Reducing Corrosion and Fouling Inside Pipelines
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorKhaled Abdullah AL-Buraik
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Abstract
Methods for reducing corrosion or fouling in a pipeline can include identifying a location in the pipeline where inhomogeneities in the fluid produce the conditions that promote corrosion or fouling. A mixing unit can be installed based on the identified location with blades of the mixing unit positioned inside the pipeline. Homogeneity of fluid in the pipeline can be increased downstream of the mixing unit by flowing the combined first fluid and second fluid past the blades of the mixing unit.
Claims20
A method for reducing corrosion or fouling in a pipeline transporting fluid produced from a first formation, the method comprising:
- identifying a location in the pipeline where inhomogeneities in the fluid produce conditions that promote corrosion or fouling;
- installing a mixing unit based on the identified location with blades of the mixing unit positioned inside the pipeline and coupled to a shaft of a generator of the mixing unit;
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- increasing homogeneity of the flow in the pipeline and generating electricity by flowing the combined flow past the blades of the mixing unit.
A method for reducing corrosion or fouling in a pipeline, the method comprising:
- identifying a location in the pipeline where inhomogeneities in the fluid produce the conditions that promote corrosion or fouling;
- installing a mixing unit based on the identified location with blades of the mixing unit positioned inside the pipeline;
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- increasing homogeneity of fluid in the pipeline downstream of the mixing unit by flowing the combined first fluid and second fluid past the blades of the mixing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.