Abstract: A system is provided for containerization-based countermeasures to cybersecurity vulnerabilities. In particular, the system may generate one or more containers (e.g., virtual environments), where each container may be configured to execute one or more tasks. At least a portion of the containers may be decoy containers that may be executing one or more decoy tasks. The system may then use a randomized process to change which containers are decoy and/or which tasks or jobs are executed within each container. Each container may be associated with a cryptographic key such that each container may be hashed by the system and compared against a reference hash associated with the container. If the hash has changed, the system may determine that the container has been modified and subsequently implement one or more intelligent remediation processes.

Abstract: A system is provided for containerization-based countermeasures to cybersecurity vulnerabilities. In particular, the system may generate one or more containers (e.g., virtual environments), where each container may be configured to execute one or more tasks. At least a portion of the containers may be decoy containers that may be executing one or more decoy tasks. The system may then use a randomized process to change which containers are decoy and/or which tasks or jobs are executed within each container. Each container may be associated with a cryptographic key such that each container may be hashed by the system and compared against a reference hash associated with the container. If the hash has changed, the system may determine that the container has been modified and subsequently implement one or more intelligent remediation processes.

Abstract: A direct contact steam injection heater is placed directly in line with a flow of stock through a pipe. The steam injection heater includes a Mach diffuser having a plurality of steam diffusion holes and an adjustable steam-plug cover that is positioned within a stationary diffuser tube to modulate the amount of steam added to the flowing stock by exposing a desired number of steam diffusion holes. The steam tube assembly includes an O-ring that forms a seal along the inner wall of the diffuser tube to prevent the flow of stock into the steam tube assembly when steam pressure is not present. Select areas of the steam injection heater, including the deflection plate, diffuser tube and heater body inner wall are coated with a wear coating such as tungsten carbide. Further, a pair of pressure ports are formed in the steam-plug cover to equalize the pressure between the open interior of the steam-plug cover to further facilitate rotation of the steam-plug cover.

Abstract: A direct contact steam injection heater is placed directly in line with a flow of stock through a pipe. The steam injection heater includes a Mach diffuser having a plurality of steam diffusion holes and an adjustable steam-plug cover that is positioned within a stationary diffuser tube to modulate the amount of steam added to the flowing stock by exposing a desired number of steam diffusion holes. The steam tube assembly includes an O-ring that forms a seal along the inner wall of the diffuser tube to prevent the flow of stock into the steam tube assembly when steam pressure is not present. Select areas of the steam injection heater, including the deflection plate, diffuser tube and heater body inner wall are coated with a wear coating such as tungsten carbide. Further, a pair of pressure ports are formed in the steam-plug cover to equalize the pressure between the open interior of the steam-plug cover to further facilitate rotation of the steam-plug cover.

Abstract: A direct contact steam injection heater body is placed directly in line and allows axial flow of stock (i.e. liquid or slurry) through a pipe. The steam injection heater includes a Mach diffuser having a plurality of steam diffusion holes. The Mach diffuser is mounted transverse to the axial flow of stock through the pipe and the heater body. High velocity steam is injected from the plurality of steam diffusion holes into the stock flowing through the heater body. An adjustably positionable cover in the Mach diffuser modulates the amount of steam added to the flowing stock by exposing a desired number of steam diffusion holes. Modulation is accomplished at constant steam pressure by an actuator that rotates the cover. The arrangement is able to efficiently heat large flows of viscous stock, such as slurries having suspended materials that tend to flocculate. The upstream surface area of the Mach diffuser is preferably free of steam diffusion holes to eliminate unnecessary plugging.