公开(公告)号：US20120097578A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-26

申请号：US13332946

申请日：2011-12-21

申请人： John White ,  Francis Eugene Parsche ,  Victor Hernandez ,  Derik T. Ehresman ,  Mark E. Blue

发明人： John White ,  Francis Eugene Parsche ,  Victor Hernandez ,  Derik T. Ehresman ,  Mark E. Blue

IPC分类号： C10G32/04

CPC分类号： C10G1/04 ,  C10G2300/805

摘要： Equipment and a process for separating bitumen from oil sand in a process stream are described. The equipment includes several processing vessels and one or more local area radio frequency applicators to selectively heat the process stream in local areas of the equipment. The local area can be adjacent to an input or output of a component of the equipment. Also described is equipment for processing an oil sand—water slurry, including a slurrying vessel, a slurry pipe, and a local area radio frequency applicator. The local area radio frequency applicator is located outside of the slurry pipe, and heats the local area without significantly heating the contents of the slurrying vessel or of the downstream portion of the slurry pipe.

摘要翻译： 描述了在工艺流中将沥青与油砂分离的设备和方法。 该设备包括若干处理容器和一个或多个局域射频施加器，用于选择性地加热设备局部区域中的工艺流。 局部区域可以与设备的部件的输入或输出相邻。 还描述了一种用于加工油砂浆的设备，包括浆料容器，浆料管和局部射频施加器。 局部射频施加器位于浆料管外部，并且加热局部区域而不显着加热浆料容器或浆料管道的下游部分的内容物。

公开(公告)号：US20100219105A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-02

申请号：US12395918

申请日：2009-03-02

申请人： John White ,  Francis Eugene Parsche ,  Victor Hernandez ,  Derik T. Ehresman ,  Mark E. Blue

发明人： John White ,  Francis Eugene Parsche ,  Victor Hernandez ,  Derik T. Ehresman ,  Mark E. Blue

IPC分类号： C10G1/04 ,  B01D11/02

CPC分类号： C10G1/04 ,  C10G2300/805

摘要： Equipment and a process for separating bitumen from oil sand in a process stream are disclosed. The equipment includes several processing vessels and one or more local area radio frequency applicators to selectively heat the process stream in local areas of the equipment. The local area can be adjacent to an input or output of a component of the equipment. Also disclosed is equipment for processing an oil sand—water slurry, including a slurrying vessel, a slurry pipe, and a local area radio frequency applicator. The local area radio frequency applicator is located outside of the slurry pipe, and heats the local area without significantly heating the contents of the slurrying vessel or of the downstream portion of the slurry pipe.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种在工艺流中将沥青与油砂分离的设备和方法。 该设备包括若干处理容器和一个或多个局域射频施加器，用于选择性地加热设备局部区域中的工艺流。 局部区域可以与设备的部件的输入或输出相邻。 还公开了用于加工油砂浆料的设备，包括浆料容器，浆料管和局部射频施加器。 局部射频施加器位于浆料管外部，并且加热局部区域而不显着加热浆料容器或浆料管道的下游部分的内容物。

公开(公告)号：US09273251B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-01

申请号：US13332946

申请日：2011-12-21

申请人： John White ,  Francis Eugene Parsche ,  Victor Hernandez ,  Derik T. Ehresman ,  Mark E. Blue

发明人： John White ,  Francis Eugene Parsche ,  Victor Hernandez ,  Derik T. Ehresman ,  Mark E. Blue

IPC分类号： C10G32/04 ,  C10G1/04

CPC分类号： C10G1/04 ,  C10G2300/805

摘要： Equipment and a process for separating bitumen from oil sand in a process stream are described. The equipment includes several processing vessels and one or more local area radio frequency applicators to selectively heat the process stream in local areas of the equipment. The local area can be adjacent to an input or output of a component of the equipment. Also described is equipment for processing an oil sand—water slurry, including a slurrying vessel, a slurry pipe, and a local area radio frequency applicator. The local area radio frequency applicator is located outside of the slurry pipe, and heats the local area without significantly heating the contents of the slurrying vessel or of the downstream portion of the slurry pipe.

摘要翻译： 描述了在工艺流中将沥青与油砂分离的设备和方法。 该设备包括若干处理容器和一个或多个局域射频施加器，用于选择性地加热设备局部区域中的工艺流。 局部区域可以与设备的部件的输入或输出相邻。 还描述了一种用于加工油砂浆的设备，包括浆料容器，浆料管和局部射频施加器。 局部射频施加器位于浆料管外部，并且加热局部区域而不显着加热浆料容器或浆料管道的下游部分的内容物。

公开(公告)号：US08128786B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-06

申请号：US12395918

申请日：2009-03-02

申请人： John White ,  Francis Eugene Parsche ,  Victor Hernandez ,  Derik T. Ehresman ,  Mark E. Blue

发明人： John White ,  Francis Eugene Parsche ,  Victor Hernandez ,  Derik T. Ehresman ,  Mark E. Blue

IPC分类号： B01D11/00 ,  B01J19/12

CPC分类号： C10G1/04 ,  C10G2300/805

摘要： Equipment and a process for separating bitumen from oil sand in a process stream are described. The equipment includes several processing vessels and one or more local area radio frequency applicators to selectively heat the process stream in local areas of the equipment. The local area can be adjacent to an input or output of a component of the equipment. Also described is equipment for processing an oil sand—water slurry, including a slurrying vessel, a slurry pipe, and a local area radio frequency applicator. The local area radio frequency applicator is located outside of the slurry pipe, and heats the local area without significantly heating the contents of the slurrying vessel or of the downstream portion of the slurry pipe.

摘要翻译： 描述了在工艺流中将沥青与油砂分离的设备和方法。 该设备包括若干处理容器和一个或多个局域射频施加器，用于选择性地加热设备局部区域中的工艺流。 局部区域可以与设备的部件的输入或输出相邻。 还描述了一种用于加工油砂浆的设备，包括浆料容器，浆料管和局部射频施加器。 局部射频施加器位于浆料管外部，并且加热局部区域而不显着加热浆料容器或浆料管道的下游部分的内容物。

公开(公告)号：US08120369B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-21

申请号：US12395953

申请日：2009-03-02

申请人： Victor Hernandez ,  John White

发明人： Victor Hernandez ,  John White

IPC分类号： G01R31/02

CPC分类号： G01N27/221 ,  C10G1/047

摘要： A method of determining a permittivity of a substance may include providing a probe having a planar end surface, providing a signal source and a signal receiver coupled to the probe, and physically contacting the substance with the planar end surface of the probe defining an interface. The method may further include measuring a reflection coefficient of the substance by at least transmitting a signal through the probe to the interface, receiving a reflected signal from the interface, and comparing the transmitted and reflected signals. The method may further include calculating the permittivity of the substance based upon the reflection coefficient.

摘要翻译： 确定物质的介电常数的方法可以包括提供具有平坦端面的探针，提供耦合到探针的信号源和信号接收器，以及将物质与定义界面的探针的平面端表面物理接触。 该方法还可以包括通过至少将通过探针的信号传输到接口来测量物质的反射系数，从接口接收反射信号，以及比较发送和反射的信号。 该方法还可以包括基于反射系数来计算物质的介电常数。

公开(公告)号：US20100219843A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-02

申请号：US12395953

申请日：2009-03-02

申请人： Victor Hernandez ,  John White

发明人： Victor Hernandez ,  John White

IPC分类号： G01R27/26

CPC分类号： G01N27/221 ,  C10G1/047

摘要： An aspect of the invention concerns a method of determining the permittivity of a substance using a probe having known dielectric characteristics, a planar end surface normal to the axis of the probe, a signal source, and a signal receiver. In this aspect, the method is carried out by contacting the substance with the planar end surface of said probe to form an interface between the probe and the substance. The method further involves measuring the reflection coefficient of the substance by (1) transmitting a signal through the probe to the interface, (2) receiving the signal reflected from the interface, and (3) comparing said transmitted and reflected signals, and then calculating the permittivity of said substance from the reflection coefficient as so measured. Another aspect of the invention concerns a method of heating a substance, such as bituminous froth, by determining the permittivity of a substance, and providing a radiation source physically and electrically spaced from the substance, with the radiation source having an impedance approximating the complex conjugate impedance of the substance.

摘要翻译： 本发明的一个方面涉及一种使用具有已知介电特性的探头，与探针轴垂直的平面端表面，信号源和信号接收器来确定物质的介电常数的方法。 在这方面，该方法通过使物质与所述探针的平面端面接触来形成探针和物质之间的界面。 该方法还包括通过（1）通过探头将信号发送到接口来测量物质的反射系数，（2）接收从接口反射的信号，以及（3）比较所述发射和反射信号，然后计算 所述物质的反射系数的介电常数如此测量。 本发明的另一方面涉及一种通过确定物质的介电常数来提供物质（例如沥青泡沫）的方法，并且提供与物质物理和电隔离的辐射源，辐射源具有近似于复共轭的阻抗 物质的阻抗。

公开(公告)号：US08674785B2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-18

申请号：US13294363

申请日：2011-11-11

申请人： Victor Hernandez ,  Lisa Patton

发明人： Victor Hernandez ,  Lisa Patton

IPC分类号： H01P5/12 ,  H01P5/18

CPC分类号： C10B19/00 ,  C10B53/04 ,  C10G1/02 ,  C10G15/08 ,  H05B6/806

摘要： A device for processing a hydrocarbon resource may include a radio frequency (RF) source, a first RF conductor, a second RF conductor, and a hybrid coupler assembly coupled to the RF source and the first and second RF conductors. The first and second RF conductors may each having distal ends configured to receive the hydrocarbon resource therebetween and apply RF power from the RF source to the hydrocarbon resource.

摘要翻译： 用于处理碳氢化合物资源的装置可以包括射频（RF）源，第一RF导体，第二RF导体和耦合到RF源和第一和第二RF导体的混合耦合器组件。 第一和第二RF导体可以各自具有被配置为在其间接收碳氢化合物资源的远端，并将RF功率从RF源施加到烃资源。

公开(公告)号：US08888995B2

公开(公告)日：2014-11-18

申请号：US13209102

申请日：2011-08-12

申请人： Victor Hernandez ,  Lisa Patton

发明人： Victor Hernandez ,  Lisa Patton

IPC分类号： C07C4/04 ,  C10G15/08 ,  H05B6/80 ,  C10B19/00

CPC分类号： C10B19/00 ,  C10G15/08 ,  H05B6/80 ,  H05B2214/03

摘要： High power RF energy supplied to a reaction chamber at a resonant frequency is used to break the covalent bonds of a hydrocarbon material without heat. An RF signal generator may be used to supply RF energy to a resonant ring through a four port coupler. The phase of the RF energy passing through the resonant ring may be adjusted to achieve an integral multiple of a resonant wavelength. Wavelength and intensity may be adjusted to sublimate or pyrolyze the hydrocarbon material to yield a useful gaseous product.

摘要翻译： 使用以共振频率供应到反应室的高功率RF能量来破坏烃材料的共价键而不加热。 RF信号发生器可以用于通过四端口耦合器向谐振环路提供RF能量。 可以调节通过谐振环的RF能量的相位以实现谐振波长的整数倍。 可以调节波长和强度以使烃材料升华或热解以产生有用的气态产物。

公开(公告)号：US20130041199A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-14

申请号：US13209102

申请日：2011-08-12

申请人： Victor Hernandez ,  Lisa Patton

发明人： Victor Hernandez ,  Lisa Patton

IPC分类号： C07C4/04

CPC分类号： C10B19/00 ,  C10G15/08 ,  H05B6/80 ,  H05B2214/03

摘要： High power RF energy supplied to a reaction chamber at a resonant frequency is used to break the covalent bonds of a hydrocarbon material without heat. An RF signal generator may be used to supply RF energy to a resonant ring through a four port coupler. The phase of the RF energy passing through the resonant ring may be adjusted to achieve an integral multiple of a resonant wavelength. Wavelength and intensity may be adjusted to sublimate or pyrolyze the hydrocarbon material to yield a useful gaseous product.

摘要翻译： 使用以共振频率供应到反应室的高功率RF能量来破坏烃材料的共价键而不加热。 RF信号发生器可以用于通过四端口耦合器向谐振环路提供RF能量。 可以调节通过谐振环的RF能量的相位以实现谐振波长的整数倍。 可以调节波长和强度以使烃材料升华或热解以产生有用的气态产物。

公开(公告)号：US10709905B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-14

申请号：US16023861

申请日：2018-06-29

申请人： Victor Hernandez

发明人： Victor Hernandez

IPC分类号： A61N5/10 ,  G21K1/02 ,  G21K1/04

摘要： Applicant presents an improved manner of modeling and calculating the tongue-and-groove effect in multi-leaf collimators in treatment planning systems and processes. The method is based on subtracting an individualized profile area that is determined for each individual model of MLC. The method also includes how to easily obtain the shape of this non-constant profile based on the tests. The method provides better accuracy, particularly for plans using small MLC gaps.