Cy Edward Jordan

20120186655, Jul 26, 2012

Jan 20, 2012

13/354631

Alexei V. Smirnov - Fort Collins CO, US
Patrick Albright - Wellington CO, US
Cy Jordan - Fort Collins CO, US
Arun Nagarajan - San Bruno CA, US
Michael J. Zolock - Berthoud CO, US
Ryan Johnson - Fort Collins CO, US
Alexander Fernandez - San Francisco CA, US

F16K 31/12

137 1, 137486

A mass flow controller and method for operating the same is disclosed. The mass flow controller includes a mass flow control system to control the mass flow rate of a fluid, and a data logging component that obtains snapshots of condition-specific-data for each of a plurality of reoccurring condition types, and reduces each snapshot of condition-specific-data to functional parameter values that characterize each snapshot of condition-specific-data, and the data logging component generates statistical values that are stored in a short term data store that characterize multiple functional parameter values that are obtained during each separate occurrence of a specific condition type. A diagnostics component diagnoses failures using current functional parameter values and the statistical values stored in the short-term memory, and a prognostics component predicts failures based upon a collection of data sets that are stored in the long-term memory.

41644603, Aug 14, 1979

Apr 17, 1978

5/896873

Cy E. Jordan - Tuscaloosa AL
Casimir P. Weaver - Tuscaloosa AL

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the
Interior - Washington DC

B03C 500
B03C 706

204180R

A system for the continuous dielectrophoretic separation of mixtures of particulate and granular materials by passing the materials through a divergent electric field created in a fluid dielectric medium by applying a voltage to an electrode configuration including a rotatable cylindrical-shaped electrode having a non-uniform conductor surface and a stationary perforate electrode spaced therefrom to define a contact zone. The particles having dielectric constants lower than that of the fluid medium are collected through the perforate electrode while those particles having dielectric constants higher than that of the fluid medium are attached to and separated by the rotatable electrode.

41000684, Jul 11, 1978

Jan 13, 1977

5/759202

Cy Edward Jordan - Tuscaloosa AL
Casimir Paul Weaver - Tuscaloosa AL

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the
Interior - Washington DC

B03C 500

204300R

A system for the continuous dielectrophoretic separation of mixtures of particulate and granular materials by passing the materials through a divergent electric field created in a fluid dielectric medium by applying a voltage to an electrode configuration including a rotatable cylindrical-shaped electrode having a non-uniform conductor surface and a stationary perforate electrode spaced therefrom to define a contact zone. The particles having dielectric constants lower than that of the fluid medium are collected through the perforate electrode while those particles having dielectric constants higher than that of the fluid medium are attracted to and separated by the rotatable electrode.

50593099, Oct 22, 1991

Jun 21, 1990

7/541689

Cy E. Jordan - Tuscaloosa AL

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the
Interior - Washington DC

B03D 114
B03D 124

209164

An ultrasound flotation unit for separation of tails from liquors obtained by floating ores, wherein the unit comprises a vertically disposed cylindrical mixing chamber that forms a bubble-particle contact region within a cylindrical flotation cell that has a bubble-pulp separation region surrounding said mixing chamber; the chamber having an air feed conduit in a lower portion thereof, an ore pulp feed conduit in a higher portion above said air feeding chamber, an ultrasonic transducer disposed above an aperture in a top portion of the mixing chamber and means for subjecting said chamber to an amount of power in kilowatt-hours per metric ton through a sonic probe to focus an amount in watt/ml of ultrasonic power to the chamber to provide a residence time of slurry within the bubble-pulp separator region that is about 30 to 100 times longer than in the ultrasonic mixing chamber.

49716859, Nov 20, 1990

Apr 11, 1989

7/336168

Donald A. Stanley - Tuscaloosa AL
Cy E. Jordan - Tuscaloosa AL

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the
Interior - Washington DC

B03D 114
B03D 124
B04C 504

209170

A method and apparatus for selectively separating a mixture of hydrophobic and hydrophilic mineral particles. A mineral pulp is prepared which includes minerals ground to a predetermined size. A bubble slurry is then prepared which includes a gas entrained in a liquid to form bubbles of a predetermined size. The mineral pulp and bubble slurry are simultaneously injected into the cell apparatus. The cell has an enclosed body with a feed receiving portion, a narrowed apex portion with an underflow discharge, and an intermediately disposed merger zone. A mineral pulp feed port extends into and is directed tangentially to the feed receiving portion in the mineral pulp feed zone. The bubble slurry feed port, disposed in the same direction as the mineral pulp feed port, extends into and is directed tangentially to the feed receiving portion in the bubble slurry zone. A vortex finder, having a tubular member which has one end extending exterior of the feed receiving portion and another end extending into the merger zone, is attached to and extends axially of the feed receiving portion. The mineral pulp and the bubble slurry merge in the merger zone, hydrophobic particles form a froth and exit through the vortex finder, and the hydrophilic particles exit through the underflow discharge, thereby separating the mixture mineral particles.

20180348798, Dec 6, 2018

Aug 9, 2018

16/059906

- Tokyo, JP
Alexei V. Smirnov - Fort Collins CO, US
Patrick Albright - Wellington CO, US
Cy Jordan - Fort Collins CO, US
Arun Nagarajan - San Bruno CA, US

G05D 7/06
G01F 25/00

Mass flow control systems and methods for controlling the mass flow rate of a gas through a primary conduit are disclosed. One mass flow control system includes a primary conduit for directing a flow of a gas and an adjustment system configured to divert a portion of the gas from the primary conduit to a secondary conduit and provide an adjustment signal that changes when a composition of the gas changes. A mass flow controller is operatively coupled to the primary conduit to control a primary flow rate of the gas. The mass flow controller includes a valve to control the primary flow rate of the gas and a control loop configured to receive the adjustment signal and control the valve to provide the primary flow rate of the gas at a set point.

20170185091, Jun 29, 2017

Dec 21, 2016

15/386183

- Tokyo, JP
Alexei V. Smirnov - Fort Collins CO, US
Patrick Albright - Wellington CO, US
Cy Jordan - Fort Collins CO, US
Arun Nagarajan - San Bruno CA, US

G05D 7/06
G01F 25/00

Gas insensitive systems and methods for controlling the mass flow rate of a gas through a primary conduit are disclosed. The method includes producing, in a secondary conduit, an assessment flow that has a changing pressure; calculating a first measure of a flow rate of the assessment flow based upon a rate-of-change of the pressure of the assessment flow; and measuring the assessment flow with a mass flow meter that is affected by the composition of the gas to produce a second measure of the assessment flow. An adjustment signal is generated based upon a difference between the first measure and the second measure, and a gas-corrected flow signal is generated by adjusting a measured-flow signal of a mass flow controller with the adjustment signal. The gas-corrected flow signal is used by the mass flow controller to control a flow rate of the gas through the primary conduit.

20160139609, May 19, 2016

Jan 26, 2016

15/006380

- Tokyo, JP
Patrick Albright - Wellington CO, US
Cy Jordan - Fort Collins CO, US
Arun Nagarajan - San Bruno CA, US
Michael J. Zolock - Berthoud CO, US
Ryan Johnson - Fort Collins CO, US
Alexander Fernandez - San Francisco CA, US

G05D 7/06
F16K 37/00

A mass flow controller and method for operating the same is disclosed. The mass flow controller includes a mass flow control system to control the mass flow rate of a fluid, and a data logging component that obtains snapshots of condition-specific-data for each of a plurality of reoccurring condition types, and reduces each snapshot of condition-specific-data to functional parameter values that characterize each snapshot of condition-specific-data, and the data logging component generates statistical values that are stored in a short term data store that characterize multiple functional parameter values that are obtained during each separate occurrence of a specific condition type. A diagnostics component diagnoses failures using current functional parameter values and the statistical values stored in the short-term memory, and a prognostics component predicts failures based upon a collection of data sets that are stored in the long-term memory.