Apparatus and method for coating pipelines

    公开(公告)号:US10688517B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-23

    申请号:US15748463

    申请日:2016-07-29

    Applicant: SAIPEM S.p.A.

    Abstract: An apparatus configured to coat pipelines, in particular a cutback along a pipeline, having: a frame, which extends along a designated axis and is fixable with respect to the pipeline so as to arrange the designated axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pipeline; a carriage, which is supported by the frame, is movable along the designated axis with respect to the frame, and is configured to designated a heater and an applicator; an actuator configured to advance the carriage along the designated axis; and a control unit configured to select a travel distance for the carriage from a plurality of travel distances.

    CROSS-FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER
    203.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200030743A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-30

    申请号:US16337613

    申请日:2017-09-19

    Applicant: SAIPEM S.P.A.

    Abstract: A counter-current cross-flow heat exchanger for heating a first gas and cooling a second gas, includes modules in fluid communication with one another, each module being positioned on a plane, the planes mutually overlapping. Conduits allow entry and exit of the first and second gases into and out of the exchanger. Each module has heat exchange plates, with heating and cooling faces. The plates are orthogonal to the module plane and parallel to define alternating heating and cooling spaces. The first gas crosses each heating space with a direction substantially parallel to the plane of each module and the second gas crosses each cooling space with a direction substantially orthogonal to the plane of each module. The cooling spaces between adjacent modules are in direct fluid communication. The heating spaces between adjacent modules are in fluid communication with one another by conduits/conveyors, creating a serpentine path.

    System and method for laying an underwater pipeline on a bed of a body of water

    公开(公告)号:US10508414B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-17

    申请号:US15513083

    申请日:2015-09-25

    Applicant: SAIPEM S.p.A.

    Abstract: A system for laying an underwater pipeline on a bed of a body of water has a construction site to form a string of an underwater pipeline, the string being defined by a curved portion shaped substantially like a portion of the bed of the body of water characterized by an abrupt change in slope; at least two vessels to transfer, in the body of water, the string from the construction site to a laying site in the body of water and substantially on the vertical of a path along which to lay the string; and a plurality of floating devices configured to be coupled to the string and so as to selectively support and sink the string in the body of water, and progressively lay the string along the path on the bed of the body of water.

    Trenching assembly for laying in a trench a continuous pipeline and trenching method

    公开(公告)号:US10435865B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-08

    申请号:US15748114

    申请日:2016-07-26

    Applicant: SAIPEM S.P.A.

    Abstract: A trenching assembly lays a continuous pipeline in a trench dug in a bed with uneven bathymetry, the trenching assembly including a trench digging device having a main body; at least four ground contact units, each unit having a height adjustment device, to position each ground contact unit with respect to the main body independently. A trench cutting tool digs in the bed includes a cutting depth adjustment device, for positioning the cutting tool with respect to the main body. A detection device detects bed bathymetry. A control device simultaneously allows cooperation between the detection device, the height adjustment device of each ground contact unit, and the cutting depth adjustment device. A command device cooperates with the control device to adjustment each ground contact unit and the cutting depth adjustment device, to obtain a trench having a height difference lower than a predefined tolerance and a predetermined burial depth.

    PIPE-LAYING VESSEL
    208.
    发明申请
    PIPE-LAYING VESSEL 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190211945A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-11

    申请号:US16324184

    申请日:2017-08-17

    Applicant: Saipem S.p.A.

    CPC classification number: F16L1/19 F16L1/205

    Abstract: The disclosure provides a pipe-laying vessel including a pipe-laying tower extending upwardly from the vessel, and the vessel includes at least three separate workstations spaced apart along the length of the tower. The disclosure also provides a pipe-laying vessel including a pipe-laying tower extending upwardly from the vessel, and the vessel includes at least two clamping assemblies for clamping a pipeline, the clamping assemblies being mounted along the length of the tower, and at least one workstation mounted on the tower. The workstation is mounted on the tower below a lowermost clamping assembly. The disclosure also provides a method of J-laying pipeline from a vessel, a method of abandoning a product from a vessel, and a method of recovering a previously abandoned product to a vessel.

    Joining device of a continuous conduit for changes in slope of seabeds, continuous conduit comprising a device and method for joining a continuous conduit

    公开(公告)号:US10344893B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-09

    申请号:US15746353

    申请日:2016-07-14

    Applicant: SAIPEM S.P.A.

    Abstract: A joining device of a continuous conduit is for changes in slope of seabeds. The continuous conduit defines a longitudinal direction substantially coinciding with the longitudinal direction of structural development of the continuous conduit. The continuous conduit has a longitudinal structural continuity and a fluidic continuity. The joining device includes a joint that includes at least one first joining branch, at least one second joining branch and at least one third joining branch. The first joining branch extends along the longitudinal direction and provides longitudinal structural and fluidic continuity of the continuous conduit and connects with a piece of the continuous conduit. The second joining branch provides longitudinal structural continuity of the continuous conduit. The third joining branch provides fluidic continuity of the continuous conduit. The second joining branch is exclusively suitable for providing the longitudinal structural continuity of the continuous conduit, and is unsuitable for providing the fluidic continuity.

    UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF UNDERWATER FACILITIES

    公开(公告)号:US20190084658A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-21

    申请号:US16082439

    申请日:2017-03-10

    Applicant: SAIPEM S.p.A.

    Abstract: An unmanned underwater vehicle of a system for the maintenance and inspection of permanent underwater facilities having a first interface configured for structurally and functionally coupling to an operational module selected on the basis of specific needs from a plurality of interchangeable operational modules featuring different characteristics, and a second interface configured for structurally and functionally coupling to a power and communication module selected on the basis of specific needs from a plurality of interchangeable power and communication modules featuring different characteristics.

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