Patents by Inventor Carlos Ardenis Silva-Hernandez

Carlos Ardenis Silva-Hernandez has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • High temperature insulation system and method
    Patent number: 9938799
    Abstract: A method includes designing a subsea equipment assembly having an insulation covering an outer surface of at least one equipment unit and a flow path formed through the at least one equipment unit. The designing includes modeling a temperature profile of the subsea equipment assembly having a fluid within the flow path, identifying at least one hot zone along an interface between the insulation and the outer surface, where the at least one hot zone is exposed to temperatures above a degradation temperature of the insulation, and designing at least one cold zone along the interface to border the at least one hot zone, the at least one cold zone exposed to maximum temperatures below the degradation temperature of the insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Whitsitt, Carlos Ardenis Silva-Hernandez, Matthew R. Herst, Warren P. Jones, Frank Wabnitz
  • HIGH TEMPERATURE INSULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170067317
    Abstract: A method includes designing a subsea equipment assembly having an insulation covering an outer surface of at least one equipment unit and a flow path formed through the at least one equipment unit. The designing includes modeling a temperature profile of the subsea equipment assembly having a fluid within the flow path, identifying at least one hot zone along an interface between the insulation and the outer surface, where the at least one hot zone is exposed to temperatures above a degradation temperature of the insulation, and designing at least one cold zone along the interface to border the at least one hot zone, the at least one cold zone exposed to maximum temperatures below the degradation temperature of the insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Whitsitt, Carlos Ardenis Silva-Hernandez, Matthew R. Herst, Warren P. Jones, Frank Wabnitz