DOWNHILL SLUMPING IS LIMITED IN A SHUTDOWN SLURRY PIPELINE

Downhill slumping is limited in a shutdown slurry pipeline by placing along the sloping portions of the pipe devices for injecting impervious bodies into the pipeline which limit downward movement of the slurry solids under gravity.

• 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:
  • Meyer, F L
• Publication Date: 1971-4-20

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056306
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1974 12:00AM