US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Nov. 11 for "Process heater anti-settling systems and methods" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,324, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Process heater anti-settling systems and methods" was invented by Mathew Dennis Rowe (Spring, Texas), Shaun Patrick Lawrence (Houston) and Michael S. Bittar (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides for systems and methods for removing particle settlement in a heater system. The method includes introducing a fluid into a first heater of the heater system, wherein the first heater is operable to increase the temperature of the introduced fluid. The method further includes actuating a first air agitation unit to discharge a volume...