ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,474, issued on July 29, was assigned to CAMERON INTERNATIONAL Corp. (Houston).
"Separator electrical analysis" was invented by Nicholas H. Blackman (Katy, Texas) and Gary W. Sams (Spring, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The use of electrical analyzers to monitor and control separation processes is described. The electrical analyzers monitor electromagnetic properties of materials being treated, and are used to adjust the separation process based on the changing electromagnetic properties. The electrical analyzers generally sample process fluid and apply a static or varying electric field to the process fluid while monitoring ene...