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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2015
Precision Combustion, Inc., North Haven, CT (US);
General Energy Recovery, Inc., Calgary, CA;
Benjamin Baird, New Britain, CT (US);
Sandeep Alavandi, Hamden, CT (US);
J. Kevin Burns, Branford, CT (US);
Bruce Crowder, North Haven, CT (US);
Brian Kay, Calgary, CA;
Richard Mastanduno, Milford, CT (US);
Curtis Morgan, Southington, CT (US);
Chester Ledlie Sandberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);
PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC., North Haven, CT (US);
GENERAL ENERGY RECOVERY, INC., Calgary, CA;
Abstract
A system and method of producing oil is provided. The system includes a support module that provides air, water and fuel to a well. A steam generator is fluidly coupled to the support module to receive the air, water and fuel. The steam generator includes an injector having a plurality of tubes. The tubes have an outer surface with an oxidation catalyst thereon. The steam generator is configured to divide the supplied air and direct a first portion through the tubes. A second portion of the supplied air is mixed with supplied fuel and directed over the outside of the tubes. The air and fuel is burned in a combustor and water is sprayed on the combustion gases to produce steam. The steam and combustion gases are directed in the direction of the oil reservoir.