Fluid flow delivery system

A rigid, articulated system for delivering liquid carbon dioxide, or the like, to a well from a fluid source located at the well site, said fluid source including a plurality of carbon dioxide storage tanks located at said well site, each of said storage tanks having an outlet therefrom located at a respective height above the ground at said well site, said system comprising:

• a pump for pumping the liquid carbon dioxide from said fluid source to said well;
• a rigid gathering manifold having a plurality of parallel inlets thereto and an outlet therefrom, said rigid gathering manifold being disposed at a height which is below the respective heights of said outlets of said storage tanks of said fluid source;
• a rigid adjustable length means having a variable length for adjustably connecting an outlet of the outlets of said storage tanks of said fluid source in parallel with an inlet of the plurality of parallel inlets of said gathering manifold before pumping the liquid carbon dioxide into said well to accommodate for different distances and orientations between the outlet of said fluid source and the plurality of parallel inlets of said gathering manifold and provide parallel static coupling during the flow of the liquid carbon dioxide and having a rigid side wall means for maintaining a rigid linkage between the outlets of said storage tanks of said fluid source and the parallel inlets of said gathering manifold when the carbon dioxide is being pumped into said well, said rigid adjustable length means including:
• a first rigid pipe having an inner diameter, a first end and a second end, said first end connectable to an outlet of a selected carbon dioxide storage tank of said plurality of storage tanks of said fluid source;
• a second rigid pipe having an outer diameter less than said inner diameter, a first end disposed within said second end of said first rigid pipe, and a second end, said second rigid pipe further having a thread defined on the outer surface thereof;
• a collar, connected to said first rigid pipe, having an inner surface with a thread defined thereon for receiving said thread of said second rigid pipe and adapted to clampingly engage said thread of said second rigid pipe;
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• rigid conduit means for connecting said second end of said second rigid pipe to an inlet of the plurality of parallel inlets of said gathering manifold;
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• connector means for connecting said gathering manifold with said pump and for allowing dynamic coupling between said gathering manifold and said pump during the flow of the liquid carbon dioxide, said connector means including:
• a separator unit connected to the outlet of said gathering manifold;
• a pressure booster unit connected to said separator unit;
• a distribution manifold connected to said pressure booster unit;
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• dynamic coupling means for providing a movable rigid-walled coupling between said distribution manifold and said pump to accommodate the motion of said pump when said pump pumps the carbon dioxide from said storage tanks to said well.