Patents by Inventor James Broze

James Broze 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).

  • Pipes, systems, and methods for transporting hydrocarbons
    Publication number: 20060186023
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of transporting a produced fluid through a pipe while limiting deposits at a desired pipe inner-wall location comprising providing a pipe having an inner surface roughness Ra less than 2.5 micrometers at said desired pipe inner-wall location, forcing the produced fluid through the pipe, wherein the produced fluid has a wall shear stress of at least 1 dyne per centimeter squared at said desired pipe inner-wall location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Szabolcs Balkanyi, James Broze, Jose Esparza, Gregory Hatton, Ajay Mehta, Johnny Nimmons, Chien Tsai, Moye Wicks, George Zabaras
  • Method and apparatus for a cold flow subsea hydrocarbon production system
    Publication number: 20060175063
    Abstract: A system for assuring subsea hydrocarbon production flow in pipelines by chilling the hydrocarbon production flow in a heat exchanger and causing solids to form, periodically removing deposits and placing them in a slurry utilizing a closed loop pig launching and receiving systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Szabolcs Balkanyi, James Broze, Jose Esparza, Gregory Hatton, Ajay Mehta, Chien Tsai, Moye Wicks, George Zabaras