Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controlling flow of black powder in hydrocarbon pipelines
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Application No.: US14733674Application Date: 2015-06-08
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Publication No.: US09675979B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: James Clyde Hassell
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: B01D45/00
- IPC: B01D45/00 ; B01D53/14 ; B03C1/30 ; B01D51/02 ; B01D45/16 ; B01D47/06 ; B01D50/00 ; C10L3/10 ; F17D3/01 ; F17D3/12 ; F17D3/16

Abstract:
Black powder flowing with hydrocarbons in a hydrocarbon pipeline is converted into a magnetorheological slurry by implementing wet scrubbing in the hydrocarbon pipeline. A flow of the magnetorheological slurry through the hydrocarbon pipeline is controlled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160354790A1 CONTROLLING FLOW OF BLACK POWDER IN HYDROCARBON PIPELINES Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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