Patents by Inventor Mark Joseph Kuzdzal

Mark Joseph Kuzdzal 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).

  • Patent number: 9249887
    Abstract: A seal assembly for use in a turbomachine is provided. The seal assembly has an annular division wall with outside and inside surfaces, a carrier ring disposed adjacent the inside surface of the annular division wall, and a sealing substrate metallurgically-bonded to an inner-most surface of the carrier ring. The sealing substrate is machined to form a seal surface that can be disposed proximate a rotor and maintained substantially parallel thereto during operation of the turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Dresser-Rand Company
    Inventors: David C. Seib, Mark Joseph Kuzdzal
  • Publication number: 20120032404
    Abstract: A seal assembly for use in a turbomachine is provided. The seal assembly has an annular division wall with outside and inside surfaces, a carrier ring disposed adjacent the inside surface of the annular division wall, and a sealing substrate metallurgically-bonded to an inner-most surface of the carrier ring. The sealing substrate is machined to form a seal surface that can be disposed proximate a rotor and maintained substantially parallel thereto during operation of the turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: DRESSER-RAND COMPANY
    Inventors: David C. Seib, Mark Joseph Kuzdzal
  • Patent number: 8061961
    Abstract: A device or system through which fluid is adapted to flow, such as, for example, a fluid-carrying conduit, flow control valve, or fluid expansion device including, for example, a steam turbine or fluid expander, according to which acoustic energy is generated by, or present within, the device or system and the acoustic energy is attenuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Dresser-Rand Company
    Inventors: Zheji Liu, Mark Joseph Kuzdzal, Dan Benjamin
  • Patent number: 8061984
    Abstract: A sealing assembly configured to seal a rotating shaft of a turbo machine having a high pressure process gas, comprising a housing defining a bore configured to receive the rotating shaft and sealing assembly, wherein the housing is mounted to a casing of the turbo machine; a first sealing stage comprising a single dry gas seal and configured to blow down the high pressure process gas to a lower pressure; a labyrinth seal mounted longitudinally outward from the first sealing stage; and a second sealing stage mounted longitudinally outward from the labyrinth seal, wherein the second sealing stage comprises a tandem dry gas seal having a primary dry gas seal and a secondary dry gas seal axially spaced with an intermediate labyrinth seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Dresser-Rand Company
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Kuzdzal, Harry Francis Miller, Glenn R. Grosso, Martin D. Maier, David J. Peer
  • Patent number: 7984787
    Abstract: A device or system through which fluid is adapted to flow, such as, for example, a fluid-carrying conduit, flow control valve, or fluid expansion device including, for example, a steam turbine or fluid expander, according to which acoustic energy is generated by, or present within, the device or system and the acoustic energy is attenuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Dresser-Rand Company
    Inventors: Zheji Liu, Mark Joseph Kuzdzal
  • Publication number: 20110097216
    Abstract: A compression apparatus including a motor, a lubricant source, an umbilical, a compressor, a separation device, and a lubricant recycling assembly. The lubricant source provides a lubricant. The umbilical is fluidly connected to the lubricant source. The compressor is operatively connected to the motor, fluidly connected to the umbilical, and includes a compressor lubricant outlet and a compressor lubricant inlet that is fluidly connected to the umbilical. The separation device is fluidly connected to the compressor, and the lubricant source, and a well including a process fluid, wherein the separation device separates the process fluid into a liquid portion and a gaseous portion, and a portion of the lubricant mixes with the process fluid. The lubricant recycling assembly includes a dirty side fluidly connected to the compressor lubricant outlet, a clean side fluidly connected to the compressor lubricant inlet, a lubricant filter, and a lubricant pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: DRESSER-RAND COMPANY
    Inventor: Mark Joseph Kuzdzal
  • Publication number: 20100254811
    Abstract: A sealing assembly configured to seal a rotating shaft of a turbo machine having a high pressure process gas, comprising a housing defining a bore configured to receive the rotating shaft and sealing assembly, wherein the housing is mounted to a casing of the turbo machine; a first sealing stage comprising a single dry gas seal and configured to blow down the high pressure process gas to a lower pressure; a labyrinth seal mounted longitudinally outward from the first sealing stage; and a second sealing stage mounted longitudinally outward from the labyrinth seal, wherein the second sealing stage comprises a tandem dry gas seal having a primary dry gas seal and a secondary dry gas seal axially spaced with an intermediate labyrinth seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Dresser-Rand Co.
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Kuzdzal, Harry Francis Miller, Glenn R. Grosso, Martin D. Maier, David J. Peer
  • Publication number: 20100189546
    Abstract: A device or system through which fluid is adapted to flow, such as, for example, a fluid-carrying conduit, flow control valve, or fluid expansion device including, for example, a steam turbine or fluid expander, according to which acoustic energy is generated by, or present within, the device or system and the acoustic energy is attenuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: DRESSER-RAND COMPANY
    Inventors: Zheji Liu, Mark Joseph Kuzdzal, Dan Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20100187038
    Abstract: A device or system through which fluid is adapted to flow, such as, for example, a fluid-carrying conduit, flow control valve, or fluid expansion device including, for example, a steam turbine or fluid expander, according to which acoustic energy is generated by, or present within, the device or system and the acoustic energy is attenuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: DRESSER-RAND COMPANY
    Inventors: Zheji Liu, Mark Joseph Kuzdzal
  • Patent number: 6547037
    Abstract: A system and method for lubricating fluid flow apparatus utilizing a hydrate-reducing chemical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Dresser-Rand Company
    Inventor: Mark Joseph Kuzdzal
  • Publication number: 20020166729
    Abstract: A system and method for lubricating fluid flow apparatus utilizing a hydrate-reducing chemical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventor: Mark Joseph Kuzdzal