Eric H Rasmussen

US Patent:

20210299595, Sep 30, 2021

Filed:

Mar 31, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/835537

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Sander Baaren - Houston TX, US
Eric Rasmussen - Austin TX, US
Richard Minter - Sealy TX, US

International Classification:

B01D 21/32
B04C 5/00
B01D 21/26
B01D 21/34
B01D 21/24
B01D 21/30
E21B 43/26

Abstract:

One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a separator vessel that is adapted to separate solids particles from a flow of a multi-phase fluid, a differential pressure sensing system that is adapted to measure a differential pressure of a column of the multi-phase fluid in the separator vessel and a control system that is adapted to determine at least one of a level, volume or weight of the separated solids particles within the separator vessel based upon at least the measured differential pressure of the column of the multi-phase fluid in the separator vessel.

US Patent:

20210252431, Aug 19, 2021

Filed:

Jun 12, 2019

Appl. No.:

17/252133

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Eric Rasmussen - Houston TX, US
Sander Baaren - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

FMC Technologies, Inc. - Houston TX

International Classification:

B01D 21/34
B01D 21/32
B01D 21/30
B01D 21/24
B04C 11/00
B04C 5/14
E21B 43/34
G01N 11/00
G01N 9/36
G01F 23/00

Abstract:

A system () includes a separator vessel () that is adapted to separate solids particles () from a flow of a multi-phase fluid (), a level sensor () that is coupled to the separator vessel (), wherein the level sensor () includes a viscosity sensor that is adapted to measure changes in the viscosity of a fluid mixture that includes the solids particles () that are separated from the flow of multi-phase fluid () by the separator vessel (), and a control system () that is adapted to determine a level of the separated solids particles () accumulated in the separator vessel () from the changes in the viscosity of the fluid mixture measured by the viscosity sensor.