Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for heating subsea pipeline
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Application No.: US15748385Application Date: 2017-02-02
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Publication No.: US10247345B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Gareth Macgregor McCann
- Applicant: ICPTECH PTY LTD
- Applicant Address: AU
- Assignee: ICPTECH PTY LTD
- Current Assignee: ICPTECH PTY LTD
- Current Assignee Address: AU
- Agency: Galbreath Law Offices, P.C.
- Agent John A. Galbreath
- Priority: AU2016900670 20160224
- International Application: PCT/AU2017/050084 WO 20170202
- International Announcement: WO2017/143389 WO 20170831
- Main IPC: H05B6/10
- IPC: H05B6/10 ; F16L53/34 ; H02G1/10 ; H02G9/02 ; H05B6/36

Abstract:
Provided is apparatus (20) for heating a portion of subsea pipeline (10). The apparatus (20) generally comprises at least one electrical conductor (22), and a deployment mechanism (24) which is configured to operatively support a length of said electrical conductor (22) in a looped manner. In addition, the deployment mechanism (24) is further configured to deploy the looped conductor (26) circumferentially about at least a portion of the pipeline (10). When the conductor (22) is connected to a suitable power supply, the looped conductor (26) is configured to operatively induce an alternating magnetic field within the portion of the pipeline (10) in order to generate heat therein through induction heating.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190003629A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HEATING SUBSEA PIPELINE Public/Granted day:2019-01-03
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