SETTLED SOLIDS IN A SHUTDOWN SLURRY PIPELINE ARE RESUSPENDED

Settled solids in a shutdown slurry pipeline are resuspended with an apparatus including an inlet pipe communicating with the interior of the pipeline along a portion where plug formation is likely to occur, a source of high-pressure inert gas, and a device for introducing the gas into the pipeline to loosen the solids upon restart.

• 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:
  • Titus, P E
• 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: 00056338
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM