Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Auxiliary system and method for starting or restarting the flow of gelled fluid
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Application No.: US16326022Application Date: 2018-01-25
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Publication No.: US11644155B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Guilherme Dos Santos Vieira Lima , Cezar Otaviano Ribeiro Negrao , Eduardo Martinez Barreira , Nezia De Rosso , Paulo Henrique De Carvalho , Fernando Machado Kroetz
- Applicant: PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS , UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLOGICA FEDERAL DO PARANA
- Applicant Address: BR Rio de Janeiro
- Assignee: PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A,—PETROBRAS,UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLOGICA FEDERAL DO PARANA
- Current Assignee: PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A,—PETROBRAS,UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLOGICA FEDERAL DO PARANA
- Current Assignee Address: BR Rio de Janeiro; BR Curitiba
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/GB2018/050211 2018.01.25
- International Announcement: WO2019/145664A 2019.08.01
- Date entered country: 2019-02-15
- Main IPC: F15B1/24
- IPC: F15B1/24 ; F17D1/20 ; F16L55/053 ; F17D1/08

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an auxiliary system for starting or restarting the flow of gelled fluid contained in a pipeline (12) wherein the system comprises: at least one relief tank (13) fluidly connected (11) to the pipeline (12), wherein at least one relief tank (13) is suitable for receiving fluid from the pipeline (12); and at least one pressurising element upstream of at least one tank, suitable for pressurising the fluid in the pipeline (12), Additionally, the invention also provides an auxiliary method for starting or restarting the flow of gelled fluid in a pipeline (12) comprising at least one tank fluidly connected (11) to the pipeline (12) and at least one pressurising element upstream of at least one tank, wherein the method comprises the step of, at the start of the process, the pressurising element increasing the pressure in the pipeline (12) and filling at least one tank at least partially with fluid coming from the pipeline (12).
Public/Granted literature
- US20210356080A1 AUXILIARY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STARTING OR RESTARTING THE FLOW OF GELLED FLUID Public/Granted day:2021-11-18
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