Kenneth W Pope

US Patent:

51234408, Jun 23, 1992

Filed:

Feb 11, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/653718

Inventors:

James L. Houston - Tulsa OK
Kenneth E. Pope - Wagoner OK

International Classification:

F16K 2504

US Classification:

137375

Abstract:

A slide valve for use in applications where gated fluid temperatures may exceed approximately 1600. degree. F. and exterior valve wall temperatures may be less than approxiamtely 600. degree. F. connects the valve bed plate to the valve body by use of a ring of conical cross section which is resiliently flexible in a response to thermal expansion or contraction of the ring so as to maintain the valve bed plate in a fixed relationship with respect to the valve body over a preselected temperature range. In one preferred embodiment of the invention, the valve orifice is propped against the valve bed plate by supports mounted on gussets that have grooves alternately spaced in their opposite faces so as to provide a heat sink between the orifice and the valve body. In another preferred embodiment intended for use in applications where the gated fluid temperature ranges from approximately 1000. degree. F. or less to an exterior valve body temperature of 600. degree. F.

US Patent:

42241243, Sep 23, 1980

Filed:

Aug 30, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/071154

Inventors:

Kenneth E. Pope - Tulsa OK

Assignee:

Combustion Engineering, Inc. - Windsor CT

International Classification:

B03C 500

US Classification:

204186

Abstract:

An electrode is fluid-coupled to the driven electrode, which is directly connected to either an AC or a DC source of potential. The driven electrode is provided with the usual ground electrode to establish the electrostatic field of a coalescing system. The electrode fluid-coupled to the driven electrode is positioned to establish two zones in the electrostatic field. A fluid mixture is passed through the two zones of the electrostatic field, in sequence. The intensity of the field in the first zone decreases as the dispersed polar fluid of the mixture increases, in relation to the less polar fluids of the mixture. At the same time, the field in the second zone increases in intensity. The field gradient shifts between the two zones, in accordance with the quantity of the polar fluid in the mixture passed through the zones in the field, in sequence.

US Patent:

42005167, Apr 29, 1980

Filed:

Jul 28, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/929045

Inventors:

Kenneth E. Pope - Tulsa OK

Assignee:

Combustion Engineering, Inc. - Windsor CT

International Classification:

C10G 3302

US Classification:

204302

Abstract:

An electrode is fluid-coupled to the driven electrode, which is directly connected to either an AC or a DC source of potential. The driven electrode is provided with the usual ground electrode to establish the electrostatic field of a coalescing system. The electrode fluid-coupled to the driven electrode is positioned to establish two zones in the electrostatic field. A fluid mixture is passed through the two zones of the electrostatic field, in sequence. The intensity of the field in the first zone decreases as the dispersed polar fluid of the mixture increases, in relation to the less polar fluids of the mixture. At the same time, the field in the second zone increases in intensity. The field gradient shifts between the two zones, in accordance with the quantity of the polar fluid in the mixture passed through the zones in the field, in sequence.