RETRACTABLE QUILL
    52.
    发明公开
    RETRACTABLE QUILL 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240133525A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US18546607

    申请日:2022-02-16

    发明人: Robert TEBB

    IPC分类号: F17D3/10 F17D3/12

    CPC分类号: F17D3/10 F17D3/12

    摘要: Retractable quills for use with a pipe or vessel containing a fluid, and methods of operation thereof, are described. The retractable quill has a cylinder and a hollow rod slidably disposed within the cylinder, the hollow rod having a first end configured to be inserted into the pipe or vessel in fluid communication with the fluid. The retractable quill also has a drive system configured to move the hollow rod within the cylinder between an extended position where the first end of the hollow rod is inserted into the pipe or vessel and within the fluid and a retracted position where the first end of the hollow rod is outside of the pipe or vessel. The retractable quill may be configured to maintain a positive pressure seal when the hollow rod is moved between the extended position and the retracted position.

    MIXER WITH MULTI-INJECTION QUILLS
    53.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240125437A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18046299

    申请日:2022-10-13

    IPC分类号: F17D3/12 G05D21/02

    CPC分类号: F17D3/12 G05D21/02

    摘要: A combined chemical injection and mixing system including an injection stream pipe, a target pipe disposed within the injection stream pipe, and a plurality of injection quills is described. The injection stream pipe encloses the plurality of injection quills, and the plurality of injection quills each independently includes a quill check valve and a quill flange. A method for mixing at least one chemical in a pipeline is also described. The method includes providing a chemical injection and mixing system configured to a pipeline, forming a pipeline treatment system, providing a fluid flow in the pipeline treatment system, injecting at least one chemical via the plurality of injection quills, and mixing the at least one injected chemical in a mixing zone of the chemical injection and mixing system, thereby mixing the at least one injected chemical in the fluid flow.

    Odorization system
    56.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11624481B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-11

    申请号:US17063904

    申请日:2020-10-06

    申请人: Welker, Inc.

    IPC分类号: F17D3/12

    摘要: An odorization system is provided that introduces foul-smelling odorant into a natural gas pipeline in order to make gas leaks more easily detectable. The system improves upon prior art odorization systems by using a pumpless mechanism driven by differential pressures. The elimination of pumps from the system reduces the likelihood of system failure and further reduces the likelihood that odorant leaks to atmosphere.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF A PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220154889A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-19

    申请号:US17526673

    申请日:2021-11-15

    申请人: Sensia LLC

    发明人: Ross Allen Otto

    摘要: A method for operating a pipeline system includes obtaining sensor data of a gas in the pipeline system from sensors of a sensing unit. The method also includes performing a real-time and closed loop control scheme using the sensor data and a material model of the gas to determine one or more control decisions. The method also includes operating one or more controllable pipeline elements to adjust a temperature, a pressure, a flow rate, or a composition of the gas according to the one or more control decisions.

    Vessel and pipeline insertion tool
    58.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10808888B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-20

    申请号:US16361872

    申请日:2019-03-22

    IPC分类号: F17C13/02 G01N17/04 F17D3/12

    摘要: An improved insertion tool for placing/removing objects in a pressurized vessel, the object mounted on an elongate object-holder of a tool attached to the pressurized vessel, the insertion tool including (a) one or more elongate guides each having a distal end and a proximal end, (b) a retractor assembly attached to the proximal end of the elongate guides, (c) a top-plate assembly attached to the distal end of the elongate guides, and (d) a travel-plate assembly slidably mounted to the elongate guides and configured to be attached to the elongate object-holder and moved along the elongate guides by the retractor assembly, the improvement comprising: the retractor assembly includes a removable link block configured to be removably attached to a body of the connection tool, the link block configured to thereafter be removably mounted in the retractor assembly with no degrees-of-freedom of movement while mounted in the retractor assembly.

    SELF-INVERTING POLYMER EMULSIONS
    59.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200308390A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16834816

    申请日:2020-03-30

    申请人: Ecolab USA Inc.

    IPC分类号: C08L33/10 F17D3/12

    摘要: A polymer composition has been developed that provides low viscosity oil-in-water polymer emulsions that release the polymer in the emulsion at a faster rate and without an additional surfactant when the emulsion is added to a hydrocarbon stream. Use of a temperature-sensitive emulsifying surfactant facilitates inversion of the oil-in-water polymer emulsion when applied to a hydrocarbon composition at a temperature sufficiently high to destabilize the emulsion. These compositions are particularly useful as drag reducers for delivery to a subsea flowline via an umbilical line.

    Method and system for clearing a pipe system

    公开(公告)号:US10441981B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-15

    申请号:US15767184

    申请日:2016-10-14

    摘要: Method and system for clearing a pipe system from its contents, the pipe having a proximal end and a distal end, the method including providing an air supply to the pipe system at the proximal end by applying an air pressure decreasing from an initial pressure as the bulk of the pipe contents get discharged gradually at the distal end for obtaining a contents flow in the pipe system. The method further includes determining a volume of air supplied to the pipe system by the air supply, determining an estimated contents travel speed from the volume of the air supplied to the pipe and regulating the air supply to the proximal end of the pipe for obtaining a predetermined pipe contents travel speed using the estimated contents travel speed.