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US07100627B2 Transporting fluids through a conduit 有权
运输流体通过导管

  • Patent Title: Transporting fluids through a conduit
  • Patent Title (中): 运输流体通过导管
  • Application No.: US11007495
    Application Date: 2004-12-08
  • Publication No.: US07100627B2
    Publication Date: 2006-09-05
  • Inventor: Elco Dick Hollander
  • Applicant: Elco Dick Hollander
  • Applicant Address: US TX Houston
  • Assignee: Shell Oil Company
  • Current Assignee: Shell Oil Company
  • Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
  • Agent Charles W. Stewart
  • Priority: EP03104605 20031209
  • Main IPC: F15D1/06
  • IPC: F15D1/06
Transporting fluids through a conduit
Abstract:
A method of sequentially transporting a first and a second fluid at a volumetric flow rate through a conduit having a cross-section, wherein the first and second fluids have different densities, which method comprises the steps of estimating a critical stratification condition for a fluid density profile along the conduit, which condition takes into account the densities of the first and second fluids, the cross-section of the conduit and the volumetric flow rate, and wherein violating the critical stratification condition likely results in stratification of fluids to occur; and feeding sequentially only first fluid, a buffer fluid and only second fluid into the conduit, wherein the buffer fluid has a density between the densities of the first and second fluids, such that a density profile of fluid along the conduit is provided, which does not violate the critical stratification condition.
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