Kevin D Hotton from Pagosa Springs, CO, age 67

Resumes

At Pioneer Energy

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Position:

Senior Mechanical Engineer at Pioneer Energy

Location:

Greater Denver Area

Industry:

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Work:

Pioneer Energy since Apr 2010
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Barber-Nichols Inc. Jun 1996 - Nov 2009
Staff Engineer
Mainstream Engineering Corporation Sep 1993 - Mar 1996
Mechanical Engineeer

Education:

University of Florida 1991 - 1993
MSME, Mechanical Engineering - Thermal Science University of Florida 1988 - 1991
BSME, Mechanical Engineering

Skills:

Solidworks
ANSYS
Thermodynamics
Fluid Dynamics
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering
CAD
Finite Element Analysis
Manufacturing
Engineering Design
Project Engineering
Pumps

Interests:

Over the years I have: ran 10k's Built Furniture (and sold it) or gave as gifts Built Award-winning amateur telescope (held classes) Was Planetarium Director at Kingman Museum of Natural History Turbochanged my 1990 BMW 325is Designed off-grid, "green" passive solar home in Mexico with rainharvesting cistern, greywater system, solar hot water and solar PV in permaculture development. Biking, hiking, Huna

Us Patents

Integrated Continuous Power System Assemblies
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US Patent:

6408627, Jun 25, 2002
Filed:

May 21, 2001
Appl. No.:

09/861961
Inventors:

William D. Batton - Arvada CO
Kevin Hotton - Broomfield CO
Gary Frey - Morrison CO
Gail Roberts - Arvada CO
Assignee:

Active Power, Inc. - Austin TX
International Classification:

F01K 1302
US Classification:

60646, 60657, 60659, 122 35
Abstract:

A continuous power system accumulator assembly is provided that stores thermal energy as sensible heat and minimizes the amount of thermal energy wasted by the system. The assembly includes an accumulator at its core. A preheater assembly is wrapped around the accumulator such that it may absorb heat radiated and conducted from the accumulator. An evaporator is wrapped around the preheater so that most of the heat that is radiated and conducted from the preheater is utilized to heat the vaporizer. The outer housing of the assembly may be a double-walled housing having a layer of insulation located between the two walls. This configuration minimizes heat losses by the assembly.

Systems And Methods For Capturing Natural Gas Liquids From Oil Tank Vapors
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US Patent:

20180045460, Feb 15, 2018
Filed:

Aug 7, 2017
Appl. No.:

15/670202
Inventors:

- Lakewood CO, US
Gevorg Sargsyan - Lakewood CO, US
Andrew C. Young - Wheatridge CO, US
Kevin Hotton - Arvada CO, US
Matthew Lewis - Lakewood CO, US
International Classification:

F25J 3/06
F25J 3/02
Abstract:

A hydrocarbon vapor capture and processing system is disclosed to reduce both carbon emissions and conventional pollution, while producing financial returns by turning waste vapors into high quality NGLs. In one embodiment, the hydrocarbon vapor is sent to a compressor for compression. Compressed vapor is then cooled via an air cooler, before being condensed by a refrigerator to form a liquid. The resulting two-phase flow is then separated into a dry gas stream and a liquid stream using a cyclonic separator. The dry gas stream may be transmitted as a light gas to sales line. The resulting liquid stream is passed to a stripping column to produce NGLs. The system offers great benefits to the environment and public health, by providing a technology that drastically cuts carbon emissions and noxious pollution, while incentivizing drillers to implement such measures through its ability to produce revenue.

Systems And Methods For Controlling, Monitoring, And Operating Remote Oil And Gas Field Equipment Over A Data Network With Applications To Raw Natural Gas Processing And Flare Gas Capture
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US Patent:

20170292077, Oct 12, 2017
Filed:

Jun 22, 2017
Appl. No.:

15/630093
Inventors:

- Lakewood CO, US
Matthew Lewis - Lakewood CO, US
Gevorg Sargsyan - Lakewood CO, US
Kevin Hotton - Arvada CO, US
Robert M Zubrin - Golden CO, US
International Classification:

C10G 5/06
G05B 15/02
C10L 3/10
Abstract:

An intelligent controls system for remotely monitoring and controlling a chemical process is disclosed. The system comprises a piece of remote field equipment for performing the chemical process, a user device, a server, and program codes to perform the steps of establishing an equipment-server and a client-server connection, receiving a set of chemical process input parameters and a set of desired chemical process output parameters, controlling a set of chemical process control parameters to achieve the desired chemical process output parameters, and providing an interface to allow an operator to manually control and/or manually override the set of chemical process control parameters. The controls system allows any piece of remote field equipment for performing complex chemical processing to be monitored, controlled, and operated remotely. A large array of distributed field equipment situated around the world can all be controlled primarily through a single interface provided in a central control center.

Systems And Methods For Recovering Carbon Dioxide From Industrially Relevant Waste Streams, Especially Ethanol Fermentation Processes, For Application In Food And Beverage Production
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US Patent:

20160003532, Jan 7, 2016
Filed:

Jun 26, 2015
Appl. No.:

14/752459
Inventors:

- Lakewood CO, US
Matthew J Lewis - Lakewood CO, US
Kevin D Hotton - Arvada CO, US
Assignee:

PIONEER ENERGY INC - Lakewood CO
International Classification:

F25J 3/02
F25J 3/08
Abstract:

A system for recovering CO2 via liquefaction and purification from a vented CO2 gas stream comprising a compressor; a dehydrator; a scrubber; a refrigerator having one or more stages; and a separation subsystem adapted to ensure non-condensable gas content in the final product meets industry standards. The liquid CO2 product is of sufficient purity to be used in applications requiring beverage-grade CO2. The system can be utilized as a single-brewery installation to reduce venting from ethanol fermenters to an absolute minimum, produce a high purity liquid CO2 product for use in-process or external sales, and offset the purchasing of expensive, industrial CO2 of inferior purity.

Systems And Methods For Controlling, Monitoring, And Operating Remote Oil And Gas Field Equipment Over A Data Network With Applications To Raw Natural Gas Processing And Flare Gas Capture
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US Patent:

20150368566, Dec 24, 2015
Filed:

Aug 25, 2015
Appl. No.:

14/835673
Inventors:

- Lakewood CO, US
Matthew Lewis - Lakewood CO, US
Gevorg Sargsyan - Lakewood CO, US
Kevin Hotton - Arvada CO, US
Robert M Zubrin - Golden CO, US
International Classification:

C10G 5/06
G05B 15/02
C10L 3/10
H04W 76/02
Abstract:

An intelligent controls system for a field-deployable system for producing dry natural gas (NG) and natural gas liquids (NGLs) from a raw gas stream is disclosed. The control system is used to ensure correct specifications of both dry NG (above a desired minimum methane number) and NGLs (below a desired maximum vapor pressure) from any supplied raw natural gas source by controlling three system parameters: inlet gas flow rate, system operating pressure, and separator-reboiler temperature set point. The input parameters include: heat content of the input gas stream, volume of the input gas stream, desired methane number of the NG, and desired vapor pressure of the NGLs. The controls system allows any piece of remote field equipment for performing complex chemical processing to be monitored, controlled, and operated remotely. A large array of distributed field equipment situated around the world can all be controlled primarily through a single interface provided in a central control center.

Systems And Methods For Producing Cng And Ngls From Raw Natural Gas, Flare Gas, Stranded Gas, And/Or Associated Gas
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US Patent:

20150233634, Aug 20, 2015
Filed:

May 4, 2015
Appl. No.:

14/703874
Inventors:

- Lakewood CO, US
Gevorg Sargsyan - Lakewood CO, US
Kevin Hotton - Arvada CO, US
Matthew Lewis - Lakewood CO, US
Andrew Young - Wheat Ridge CO, US
International Classification:

F25J 3/02
F25J 3/08
Abstract:

The present invention is a field-deployable system for producing compressed natural gas (CNG) and natural gas liquids (NGLs) from a raw gas stream comprising a compressor; a dehydrator; a refrigerator having one or more stages; and a separation subsystem adapted to separate the raw gas stream into three useable product streams: a methane stream that is at least 70% methane, an ethane-rich stream, and a NGLs stream having a vapor pressure of no more than 17 bar (250 psi) at 38 C. (100 F.). The methane stream is sufficiently lean to be useable in existing natural gas engines without modification, and is compressed to produce CNG. The system can be utilized to capture and provide value to stranded or flared gas from liquids-rich gas production sites, by producing natural gas liquids for transport, and CNG which can be transported and is suitable for use in existing gas generators, vehicles, and/or trucks.

Systems And Methods For Separating Alkane Gases With Applications To Raw Natural Gas Processing And Flare Gas Capture
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US Patent:

20140366577, Dec 18, 2014
Filed:

Nov 21, 2013
Appl. No.:

14/086031
Inventors:

Robert M Zubrin - Golden CO, US
Gevorg Sargsyan - Lakewood CO, US
Kevin Hotton - Arvada CO, US
Matthew Lewis - Lakewood CO, US
Andrew Young - Wheat Ridge CO, US
Assignee:

PIONEER ENERGY INC. - Lakewood CO
International Classification:

F25J 3/08
US Classification:

62619
Abstract:

The present invention is a field-deployable system for separating methane and natural gas liquids (NGLs) from a raw gas stream comprising a compressor; a dehydrator; a refrigerator having one or more stages; and a separation subsystem adapted to separate the raw gas stream into three product streams including a methane stream that is at least 80% methane, an ethane-rich stream, and a NGLs stream having a vapor pressure of no more than 250 psia at 38 C. The methane stream is sufficiently lean to be useable in existing natural gas engines without modification. The NGLs stream has a sufficiently low vapor pressure to be transportable in standard propane containers. The ethane-rich stream may be utilized within the system itself to power its own operations. The system can be utilized to reduce flaring from liquids-rich gas production sites to an absolute minimum, produce natural gas liquids for transport, and provide dry methane gas suitable for use in portable field generators.