Patents by Inventor Michael J. Russek

Michael J. Russek 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).

  • Publication number: 20230272979
    Abstract: A unit and system are operable with cooling fluid for handling effluent produced in a cleaning process of refinery equipment. A drum of the unit has an inlet for the effluent, a liquid outlet for condensed effluent, and a vapor outlet for uncondensed effluent. A shell disposed in an interior of the drum and has a passage communicating outside the drum. A heat exchanger is disposed in the passage of the shell. As the effluent from the inlet enters the shell’s passage at the distal end of the shell, the heat exchanger cools the effluent using cooling fluid cycled through the heat exchanger. Condensed effluent escaping from the shell can fill the drum’s interior up to a liquid level. Uncondensed effluent escaping from the shell can collect in the open space of the drum, being subject to further condensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Michael J. Russek, William J. Drennan
  • Publication number: 20230026224
    Abstract: A hose conducts high-temperature steam combined with cleaning solution in a cleaning operation. The hose comprises an external liner, an intermediate conduit, and an internal liner. The external liner comprises first braiding and is disposed along a longitudinal length of the hose. The intermediate conduit is disposed in the external liner along the longitudinal length of the hose. The intermediate conduit has a plurality of corrugations disposed laterally in the tubular wall of the intermediate conduit. The internal liner comprises second braiding and is disposed in the intermediate conduit along the longitudinal length of the hose. The internal liner provided a full bore for the hose configured to conduct the high temperature steam combined with the cleaning solution in a volatilized mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Michael J. Russek, Sean E. Sears