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034247 | AUTOMATED RESIN AND FIBER DEPOSITION FOR RESIN INFUSION - A composite structure is fabricated by laying up at least one ply of fiber reinforcement and at least one layer of resin on a tool. The resin film layer is formed by laying strips of resin film. The fiber reinforcement is infused with resin from the resin layer. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034248 | Apparatus and System for Three Dimensional Infrared Gradient Heating for Curing Powder Coatings on Porous Wood Products - The present invention has to do with an apparatus for generating a three dimension heating gradient field for curing powder coated wood products. The three dimension heating gradient field is generated with catalytic heater panels having independently adjustable angles and adjustable heat outputs. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034249 | APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for preparing an electrode assembly, comprising a printing unit including a charging mean for bringing polymer particles into electric charging to obtain electrically charged polymer particles, and a transferring mean for coating the electrically charged polymer particles by way of transferring on at least one surface of a substrate for an electrochemical device to form an adhesive layer on the substrate, the substrate being at least one of a cathode, an anode and a separator; and a laminating unit that applies heat and pressure to the substrate having the adhesive layer formed thereon so as to obtain the electrode assembly comprising the cathode, the anode and the separator interposed therebetween. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034250 | LAMINATING APPARATUS - The present invention is to provide a laminating apparatus which significantly improves the laminating efficiency of a workpiece such as a photovoltaic module. In order to significantly improve the laminating efficiency of a workpiece such as a photovoltaic module, at least one sub-laminating apparatus is disposed subsequent to a main laminating apparatus, a hot plate of the main laminating apparatus is formed in such a way that a heat-supplying section thereof configured to supply heat to the workpiece on the hot plate is made of a material having a thermal conductivity of not less than 110 (Wm | 2015-02-05 |
20150034251 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF ABSORBENT-ARTICLE - A manufacturing apparatus of an absorbent article with which stripe-shaped elastic members conveyed continuously are mounted on a web conveyed continuously includes a first rotation mechanism configured to convey the elastic members and a second rotation mechanism configured to convey the elastic members supplied from the first rotation mechanism. The distance between a separation point and a contact point is shorter than the turning radius of at least one of the first rotation mechanism and the second rotation mechanism. The rotating velocity of the second rotation mechanism is faster than the rotating velocity of the first rotation mechanism. The elastic members are elongated in the conveyance direction between the separation point and the contact point. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034252 | DEVICE FOR THE CREATION OF PACKAGED UNITS - An apparatus for receiving, from a wide container stream upstream from the apparatus, single-lane container streams and creating package units of containers includes a separating and/or combining unit, application elements, and a linear transporter. The unit separates and/or combines containers to form partial packaged units that are then combined into a package unit. The application elements are disposed so that at least one container of a package unit has, on a contact surface thereof, adhesive or glue. The linear transporter comprises transport elements circulate along a guide element, and a controllable drive. Each transport element of the linear transporter comprises as many head guides as there are containers in the package unit, each of which is axially movable or rotatable relative to the transport element. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034253 | METHOD FOR MOUNTING A TYRE ON A RIM OR DEMOUNTING A TYRE FROM A RIM AND APPARATUS THEREFORE - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for mounting a tyre on a rim or demounting a tyre from a rim. The method includes the steps of rotating the wheel (tyre/rim assembly) by an electric motor about an axis, checking the current consumption of the electric motor during the mounting and demounting operation, and continuously and automatically adjusting a specific combination of torque and speed of the electric motor during the mounting/demounting operation. The apparatus for mounting a tyre on a rim or demounting a tyre from a rim comprises an electric motor for rotating the wheel (rim/tyre assembly) about an axis, a sensing device for sensing the motor current and transmitting corresponding signals to a control device and an adjustment controller for continuously and automatically adjusting a specific combination of torque and speed of the electric motor during the mounting/demounting operation. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034254 | REMOVABLE BARRIER FOR PROTECTING TUNNELS AND OTHER STRUCTURES FROM FLOODING AND OTHER HAZARDS - A system for preventing fluid from entering a walled structure includes a support structure configured for fixing to at least one surface of the walled structure; and a barrier apparatus attachable and anchorable to the support structure, the barrier apparatus including a fluid retention member configured for intercepting a fluid entering the walled structure, and a collar for holding the fluid retention member against an interior surface of the walled structure, proximate the opening. As fluid enters the barrier apparatus, the pressure increases against the interior surface of the fluid retention member, pressing it against the walled structure. The collar in combination with the fluid retention member to which it is attached acts like a gasket to tighten a seal between the barrier apparatus and the walled structure. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034255 | Fly screen for window air conditioner unit - A fly screen for a window air conditioner provides an attachment providing an all-around screen around the entire edge of the opening. The all-around screen is secured tightly to all four sides of the air conditioner with an elastic seam. The all-around screen is box-shaped, and is provided in a variety of sizes to fit all window air conditioners that are commercially available. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034256 | CURTAIN AND CURTAIN STRUCTURE PRODUCING METHOD - This invention is a curtain production method which comprises the following processes:
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20150034257 | MOTORIZED SHEER SHADING SYSTEM - A motorized sheer shading system may move a sheer shade material between an open position, a closed position, and a view position. The shading system may move the sheer shade material from the open position to the closed position at a first average rotational speed, and from the closed position to the view position at a second average rotational speed. The shading system may automatically determine a control limit that corresponds to the closed position of the sheer shade material after control limits have been set for the open position and the view position. The shading system may cause the sheer shade material to stop moving once it reaches the closed position if the raise button of a remote control is still depressed, and may cause the sheer shade material to stop moving once it reaches the closed position if the lower button of the remote control is still depressed. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034258 | ARCHITECTURAL COVERING AND METHOD OF SETTING AT LEAST ONE POSITION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL COVERING - A architectural covering, such as a shutter, blind or shade, comprising a control unit for controlling a motor so as to adjust the position of the architectural covering, wherein the control unit includes a housing and a circuit means, which is provided with switching means which upon actuation allow for the setting of at least one position of the architectural covering in the circuit means. The housing includes a tool receiving section for releasable engagement with a tool for actuating the switching means. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034259 | ARCHITECTURAL COVERING HAVING A DRIVE MECHANISM - An architectural covering having a drive mechanism for extending and retracting a covering member between opposite first and second end positions. The drive mechanism includes an electric motor unit having a stationary end and a rotating end for rotating a winding core, such as a roller blind shaft, for receiving wound layers of a flexible element, such as a sheet of flexible material thereon. The drive mechanism further includes a motor head, separate from the electric motor unit, providing external electrical control for the motor unit via an electrical interface. A printed circuit board accommodated in the motor head may include at least one of end position limit switches, a switch for setting the first and second end positions, electronic communication means, or a remote control receiver. The electrical interface may include an electrical connector plug, an electrical socket, and/or an electrical cable. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034260 | ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS FOR SHADES - A motorized shading system may include a housing, a roller tube, a sheer shade material, and a bottom bar. The shading system may be configured such that opposed ends of the roller tube are adjustable relative to the housing. The shading system may include first and second sliding members that couple opposed ends of the roller tube to the housing and that are configured to translate along first and second rails defined by the housing. The bottom bar may define a cross-sectional profile such that when the shade material is in a closed position, a first lower most edge of the bottom bar is spaced from the roller tube by a first distance, and when the shade material is in a view position, a second lower most edge of the bottom bar is spaced from the roller tube by a second distance that is substantially equal to the first distance. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034261 | DEVICE FOR ROLLING UP AND UNROLLING A MATERIAL WEB ONTO AND FROM A SHAFT - The present invention discloses a device for rolling up and unrolling a material web ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034262 | COVERING FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL OPENING - A covering for an architectural opening comprising: a rail; a covering material, attached to said rail; at least two cords for guiding, supporting and/or lifting the covering material, the cords extending through the rail; and at least one weight disposed within the rail; characterised in that the rail comprises a longitudinally extending front portion, a longitudinally extending rear portion and a longitudinally extending central portion disposed between the front portion and the rear portion, and wherein said at least one weight is positioned at a location remote from the central portion. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034263 | METHOD FOR FIBRILLATION OF CELLULOSE AND FIBRIL CELLULOSE PRODUCT - A method for fibrillation of cellulose includes the following steps: introducing fibre pulp of anionic cellulose at a consistency of 1 to 4% into a homogenizer, and homogenizing fibre pulp in the homogenizer at a pressure of 200 to 1000 bar, advantageously 300 to 650 bar, and by using 2 to 4 passes through for the same fibre pulp under these conditions, and after passes through, taking pulp from the homogenizer, which pulp has been fibrillated by homogenization to a degree than can be expressed as Brookfield viscosity exceeding 10,000 mPa.s (consistency 0.8%, 10 rpm). | 2015-02-05 |
20150034264 | PAPER SUBSTRATES USEFUL IN WALLBOARD TAPE APPLICATIONS - This invention relates to paper products and/or substrates suitable for being made and/or converted into wallboard tape; which also may be known as joint tape and/or drywall tape, having a pH of at least 7.0 and containing a plurality of cellulose fibers, a wet strength additive, an alkaline sizing agent, and an anionic promoter, as well as methods of making and using the same. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034265 | METHOD OF CATCHING OVERFLOW OF A LIQUID FLUID UTILIZED TO CAST A COMPONENT - A method of catching overflow of a liquid fluid utilized to cast a component is disclosed. Sand is compacted to form a mold. A cutter of a cutting device is in a disengaged position spaced from a top surface of the mold when the cutting device is in a first position and the cutter is in an engaged position engaging the top surface of the mold when the cutting device is in a second position. The cutter is actuated when the cutting device is in the second position and the cutter is in the engaged position to remove sand from the top surface to define a recess therein to catch overflow of the liquid fluid. The recess is spaced from an opening. At least one blocking mechanism, blowing mechanism and adjustment mechanism is utilized to assist the cutting device. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034266 | BUILDING AND REPAIR OF HOLLOW COMPONENTS - A method of building or repair of a hollow superalloy component ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034267 | OVERFLOW SYSTEM FOR CASTING A COMPONENT - An overflow system for casting a component is disclosed. The system includes a mold formed of sand. The mold includes a top surface that defines an opening for receiving a liquid fluid. A trenching assembly includes a cutting device movable relative to a frame between a first position and a second position. The cutting device includes a cutter that is in a disengaged position spaced from the top surface when the cutting device is in the first position and in an engaged position engaging the top surface when the cutting device is in the second position. The cutter defines a recess in the top surface when the cutter is in the engaged position. The recess is spaced from the opening for receiving excess liquid fluid. The trenching assembly further includes at least one of a blocking mechanism, a blowing mechanism and an adjustment mechanism that assists the cutting device. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034268 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR PRODUCING A METAL STRIP - The invention relates to a method of producing a metal strip ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034269 | PULLING-UP-TYPE CONTINUOUS CASTING APPARATUS AND PULLING-UP-TYPE CONTINUOUS CASTING METHOD - A pulling-up-type continuous casting apparatus that lets molten metal solidify while pulling up a drawing section for drawing the molten metal from a molten-metal surface of the molten metal held in a holding furnace, and thereby shapes the molten metal, includes means for applying a non-contact force to held molten metal, the held molten metal being molten metal that has been drawn from the molten-metal surface by the drawing section but has not solidified yet. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034270 | AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM OF DATA CENTER USING HEAT PIPE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - An air conditioning system of data center using heat pipe includes a cooling room that allows air within the data center to be drawn in by a first fan and circulated and fed back to the data center; a heat radiation room located separately from the cooling room; a heat pipe installed such that evaporator and condenser are located in the cooling room and heat radiation room, respectively; a sprayer installed in the heat radiation room and provided with a plurality of spray nozzles for spraying cooling fluid to the condenser; a cooling unit installed in the cooling room and cooling the air that passed the evaporator through heat exchange; dry bulb temperature measurement unit and wet bulb temperature measurement unit; and a control unit that receives the detection signal from the dry and wet bulb temperature measurement units and controls the sprayer and the cooling unit. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034271 | LIQUID COOLING APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a liquid cooling apparatus, which includes a cold plate ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034272 | Device For The Thermal Management Of A Cabin And Of A Drivetrain Of A Vehicle - The invention relates to a device ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034273 | Hybrid Ground Water and Heat Pump System - The present development is a building air cooling system using cool ground water, e.g. well water. Building air is cooled by coming into direct contact with cool ground water in a compact chamber using PVC packing for maximizing heat transfer efficiency, conserving space and reducing the required ground water pumping power consumption without requiring expensive compression and expansion cycles of the traditional air conditioning systems. If additional cooling is desirable, a second stage traditional air conditioning or heat pump system may also be used. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034274 | Device for removing samples from a material flow - In a device for taking samples from a material flow of fine-grained and dry material, in particular in the cement industry, comprising an upwardly open sample chamber ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034275 | HEAT EXCHANGING SYSTEM OF VENDING MACHINE - A heat exchanging system is disclosed. The heat exchanging system includes an evaporator configured for cooling an electronic device, a heater configured for heating an electronic device, and a fan located between the evaporator and the heater. When the evaporator is operated to cool air, the heater is stopped, and the cooled air flows in the electronic device under an action of the fan to cool the electronic device. When the heater is operated to heat air, the evaporator is stopped, and the heated air flows in the electronic device under the action of the fan to heat the electronic device. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034276 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING THE EFFECT OF AMBIENT CONDITIONS ON THE OPERATION OF A HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger system for cooling liquid having a plurality of finned tube arrays and a plurality of fans for inducing air through the finned tube array comprising: at least one wind deflector installed along the long side of the finned tube arrays on at least one side of the arrays. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034277 | COOLING TOWER FILL - A fill sheet for use in a fill arrangement in a direct heat exchange section of a cooling tower is provided. Each fill sheet includes ridges, grooves, separators, that improve the performance of the fill sheet arrangement when installed as a direct heat exchange section of a cooling tower. The separators are located in minor air paths between the fill sheet to improve the air flow capabilities and performance of the direct heat exchange section. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034278 | HEAT PIPE MATRIX FOR ELECTRONICS COOLING - A heat pipe system and methods of arranging a heat pipe system are provided. The heat pipe system includes a plurality of heat pipes, with each of the plurality of heat pipes including a hot end thermally coupled to a heat source and a cold end thermally coupled to a heat sink The plurality of heat pipes include a first pair of heat pipes. When the plurality of heat pipes are secured to a rotatable body, the first pair of heat pipes are aligned with and oriented in opposing directions along a first axis of rotation of the rotatable body. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034279 | LIQUID NITROGEN & CARBON DIOXIDE THERMO VANES COLD TRAP EXCHANGER - A cold trap heat exchanger with a horizontal and vertical arrangement of vaporization chambers, with vibration pads for vehicle use. Vaporization pipes each have a series of thermo vanes mounted on horizontal arranged pipes. This fluid controls the vaporization of the liquid fluid and surface area causing a liquid film on surface area varies of both tubes and pipes to occur, and this increases the facilitate refrigeration. The pneumatic chambers are filled with liquid N | 2015-02-05 |
20150034280 | HEADER FOR ELECTRONIC COOLER - A fluid cooler packet for a plurality of electronic components has a plurality of individual cooling circuits for receiving a supply of cooling fluid from a supply header and delivering that cooling fluid to an associated electronic component. The plurality of cooling circuits each includes a return passage for receiving a return fluid after having cooled the associated electronic component, and returns the return fluid to a return header. A volume of the supply header decreases in a downstream direction as it passes over the plurality of individual cooling circuits. A volume of the return header increases as it moves in a downstream direction over the plurality of individual cooling circuits. An electronic component array is also disclosed. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034281 | HEAT EXCHANGING APPARATUS - A heat exchanging apparatus comprises a first heat exchanger, oil cooler, arranged to allow ambient air to pass therethrough and a second heat exchanger, radiator, adjacent the first heat exchanger and arranged to allow air exiting the first heat exchanger to pass therethrough. The apparatus further comprises a third heat exchanger comprising two or more interconnected heat exchanging cores, charge air coolers. Each core is arranged to allow ambient air to pass therethrough. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034282 | FACE PLUMBING ADAPTER FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER ASSEMBLY - A face plumbing adapter having a block portion and a camber portion is provided for a manifold of a heat exchanger assembly. The block portion includes an external planar face, a first mating surface opposite that of the planar face, and an aperture having a B-axis extending through the planar face and first mating surface. The camber portion extends integrally from the block portion in a direction away from the planar face and curving inward toward the B-Axis. The camber portion is biased toward the block portion such that the face plumbing adapter would clinch onto the manifold. The block and camber portions include respective mating surfaces that are complementary to the exterior surface area of the manifold onto which the mating surfaces are affixed. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034283 | ARCHITECTURAL HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGE - An architectural heat and moisture exchanger. The exchanger defines an interior channel which is divided into a plurality of sub-channels by a membrane configured to allow passage of water vapor and to prevent substantial passage of air. In some embodiments, the exchanger includes an opaque housing configured to form a portion of a building enclosure, such as an exterior wall, an interior wall, a roof, a floor, or a foundation. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034284 | RETURN WATERBOX FOR HEAT EXCHANGER - A return waterbox for a heat exchanger, such as a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, is provided. The return waterbox may include an insert configured to direct a fluid flow(s) in the return waterbox. In some embodiments, such as in a two-pass heat exchanger, the insert can be configured to receive water from one portion of the heat exchanger tubes in the first pass and redirect the received water to another portion of the heat exchanger tubes in the second pass. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034285 | HIGH-PRESSURE PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger plate has multiple structures thereon. A heat transfer portion has a plurality of ribs arranged in a rib pattern. A fluid ingress structure is arranged near a first corner of the heat exchanger plate. The structure includes a first open fluid aperture defined in the heat exchanger plate, and a first platform arranged between the first open fluid aperture and the first corner. The first platform is connected to a rib of the rib pattern. A fluid bypass structure is arranged near a second corner. The fluid bypass structure includes a closed fluid aperture defined in the heat exchanger plate, a second platform completely surrounding the closed fluid aperture, and a first corner rib arranged between the second platform and the second corner. The first corner rib is connected to a rib of the rib pattern. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034286 | PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - Disclosed is a method for producing a permanently joined plate heat exchanger comprising a plurality of metal heat exchanger plates having a solidus temperature above 1100° C., provided beside each other and forming a plate package with first plate interspaces for a first medium and second plate interspaces for a second medium, wherein the first and second plate interspaces are provided in an alternating order in the plate package. Each heat exchanger plate comprises a heat transfer area and an edge area which extend around the heat transfer area. The heat transfer area comprises a corrugation of elevations and depressions, wherein said corrugation of the plates are provided by pressing the plates. Also disclosed is a plate heat exchanger produced by the method. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034287 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR COOLING A VEHICLE BATTERY, IN PARTICULAR FOR HYBRID OR ELECTRIC VEHICLES - A heat exchanger for cooling a vehicle battery, in particular for hybrid or electric vehicles, having at least one fluid collector made of plastic, which is connected to at least one cooling element. In a heat exchanger in which the energy efficiency of the motor vehicle is increased, the cooling element is designed as a plastic tube, in which a fluid is conducted from the first fluid collector to a second fluid collector. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034288 | Flat Plate Cooling Device and Method for Using the Same - In a cooling device using an ebullient cooling system, a cooling device becomes larger when a degree of freedom of the arrangement in installing it in electronic equipment is increased, and that it is impossible to obtain a sufficient degree of freedom of the arrangement, therefore, a flat plate cooling device according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes a plate-like container including a first flat plate and a second flat plate opposite to the first flat plate; a refrigerant enclosed in the plate-like container; and a guiding wall unit connecting the first flat plate to the second flat plate and controlling a flow of the refrigerant in the plate-like container; wherein the plate-like container includes a heat receiving area which is thermally connected to a heating element disposed on at least one of the first flat plate and the second flat plate; and the guiding wall unit includes a pair of guiding walls, and the guiding walls are disposed on opposite sides of the heat receiving area. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034289 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND CORRUGATED FIN THEREOF - A heat exchanger including a plurality of horizontally arranged tubes, headers to support the tubes and to enable a refrigerant to flow in the tubes, and a corrugated fin horizontally disposed between the tubes, wherein the corrugated fins includes a vertical fin body, flat contact parts formed at an upper part and a lower part of the fin body, the flat contact parts being in surface contact with a top and a bottom of the tubes, and curved contact parts extending from opposite ends of the flat contact parts, the curved contact parts being in surface contact with the sides of the tubes, the fin body includes drainage guides formed outside the flat contact parts in a lateral direction, and each drainage guide includes protruding parts protruding more upward and downward than the flat contact parts. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034290 | AIR HANDLER WITH A LEAK FREE CONTROLS ENCLOSURE - An air handler configured with a second enclosure disposed within the first enclosure to create a continuous airflow passageway, wherein access to the second enclosure does not interrupt the continuous airflow passageway. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034291 | Heat dissipation case - A heat dissipation case is used to dissipate heat of electronic equipment and contains: a body. The body includes a receiving chamber for receiving electronic equipment and a dissipation groove defined thereon and corresponding to the receiving chamber, wherein the metal plate and the dissipating piece are stacked in the dissipation groove, and electronic equipment is received in the receiving chamber and contacts with the dissipating piece so as to dissipates heat of the electronic equipment. The metal plate has a peripheral side retained in the body. The peripheral side of the metal plate extends into the metal plate completely, and an area of the metal plate is larger than that of the dissipating piece. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034292 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A HEAT SINK - A method for fabricating a straight fin heat sink ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034293 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus according to the present invention includes at least indoor heat exchangers. In response to a request to increase heat exchange performance from the indoor heat exchanger, the air-conditioning apparatus decreases a heat exchange capacity of an outdoor heat exchanger and controls an opening degree of an expansion valve corresponding to the indoor heat exchanger a to decrease a flow rate of a refrigerant that flows through the indoor heat exchanger. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034294 | Submersible Electrical Machine and Method - A submersible electrical machine includes a first magnetic package spaced axially from a second magnetic package, a first stator displaced axially from the first magnetic package by a first air gap, a second stator displaced axially from the second magnetic package by a second air gap. The electrical machine can be operated as a generator or as a motor. When operating as a generator, a turbine can rotate the magnetic packages relative to the stators in response to fluid flowing axially across the electrical machine. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034295 | Wellhead Protector - A wellhead protector for inhibiting damage to a wellhead of an oil or gas well. The protector includes a skid having a first runner with a first end and a second end, a second runner with a first end and a second end, with the second runner spaced a distance from the first runner, and a first cross member connected between the first runner and the second runner. A cover is positioned above said skid, with the cover having a closable opening. Rollers are connected to the cover and in contact with said skid so the skid is movable relative to the cover. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034296 | LOW PROFILE, HIGH CAPACITY BALL INJECTOR - An injector spool supports a plurality of ball injector assemblies having respective ball cartridges adapted to load one frac ball at a time into a ball chamber of a ball launcher of the respective ball injector assemblies to provide a low profile, high capacity ball injector. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034297 | Push / pull system and support structure for snubbing unit or the like on a rig floor - In one aspect the invention provides a support structure for use on a rig floor and for supporting a unit used to manipulate tubular components through a wellhead, the support structure comprises a first section, a second section and a central passage of sufficient diameter to allow passage of the tubular components therethrough. When the first section and the second section are assembled together, said sections together are suitable to support said unit used to manipulate tubular components through a wellhead. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034298 | INTENSIFIER RAM BLOWOUT PREVENTER - An apparatus for containing pressure associated with a well includes a ram fluid chamber, a ram piston, and an intensifier piston within a housing. The ram piston has ends associated with a ram and with the ram fluid chamber. The intensifier piston has ends associated with the ram fluid chamber and a fluid source. The end of the intensifier piston associated with the fluid source has a larger surface area than the end associated with the ram fluid chamber. Fluid from the fluid source applies a first pressure to the second end of the intensifier piston to move the intensifier piston. Movement of the intensifier piston applies a second pressure greater than the first pressure to fluid in the ram fluid chamber to move the ram piston and associated ram toward a closed position. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034299 | WELL PACKER WITH SHOCK DISSIPATION FOR SETTING MECHANISM - A packer assembly can include a setting mechanism with a shock dissipation device that deforms and thereby dissipates shock produced by the setting mechanism. A method of constructing a packer assembly can include assembling a setting mechanism by releasably securing a piston of the setting mechanism, the piston displacing in response to a predetermined pressure differential being applied across the piston, and positioning a shock dissipation device with the piston, the shock dissipation device dissipating shock produced by displacement of the piston when the predetermined pressure differential is applied. Another packer assembly can include a setting mechanism which outwardly extends a seal element and/or a gripping device, the setting mechanism including a shock dissipation device which deforms and thereby dissipates shock produced by the setting mechanism, and the shock dissipation device including a generally tubular member having multiple openings formed through a wall of the tubular member. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034300 | WELL PACKER WITH NONROTATING MANDREL LOCK DEVICE - A method of constructing a packer assembly can include installing a body lock ring on a mandrel, and then outwardly surrounding the body lock ring with a structure displaceable relative to the mandrel by a setting mechanism. A packer assembly can include a setting mechanism which displaces a structure relative to a mandrel, and a mandrel lock device which permits one way displacement of the structure relative to the mandrel, the mandrel lock device including a body lock ring and a bias sleeve which urges the body lock ring into gripping engagement with the mandrel, the bias sleeve and the structure being separate elements of the packer assembly. The bias sleeve can be secured against rotation relative to the mandrel while the structure is rotatable relative to the mandrel. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034301 | ECONOMICAL CONSTRUCTION OF WELL SCREENS - A well screen for use in a subterranean well can include a loose filter media, a sandstone, a square weave mesh material, a foam, and/or a nonmetal mesh material. A method of installing a well screen in a subterranean well can include dispersing a material in a filter media of the well screen, after the well screen has been installed in the well, thereby permitting a fluid to flow through the filter media. A method of constructing a well screen can include positioning a loose filter media in an annular space between a base pipe and a shroud, so that the filter media filters fluid which flows through a wall of the base pipe. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034302 | CASING FILLING TOOL - Present embodiments are directed to a tubular filling tool. In certain embodiments, the tubular filling tool includes a conductor pipe configured to receive a filling fluid flow from a top drive and a diffuser block communicatively coupled to the conductor pipe and configured to receive the filling fluid flow from the conductor pipe, wherein the diffuser block comprises a plurality of fluid passages extending to external passages formed in an outer diameter of the diffuser block and configured to facilitate passage of the filling fluid flow to the external passages from within the diffuser block, wherein the external passages are configured to generate a swirl flow pattern in the filling fluid flow during a tubular filling process. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034303 | HYDROCARBON RESOURCE HEATING SYSTEM INCLUDING SLEEVED BALUN AND RELATED METHODS - A system for heating hydrocarbon resources in a subterranean formation having a wellbore therein includes a coaxial transmission line, a balun, and a radio frequency (RF) antenna coupled together in series and configured to be positioned in the wellbore so that the RF antenna heats the hydrocarbon resources in the subterranean formation. The coaxial transmission line includes an inner conductor and an outer conductor surrounding the inner conductor. The balun includes an outer conductive sleeve having a proximal end coupled to the outer conductor of the coaxial transmission line and a medial portion coupled to the inner conductor of the coaxial transmission line. The balun also includes an inner tubular conductor extending longitudinally within the outer conductive sleeve between the outer conductor of the coaxial transmission line and the RF antenna. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034304 | HYDROCARBON RESOURCE HEATING SYSTEM INCLUDING BALUN HAVING A FERRITE BODY AND RELATED METHODS - A system for heating hydrocarbon resources in a subterranean formation having a wellbore therein includes a coaxial transmission line, a balun, and a radio frequency (RF) antenna coupled together in series and configured to be positioned in the wellbore so that the RF antenna heats the hydrocarbon resources in the subterranean formation. The coaxial transmission line includes an inner conductor and an outer conductor surrounding the inner conductor. The balun includes an outer conductive sleeve having a proximal end coupled to the outer conductor of the coaxial transmission line and a medial portion coupled to the inner conductor of the coaxial transmission line. An inner tubular conductor extends longitudinally within the outer conductive sleeve between the outer conductor of the coaxial transmission line and the RF antenna. The balun also includes a ferrite body surrounding the inner tubular conductor at the proximal end. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034305 | Acoustic Coupling of Electrical Power and Data between Downhole Devices - An apparatus for communicating electrical power and data between downhole devices. The apparatus includes a wellbore tubular having a wall. An electrical device is positioned in a wellbore region to an exterior of the wellbore tubular. A first acoustic coupling element is positioned to the exterior of the wellbore tubular and is electrically connected to the electrical device. A second acoustic coupling element is positioned to an interior of the wellbore tubular. The second acoustic coupling element is operable to transmit electrical power to and receive data from the first acoustic coupling element through communication of acoustic signals through the wall of the wellbore tubular. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034306 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING RELATIVE DEPTH OF AN ACOUSTIC EVENT WITHIN A WELLBORE - The present disclosure is directed at a method and system for determining relative depth of an acoustic event within a wellbore. The method includes obtaining two acoustic signals at two different and known depths in the wellbore, in which each of the acoustic signals includes the acoustic event; dividing each of the acoustic signals into windows; determining cross-correlations of pairs of the windows, in which each of the pairs includes one window from one of the acoustic signals and another window from the other of the acoustic signals that at least partially overlap each other in time; and determining the relative depth of the acoustic event relative to the two known depths from the cross-correlations. The acoustic event may represent, for example, fluid flowing from formation into the wellbore (or vice-versa) or fluid flowing across any casing or tubing located within the wellbore. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034307 | DYNAMIC IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF RESERVOIR WETTABILITY - Methods and systems for in-situ characterization of a reservoir rock are provided. One method includes: (a) sealing an interval corresponding to a selected depth or depths within the subterranean formation; (b) injecting a displacement fluid into the interval, wherein the displacement fluid displaces a reservoir fluid stored in the reservoir rock; (c) monitoring movement of the displacement fluid or the reservoir fluid in the reservoir rock; and (d) assessing wettability of the reservoir rock based on (c) or determining recovery rate of the reservoir fluid. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034308 | Oil and Gas Fracture Liquid Tracing with Oligonucleotides - Methods of tracing fracking liquid in oil or gas bearing formations using plural unique oligonucleotide markers. Method includes pumping the plural volumes of fracking liquid, each marked with a unique oligonucleotide, into the formation, thereby defining plural fracture zones in the formation, and, pumping fluids out of the formation while taking plural fluid samples. Then, analyzing the concentration of the unique oligonucleotides in each of the plural fluid samples, and, calculating the ratio of each of the plural volumes of fracking liquid recovered for each of the plural fluid samples according to the concentration of the unique oligonucleotides present in each of the plural samples. And, then, establishing the quantity of the plural volumes of fracking liquids removed from the plural fracture zones. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034309 | Oil and Gas Fracture Liquid Tracing Using DNA - Tracing fracking liquid in oil and gas wells using unique DNA sequences. For each of the DNA sequences, bonding to magnetic core particles, and encapsulating them with silica. Pumping the volumes of fracking liquid, each marked with one of the unique DNA sequences, into the well. Pumping fluids out of the well while taking fluid samples. For each of the plural fluid samples, gathering the silica encapsulated DNA using magnetic attraction with the magnetic core particles, dissolving away the silica shells, thereby separating the plural unique DNA sequences form the magnetic core particles, and analyzing the concentration of the unique DNA sequences in each of the plural fluid samples. Then, calculating the ratio of each of the volumes of fracking liquid recovered for each of the fluid samples, and thereby establishing the quantity of the volumes of fracking liquids removed from the fracture zones. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034310 | COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING OIL RECOVERY - Described herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for enhancing oil recovery. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034311 | Apparatus And Method Of Concentric Cement Bonding Operations Before And After Cementation - Method and apparatus for deploying at least one repeatable signal to empirically measure cement bonding before and after operating a tool string assembly comprising a selectively arrangeable tool assembly of a downhole drive tool usable for operating a downhole placement tool with shaft and axial displacement member extendable and retractable therefrom to radially deploy and operate at least one conduit and downhole coupling tool for placing cement and at least one inner conduit proximally concentrically within a surrounding bore, wherein said drive coupling tool is further usable for transmitting or receiving, through a conductance well element into a memory tool, to measure cement bonding about said surrounding bore before and after concentrically cleaning and coupling cement to at least one conduit and surrounding bore. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034312 | Magnetic Latching Device For Downhole Wellbore Intercept Operations - A downhole magnetic latching tool includes at least one permanent magnet deployed on a non-magnetic tool body. A magnetically permeable housing is deployed about the permanent magnet. The magnetic latching tool provides an attractive magnetic force between a drill string and a cased target wellbore. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034313 | IN SITU COMBUSTION WITH A MOBILE FLUID ZONE - A process for hydrocarbon recovery from an oil sands reservoir having a mobile fluid zone above a bitumen zone. The process includes generating, in the bitumen zone a mobilized and through a mobility enhancing process. The process also includes recovering at least some of the original oil-in-place and injecting an oxidizing gas through an oxidizing gas injection well into the reservoir to support in situ combustion in the reservoir. The process includes generating fluid communication between the mobile fluid zone and the mobilized zone and recovering hydrocarbons mobilized by the in situ combustion using a hydrocarbon production well that is in fluid communication with the mobile fluid zone and the mobilized zone. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034314 | COATED PARTICLES AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE AND USE - Disclosed are coated particles, such as proppants, processes for their preparation and methods for using such particles, such as in a hydraulic fracturing process. The coated particles include a coating that includes a crystalline or semicrystalline polyester/polyurethane having a decrystallization temperature of at least 35° C. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034315 | VISCOSIFIED ACID FLUID AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF - A method includes providing an oilfield treatment fluid including an aqueous HCl solution having greater than 15% HCl by weight, and a fixing agent (FA) in a molar ratio of FA:HCl of between 0.5 and 2.5 inclusive. The FA is urea and/or a urea derivative. The oilfield treatment fluid further includes a viscosifying agent that is not a plant-based polysaccharide gum. The method further includes providing the oilfield treatment fluid to a high pressure pump, and operating the high pressure pump to treat a formation fluidly coupled to a wellbore. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034316 | ANNULAR BARRIER HAVING EXPANSION TUBES - The present invention relates to an annular barrier ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034317 | METHOD OF WELL OPERATION - Method and use of abandoning a well ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150034318 | AQUEOUS SOLUTION AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF - A method of treating a formation includes preparing an aqueous solution having HCl in an amount between greater than 15% and 45.7% by weight, inclusive. The prepared aqueous solution includes a fixing agent (FA) present in a molar ratio of FA:HCl between 0.15 and 2.5 inclusive, where the FA is urea and/or a urea derivative, and further includes water present in an amount sufficient to dissolve the HCl and the FA. The aqueous solution includes substantially no polysaccharides. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034319 | H2S SCAVENGERS WITH SYNERGISTIC CORROSION INHIBITION - Triazine hydrogen sulfide (H | 2015-02-05 |
20150034320 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING PETROLEUM AND GENERATING ELECTRICITY USING NATURAL GAS OR LOCAL PETROLEUM - One embodiment is a method for extracting oil from a near-depleted oil well. A portable natural gas, methane, or petroleum reformer is brought to a site of the oil well. A quantity of natural gas, methane, or a portion of the locally produced petroleum and a quantity of water is fed into the reformer. The natural gas, methane, or petroleum is reacted with the water in the reformer to generate a driver gas containing a mixture of hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide gas. The driver gas is compressed to a pressure appropriate for the oil well, the driver gas is injected into the oil well, and the oil is recovered from the near-depleted oil well. In one embodiment, sulfur is first removed from the natural gas or crude petroleum. Another embodiment is a method for generating electricity without greenhouse gas emissions. The driver gas is separated into a substantially hydrogen stream and a substantially carbon dioxide stream prior to injecting the driver gas into the oil well, and the hydrogen stream is used to generate electricity. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034321 | Downhole Spear Having Mechanical Release Mechanism for Use in Wellbores and Methods of Using Same - A downhole retrieval tool for engaging and retrieving an object from a wellbore includes a mandrel and a grapple having a contracted position and an expanded position. In the expanded position, the grapple engages the object for retrieval. The grapple is operably associated with an expansion member disposed on the mandrel to facilitate movement of the grapple between the contracted and expanded positions. The expansion member is releasably connected to the mandrel. In the event that the downhole tool and object, once secured to each other, are unable to be retrieved from the wellbore, the expansion member can be released from the mandrel which, in turn, causes the grapple to release from the object so that the downhole tool can be removed from the wellbore. A stored energy member facilitates movement of the grapple from the contracted position to the expanded position. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034322 | STEAM GENERATION WITH CARBON DIOXIDE RECYCLE - Systems and methods relate to recovering hydrocarbons by injecting into a reservoir steam along with carbon dioxide recovered from flue gases produced while generating the steam and from separation of produced fluids. Due to benefits from the carbon dioxide injection, carbon dioxide capture rates from the flue gases selected below fifty percent in such combined recovery of the carbon dioxide enables lower fuel consumption even given that additional fuel is needed for the carbon dioxide capture versus steam only operations. As the capture rates from the flue gases increase above fifty percent like when employed for sequestration purposes, such approaches use more fuel than the steam only operations and may not be cost efficient. A carbon dioxide recovery unit coupled to an air-fired boiler or an auxiliary oxy-fired boiler may supply the carbon dioxide recovered from the flue gases. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034323 | SAND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY - A technique facilitates a more desirable inflow distribution of fluid along a tubing string deployed in a wellbore. The technique comprises providing a tubing string with a plurality of flow control devices and conveying the tubing string downhole into the wellbore. An injection fluid is pumped down along an interior of the tubing string and out through the plurality of flow control devices for entry into the surrounding formation. Based on a function of this injection flow, the flow areas of the flow control devices are adjusted to improve the subsequent distribution of inflowing fluids. The injection and the subsequent adjustment of flow areas as a function of the injection flow through each flow control device may be repeated for continued improvement, e.g. continued optimization, of the inflow distribution. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034324 | VALVE ASSEMBLY - A system that is usable with a well includes a string and valve assemblies that are disposed on the string. The valve assembly includes at least one control port and at least one radial fluid communication port. The valve assembly is adapted to serially receive an untethered object deployed in the string such that receipt of the object by a valve assembly of the plurality of valve assemblies creates a fluid obstruction to cause the valve assembly to expose the at least one control port of the valve assembly; serially release the untethered object; and jointly respond to pressurization of the string to open the radial fluid communication ports. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034325 | Inclined Wellbore Optimization for Artificial Lift Applications - A system for removing liquids from an inclined wellbore includes a plug member positioned within a heel section of the inclined wellbore, the plug member including an orifice therethrough; a first tubular member having a first end for providing fluid flow from the first portion of the wellbore to the second portion of the wellbore, a second end positioned at least partially within the second portion of the wellbore and providing fluid flow from the first portion of the wellbore to the second portion of the wellbore; a second tubular member positioned within the second portion of the wellbore, the second tubular member having a first end for receiving fluid from the second portion of the wellbore, the second end positioned adjacent the surface of the inclined wellbore; and a pump for pumping fluid from the second tubular member to the surface. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034326 | System and Method for Managing Heave Pressure from a Floating Rig - A system compensates for heave induced pressure fluctuations on a floating rig when a drill string or tubular is lifted off bottom and suspended on the rig, such as when tubular connections are made during MPD, tripping, or when a kick is circulated out during conventional drilling. In one embodiment, a liquid and a gas interface moves along a flow line between a riser and a gas accumulator as the tubular moves up and down. In another embodiment, a pressure relief valve or adjustable choke allows the movement of fluid from the riser when the tubular moves down, and a pump with a pressure regulator moves fluid to the riser when the tubular moves up. In other embodiments, a piston connected with the rig or the riser telescoping joint moves in a fluid container thereby communicating a required amount of the fluid either into or out of the riser annulus. The system also compensates for heave induced pressure fluctuations on a floating rig when a riser telescoping joint located below a RCD is moving while drilling. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034327 | DRILLING SYSTEM HAVING SLOT FOR UNDERWATER STORAGE OF BOP ASSEMBLY - A drilling system includes a derrick installed on a platform of a stationary floating structure. An activity forms a borehole in a sea-bed, and carries out installation of a casing pipe assembly and a BOP assembly in the formed borehole. A BOP trolley forms the BOP assembly together with the activity, and moves while supporting the formed BOP assembly thereon. A slot is formed on a work stand of a moon pool for underwater storage of the BOP assembly so as to extend parallel with the direction of movement of the BOP trolley, and suppresses shaking of risers when the BOP assembly positioned underwater is moved by the BOP trolley and the BOP assembly is moved to an underwater storage position. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034328 | GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A well pipe provides for air sparging and soil vapor extraction for groundwater remediation at a single point of entry. An elongated well pipe is provided with a plurality of openings at an upper section and a lower section of the pipe and a packer member for separating the two sections. A conduit for delivering compressed air passes through the packer member into the lower section of the well tube for providing air sparging below the water table level in the ground and a vacuum source is connected to an upper end of the well pipe for drawing vapors from the vadose region in the ground into the pipe through the openings in the upper section of the well tube for transport on to a remediation destination. The conduit is adapted for delivery of remedial enhancing amendments into the surrounding ground through the lower section of the well pipe to further treat the contamination below the ground surface. | 2015-02-05 |
20150034329 | Downhole Tool and Method - A downhole tool ( | 2015-02-05 |