CA2882509A1 - Cooling methanol vapour chamber for fuel gas - Google Patents
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Abstract
A fuel gas cooling chamber includes a housing body and a fuel gas inlet is provided on the housing body.
The fuel gas inlet couples to a fuel gas source, and a downspout is coupled to the fuel gas inlet. The downspout directs fuel gas received from the fuel gas source via the fuel gas inlet into a methanol bath contained within the housing body. A fuel gas outlet on the housing body above a maximum level of the methanol bath allows gas vapours that come from the methanol bath to vent out of the housing body.
The fuel gas inlet couples to a fuel gas source, and a downspout is coupled to the fuel gas inlet. The downspout directs fuel gas received from the fuel gas source via the fuel gas inlet into a methanol bath contained within the housing body. A fuel gas outlet on the housing body above a maximum level of the methanol bath allows gas vapours that come from the methanol bath to vent out of the housing body.
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CMV Chamber Krude Innovations Ltd.
President/Inventor: Ryan Hodak Co-Inventor: Kirk Rude The concept behind the CMV Chamber was to improve fuel gas quality in the Oil & Gas Industry, primarily in the colder climates. Fuel Gas freezing up, and or hydrates in the fuel gas systems continues to be an ongoing problem within this industry and plaques companies with the high costs involved to repair/unthaw lines once frozen, and the lost production revenues while the site is down.
We have spent several years developing the CMV and starting testing in 3 years ago on a location where the product tank heaters would not stay operational, due to fuel gas lines freezing. The site we tested the CMV Chamber on could not keep the tank heaters going for 24 hrs without freezing off, even though the fuel gas was ran through gas scrubbers, and coalescent filtration.
After installing the CMV Chamber, the heaters remained operational through the next 4 months, problem free. We removed the CMV chamber during the summer months, to protect the concept from being reviewed by other workers. The test location was operated by us and therefore we were able to ensure the unit was not viewed by other workers.
As we saw an immediate success with the CMV Chamber we decided to further test the unit, and re-installed a revised (larger) CMV Chamber on the same location the following winter. The difference this time, we ran all heat trace systems, tank heaters, and a pumpjack from the CMV
Chamber. This site was very prone to fuel gas freezing off to the driver, due to the long fuel gas line that ran to the pumpjack.
The pumpjack was located at a remote site, which is the reason for the long fuel gas line.
Historical data from the well proved that there was a high average of downtime during the winter months, all from fuel gas freezing issues. Steamer bills were in excess of $4000 per month, plus man power for overtime, and an average loss of production of 10m3 of oil per month for an average of 5 months per year. The loss production with an average of $60 netback per bbl, was $3600 per month, or $18,000 annual revenue loss.
We installed the CMV chamber at the begiiining of December, and left the gas flowing through the CMV
Chamber for the duration of that winter. We had a 100% runtime, and not once did the site go down as a result of fuel gas issues. We modified the unit further and ran it the following winter as well with the same excellent results, however the modifications reduced the amount of maintenance on the unit, and made it easier, more user friendly for the well operators. The CMV Chamber has been removed from the location to protect the integrity of the invention and to ensure it was not going to be viewed by others. Other than the inventor/co-inventor, there was only 1 site operator that was involved in the testing, and he agreed to and signed a confidentiality agreement. It was important to include him in the testing of the unit so we could get an unbiased opinion of the CMV Chamber.
How it Works:
CMV stands for: Cooling, Methanol Vapour chamber.
The Gas comes into the CMV Chamber downstream of an existing fuel gas scrubber. The CMV chamber gets mounted outside of the building, which helps in the cooling of the gas.
The concept of this is to pre-cool the gas so there is not such a drastic temperature drop from the fuel gas scrubber to the item the gas is operating. One of the leading causes of hydrates is pressure and temperature changes. By pre-cooling the fuel gas helps reduce the chances of freezing. The gas goes into the CMV Chamber and is re-directed directly into the methanol in the CMV Chamber, there is a downspout that directs the gas into the methanol. The methanol helps strip further impurities ("wetness") from the gas that may have resulted from the cooling process. The methanol gas vapours that come from the methanol bath, now can vent out the top of the CMV Chamber and the result is a much cleaner, drier, gas.
Patent Search There was an extensive several month search done reviewing thousands of registered patents. There appears to be nothing similar in comparison to the CMV Chamber Attached is schematics that show the CMV Chamber in detail.
CMV Chamber Krude Innovations Ltd.
President/Inventor: Ryan Hodak Co-Inventor: Kirk Rude The concept behind the CMV Chamber was to improve fuel gas quality in the Oil & Gas Industry, primarily in the colder climates. Fuel Gas freezing up, and or hydrates in the fuel gas systems continues to be an ongoing problem within this industry and plaques companies with the high costs involved to repair/unthaw lines once frozen, and the lost production revenues while the site is down.
We have spent several years developing the CMV and starting testing in 3 years ago on a location where the product tank heaters would not stay operational, due to fuel gas lines freezing. The site we tested the CMV Chamber on could not keep the tank heaters going for 24 hrs without freezing off, even though the fuel gas was ran through gas scrubbers, and coalescent filtration.
After installing the CMV Chamber, the heaters remained operational through the next 4 months, problem free. We removed the CMV chamber during the summer months, to protect the concept from being reviewed by other workers. The test location was operated by us and therefore we were able to ensure the unit was not viewed by other workers.
As we saw an immediate success with the CMV Chamber we decided to further test the unit, and re-installed a revised (larger) CMV Chamber on the same location the following winter. The difference this time, we ran all heat trace systems, tank heaters, and a pumpjack from the CMV
Chamber. This site was very prone to fuel gas freezing off to the driver, due to the long fuel gas line that ran to the pumpjack.
The pumpjack was located at a remote site, which is the reason for the long fuel gas line.
Historical data from the well proved that there was a high average of downtime during the winter months, all from fuel gas freezing issues. Steamer bills were in excess of $4000 per month, plus man power for overtime, and an average loss of production of 10m3 of oil per month for an average of 5 months per year. The loss production with an average of $60 netback per bbl, was $3600 per month, or $18,000 annual revenue loss.
We installed the CMV chamber at the beginning of December, and left the gas flowing through the CMV
Chamber for the duration of that winter. We had a 100% runtime, and not once did the site go down as a result of fuel gas issues. We modified the unit further and ran it the following winter as well with the same excellent results, however the modifications reduced the amount of maintenance on the unit, and made it easier, more user friendly for the well operators. The CMV Chamber has been removed from the location to protect the integrity of the invention and to ensure it was not going to be viewed by others. Other than the inventor/co-inventor, there was only 1 site operator that was involved in the testing, and he agreed to and signed a confidentiality agreement. It was important to include him in the testing of the unit so we could get an unbiased opinion of the CMV Chamber.
How it Works:
CMV stands for: Cooling, Methanol Vapour chamber.
The Gas comes into the CMV Chamber downstream of an existing fuel gas scrubber. The CMV chamber gets mounted outside of the building, which helps in the cooling of the gas.
The concept of this is to pre-cool the gas so there is not such a drastic temperature drop from the fuel gas scrubber to the item the gas is operating. One of the leading causes of hydrates is pressure and temperature changes. By pre-cooling the fuel gas helps reduce the chances of freezing. The gas goes into the CMV Chamber and is re-directed directly into the methanol in the CMV Chamber, there is a downspout that directs the gas into the methanol. The methanol helps strip further impurities ("wetness") from the gas that may have resulted from the cooling process. The methanol gas vapours that come from the methanol bath, now can vent out the top of the CMV Chamber and the result is a much cleaner, drier, gas.
Patent Search There was an extensive several month search done reviewing thousands of registered patents. There appears to be nothing similar in comparison to the CMV Chamber Attached is schematics that show the CMV Chamber in detail.
President/Inventor: Ryan Hodak Co-Inventor: Kirk Rude The concept behind the CMV Chamber was to improve fuel gas quality in the Oil & Gas Industry, primarily in the colder climates. Fuel Gas freezing up, and or hydrates in the fuel gas systems continues to be an ongoing problem within this industry and plaques companies with the high costs involved to repair/unthaw lines once frozen, and the lost production revenues while the site is down.
We have spent several years developing the CMV and starting testing in 3 years ago on a location where the product tank heaters would not stay operational, due to fuel gas lines freezing. The site we tested the CMV Chamber on could not keep the tank heaters going for 24 hrs without freezing off, even though the fuel gas was ran through gas scrubbers, and coalescent filtration.
After installing the CMV Chamber, the heaters remained operational through the next 4 months, problem free. We removed the CMV chamber during the summer months, to protect the concept from being reviewed by other workers. The test location was operated by us and therefore we were able to ensure the unit was not viewed by other workers.
As we saw an immediate success with the CMV Chamber we decided to further test the unit, and re-installed a revised (larger) CMV Chamber on the same location the following winter. The difference this time, we ran all heat trace systems, tank heaters, and a pumpjack from the CMV
Chamber. This site was very prone to fuel gas freezing off to the driver, due to the long fuel gas line that ran to the pumpjack.
The pumpjack was located at a remote site, which is the reason for the long fuel gas line.
Historical data from the well proved that there was a high average of downtime during the winter months, all from fuel gas freezing issues. Steamer bills were in excess of $4000 per month, plus man power for overtime, and an average loss of production of 10m3 of oil per month for an average of 5 months per year. The loss production with an average of $60 netback per bbl, was $3600 per month, or $18,000 annual revenue loss.
We installed the CMV chamber at the begiiining of December, and left the gas flowing through the CMV
Chamber for the duration of that winter. We had a 100% runtime, and not once did the site go down as a result of fuel gas issues. We modified the unit further and ran it the following winter as well with the same excellent results, however the modifications reduced the amount of maintenance on the unit, and made it easier, more user friendly for the well operators. The CMV Chamber has been removed from the location to protect the integrity of the invention and to ensure it was not going to be viewed by others. Other than the inventor/co-inventor, there was only 1 site operator that was involved in the testing, and he agreed to and signed a confidentiality agreement. It was important to include him in the testing of the unit so we could get an unbiased opinion of the CMV Chamber.
How it Works:
CMV stands for: Cooling, Methanol Vapour chamber.
The Gas comes into the CMV Chamber downstream of an existing fuel gas scrubber. The CMV chamber gets mounted outside of the building, which helps in the cooling of the gas.
The concept of this is to pre-cool the gas so there is not such a drastic temperature drop from the fuel gas scrubber to the item the gas is operating. One of the leading causes of hydrates is pressure and temperature changes. By pre-cooling the fuel gas helps reduce the chances of freezing. The gas goes into the CMV Chamber and is re-directed directly into the methanol in the CMV Chamber, there is a downspout that directs the gas into the methanol. The methanol helps strip further impurities ("wetness") from the gas that may have resulted from the cooling process. The methanol gas vapours that come from the methanol bath, now can vent out the top of the CMV Chamber and the result is a much cleaner, drier, gas.
Patent Search There was an extensive several month search done reviewing thousands of registered patents. There appears to be nothing similar in comparison to the CMV Chamber Attached is schematics that show the CMV Chamber in detail.
CMV Chamber Krude Innovations Ltd.
President/Inventor: Ryan Hodak Co-Inventor: Kirk Rude The concept behind the CMV Chamber was to improve fuel gas quality in the Oil & Gas Industry, primarily in the colder climates. Fuel Gas freezing up, and or hydrates in the fuel gas systems continues to be an ongoing problem within this industry and plaques companies with the high costs involved to repair/unthaw lines once frozen, and the lost production revenues while the site is down.
We have spent several years developing the CMV and starting testing in 3 years ago on a location where the product tank heaters would not stay operational, due to fuel gas lines freezing. The site we tested the CMV Chamber on could not keep the tank heaters going for 24 hrs without freezing off, even though the fuel gas was ran through gas scrubbers, and coalescent filtration.
After installing the CMV Chamber, the heaters remained operational through the next 4 months, problem free. We removed the CMV chamber during the summer months, to protect the concept from being reviewed by other workers. The test location was operated by us and therefore we were able to ensure the unit was not viewed by other workers.
As we saw an immediate success with the CMV Chamber we decided to further test the unit, and re-installed a revised (larger) CMV Chamber on the same location the following winter. The difference this time, we ran all heat trace systems, tank heaters, and a pumpjack from the CMV
Chamber. This site was very prone to fuel gas freezing off to the driver, due to the long fuel gas line that ran to the pumpjack.
The pumpjack was located at a remote site, which is the reason for the long fuel gas line.
Historical data from the well proved that there was a high average of downtime during the winter months, all from fuel gas freezing issues. Steamer bills were in excess of $4000 per month, plus man power for overtime, and an average loss of production of 10m3 of oil per month for an average of 5 months per year. The loss production with an average of $60 netback per bbl, was $3600 per month, or $18,000 annual revenue loss.
We installed the CMV chamber at the beginning of December, and left the gas flowing through the CMV
Chamber for the duration of that winter. We had a 100% runtime, and not once did the site go down as a result of fuel gas issues. We modified the unit further and ran it the following winter as well with the same excellent results, however the modifications reduced the amount of maintenance on the unit, and made it easier, more user friendly for the well operators. The CMV Chamber has been removed from the location to protect the integrity of the invention and to ensure it was not going to be viewed by others. Other than the inventor/co-inventor, there was only 1 site operator that was involved in the testing, and he agreed to and signed a confidentiality agreement. It was important to include him in the testing of the unit so we could get an unbiased opinion of the CMV Chamber.
How it Works:
CMV stands for: Cooling, Methanol Vapour chamber.
The Gas comes into the CMV Chamber downstream of an existing fuel gas scrubber. The CMV chamber gets mounted outside of the building, which helps in the cooling of the gas.
The concept of this is to pre-cool the gas so there is not such a drastic temperature drop from the fuel gas scrubber to the item the gas is operating. One of the leading causes of hydrates is pressure and temperature changes. By pre-cooling the fuel gas helps reduce the chances of freezing. The gas goes into the CMV Chamber and is re-directed directly into the methanol in the CMV Chamber, there is a downspout that directs the gas into the methanol. The methanol helps strip further impurities ("wetness") from the gas that may have resulted from the cooling process. The methanol gas vapours that come from the methanol bath, now can vent out the top of the CMV Chamber and the result is a much cleaner, drier, gas.
Patent Search There was an extensive several month search done reviewing thousands of registered patents. There appears to be nothing similar in comparison to the CMV Chamber Attached is schematics that show the CMV Chamber in detail.
Claims (10)
1. A gas cooling chamber comprising:
a housing body;
a fuel gas inlet on the housing body, the fuel gas inlet coupling to a gas source;
a downspout coupled to the fuel gas inlet, the downspout directing gas received from the gas source via the fuel gas inlet into a methanol bath contained within the housing body;
and a fuel gas outlet on the housing body above a maximum level of the methanol bath, the fuel gas outlet allowing gas vapours that come from the methanol bath to vent out of the housing body.
a housing body;
a fuel gas inlet on the housing body, the fuel gas inlet coupling to a gas source;
a downspout coupled to the fuel gas inlet, the downspout directing gas received from the gas source via the fuel gas inlet into a methanol bath contained within the housing body;
and a fuel gas outlet on the housing body above a maximum level of the methanol bath, the fuel gas outlet allowing gas vapours that come from the methanol bath to vent out of the housing body.
2. The gas cooling chamber of claim 1, wherein:
the housing body is a vertically positioned cylinder; and the fuel gas outlet is positioned on a top end of the vertically positioned cylinder.
the housing body is a vertically positioned cylinder; and the fuel gas outlet is positioned on a top end of the vertically positioned cylinder.
3. The gas cooling chamber of any one of claims 1 to 2, further comprising a drain on the housing body allowing the methanol bath to enter and exit the housing body.
4. The gas cooling chamber of any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising pipe connectors on each of the fuel gas inlet and the fuel gas outlet for connecting to one or more external pipes.
5. The gas cooling chamber of claim 4, further comprising insulation around the external pipes adjacent the housing body.
6. A method of pre-cooling gas, the method comprising:
providing a methanol bath contained within a gas cooling chamber;
receiving incoming gas from a gas source at a gas inlet on the gas chamber;
directing the incoming gas into the methanol bath within the gas cooling chamber; and directing gas vapours that come from the methanol bath to vent out of the gas cooling chamber via a fuel gas outlet.
providing a methanol bath contained within a gas cooling chamber;
receiving incoming gas from a gas source at a gas inlet on the gas chamber;
directing the incoming gas into the methanol bath within the gas cooling chamber; and directing gas vapours that come from the methanol bath to vent out of the gas cooling chamber via a fuel gas outlet.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the gas cooling chamber is shaped as a cylinder, and the method further comprises.
vertically positioning the cylinder; and positioning the fuel gas outlet on a top end of the cylinder.
vertically positioning the cylinder; and positioning the fuel gas outlet on a top end of the cylinder.
8. The method of any one of claims 6 to 7, further comprising providing a drain on a housing body of the gas cooling chamber to allow the methanol bath to enter and exit the gas cooling chamber.
9. The method of any one of claims 6 to 8, further comprising connecting one or more external pipes to pipe connectors on each of the fuel gas inlet and the fuel gas outlet.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising installing insulation around the external pipes adjacent the housing body.
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