Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transporting fluids through a conduit
- Patent Title (中): 运输流体通过导管
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Application No.: US11007495Application Date: 2004-12-08
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Publication No.: US07100627B2Publication 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

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050194042A1 Transporting fluids through a conduit Public/Granted day:2005-09-08
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