Engineers who have built cavitation machines for two decades.
EIREX grew out of 23+ years of hands-on work: four prototypes, granted US patents, and one surprising result that led to hydrogen.
The EIREX team at one of the prototype rigs.
Leadership
The people behind the reactor.
Sergey Rakhinskiy, M.Sc.
Co-Founder & Vice President
Four decades in metallurgy, rare earth metal operations and industrial R&D. Has directed the technical development of EIREX cavitation applications since the earliest prototypes.
Ran manufacturing and trading operations in rare metal ligatures and ferroalloys
Owned and managed a titanium mining operation in East Siberia
Developed rare metal recovery technologies for mining in Canada and overseas
Co-inventor on US Patent 9,752,082
Metallurgy, Moscow Institute of Aviation Technologies · Economics & International Trade, Moscow International Commerce Academy
Lazarus Saidakovsky, M.Sc., P.Eng.
Co-Founder & Director
Professional Engineer with 40+ years across advanced engineering R&D and large software systems. His turbulent-flow research formed the scientific base of the early cavitation work.
P.Eng. (Ontario), IEEE member, PDAC member
R&D at the Design Laboratories of Bio-Med Cybernetics
IT executive at a major Canadian construction and real estate company
Lead inventor on US Patent 9,752,082
Theoretical Radio-Electronics, St. Petersburg Institute of Telecommunications · Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (Summa Cum Laude)
Dr. Nikolai Novikov, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist & Senior R&D Advisor
Hydrodynamicist with 46 years of experience, 37 in academic research. Joined EIREX in 2013 and leads the work on controlled turbulent flow behind the reactor design.
120+ scientific publications, 25 patents and IP certificates
9 international science and technology awards
Professor of hydro-aerodynamics and aviation engines, Rybinsk State Academy
Co-inventor on US Patents 9,752,082 and 11,266,995
Aviation Engineering (Cum Laude), State Academy of Aviation Technologies · Doctorate in Aerodynamics & Aircraft Engines
Our story
Four prototypes. One discovery.
Each prototype applied cavitation to a different hard problem. The fourth showed hydrogen coming from the water, and that became the focus of EIREX.
01
Mining
Tailings recovery
A lab-scale unit recovered mineral particles down to 10 microns from gold tailings.
02
Oil sands
Bitumen separation
Separated Alberta oil sands into their main constituents. Diesel-range products forming during extraction pointed to "cold cracking".
03
Heavy oil
Viscosity reduction
Lowered the viscosity of bitumen and black wax so they can move by pipeline with less diluent. Patented in the US in 2017.
04
Plastics
Plastic to hydrocarbons
An "impulse generator" broke plastic particles in water into oil-like liquids. These runs revealed hydrogen coming from the water itself.
05
Now
Hydrogen + peroxide pilot
Co-producing hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide from water. Pilot in development, with a hydrogen patent filing in progress.
Prototype Four, plastics to hydrocarbons. The latest test rig, where the hydrogen from water was first observed.An extraction sample from the plastic runs.
Early mining prototype in the workshop.A later cavitation rig.Reactor cross-section from the design work.
Patents
Granted in the United States.
The team holds granted patents on its cavitation processes. A hydrogen production patent filing is in progress.
US 9,752,082 B2 · 2017
Reducing high viscosity in petroleum products and emulsions
Saidakovsky, Rakhinskiy, Novikov
US 11,266,995 B2 · 2022
Method and apparatus for rock disintegration
Zaguliaev, Novikov
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