PLUG FORMATION IN A SHUTDOWN PIPELINE FOR TRANSPORTING A SLURRY IS PREVENTED

Plug formation in a shutdown pipeline for transporting a slurry is prevented with an apparatus including a slurry drain in the pipeline at locations where plug formation is likely to occur, a storage device for the drainaed slurry, a valve for controlling the slurry flow from the pipeline into the storage device, and a recirculation device for transporting the slurry from the storage device back into the pipeline.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • U.S. Patent Classification No. C1.302/14.
• Corporate Authors:

  Shell Oil Company

  50 West 50th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10020
• Authors:
  • Dimopoulos, H G
• Publication Date: 1971-6-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Materials management; Pipeline transportation; Slurry
• Old TRIS Terms: Pipeline economics; Slurries; Slurry handling techniques
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056331
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM