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Title: Electro-Osmotic Production of Hydrocarbons Utilizing Conduction Heating of Hydrocarbonaceous Formations
Creator: Bridges, Jack E., Taflove, Allen, Sresty, Guggilam C.
Date: 2009-05-08, 1987-02-24
Description: An electro-osmotic method for the production of hydrocarbons utilizes in situ heating of earth formations having substantial electrical...
Show moreAn electro-osmotic method for the production of hydrocarbons utilizes in situ heating of earth formations having substantial electrical conductivity. A particular volume of an earth formation is bounded with a waveguide structure formed of respective rows of discrete elongated electrodes in a dense array wherein the active electrode area and the row separation are chosen in reference to the deposit thickness to avoid heating barren layers. Electrical power is applied at no more than a relatively low frequency between respective rows of electrodes to deliver power to the formation while producing relatively uniform heating thereof and limiting the relative loss of heat to adjacent regions to less than a predetermined amount. At the same time the temperature of the electrodes is controlled near the vaporization point of water to maintain an electrically conductive path between the electrodes and the formation. A heat sink is provided by supplying aqueous liquid electrolyte to space between the electrodes and the adjacent formation, thereby maintaining the temperature thereat no greater than about the boiling point of water and maintaining a conductive path between said formation. A d.c. polarized potential is applied to enhance flow of reservoir fluid into a preselected row of electrodes, and collected reservoir fluids are removed from the electrodes in the preselected row.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Method for Recovery of Viscous Hydrocarbons by Electromagnetic Heating In Situ
Creator: Sresty, Guggilam C., Dev, Harsh, Snow, Richard H., Bridges, Jack E.
Date: 2009-05-08, 1984-12-04
Description: A method of electromagnetic heating in situ recovers liquid hydrocarbons from an earth formation containing viscous hydrocarbonaceous liquid...
Show moreA method of electromagnetic heating in situ recovers liquid hydrocarbons from an earth formation containing viscous hydrocarbonaceous liquid and water in an inorganic matrix where the formation is substantially impermeable to fluids under native conditions. A block of the earth formation is substantially uniformly heated with electromagnetic power to a temperature at which the viscous hydrocarbonaceous liquid is relatively fluid and a portion of the water vaporizes to water vapor at a pressure sufficient to overcome the capillary pressure of the liquid in the matrix. Water vapor thereupon escaping from the block under such pressure is recovered with hydrocarbonaceous liquid driven thereby. The magnitude of the electromagnetic power is controlled to limit the current recovery ratio of water vapor to hydrocarbonaceous liquid below a predetermined limit assuring substantial recovery of the hydrocarbonaceous liquid prior to the driving off of substantially all the water.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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Title: Method and Apparatus for Rendering Medical Materials Safe
Creator: Bridges, Jack E., Sresty, Guggilam C., Held, Jeffery S., Sharp, James W., Bajzek, Thomas J.
Date: 2009-05-11, 1995-12-19
Description: Infectious medical materials is rendered innocuous by heating heterogeneous medical materials having wet and dry portions with a radio...
Show moreInfectious medical materials is rendered innocuous by heating heterogeneous medical materials having wet and dry portions with a radio frequency electric field. The medical materials are exposed to the radio frequency electric field in order to heat the medical waste. The medical waste may include sorted medical or veterinary waste which after heat treatment may be shredded and recycled.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
Sponsorship: Held, Jeffery S.
Sponsorship: Sharp, James W.
United States Patent
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Title: Method and Apparatus for Rendering Medical Materials Safe
Creator: Bridges, Jack E., Sresty, Guggilam C., Held, Jeffery S., Sharp, James W., Bajzek, Thomas J.
Date: 2009-05-11, 1996-08-06
Description: Infectious medical materials are rendered harmless by heating heterogeneous medical materials having wet and dry portions with a radio...
Show moreInfectious medical materials are rendered harmless by heating heterogeneous medical materials having wet and dry portions with a radio-frequency electric field. The medical materials may be comminuted prior to heating. The medical materials are exposed to the radio-frequency electric field in order to heat the medical materials. The medical materials may include sorted medical or veterinary waste which after heat treatment may be recycled.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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