Transport of highly viscous fluids in closed pipeline systems
AssigneeTesa SE
InventorsSven König, Hermann Neuhaus-Steinmetz, Ulrich Reiser, Norbert Grittner
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Abstract
Apparatus far equilibrating differences between flow rates into and out of closed pipeline systems, which apparatus includes a tank having a supply line and a discharge unit, with a displaceable plate; the supply being fed to the tank through the displaceable plate, the discharge from the tank being through an outlet at the bottom of the tank and the plate moving upwards or downwards to automatically change the volume of the tank in accordance with differences between the supply rate and the discharge rate.
Claims12
An apparatus for the equilibration of the throughput of-highly viscous fluids in closed pipeline systems, comprising a supply line, a tank having temperature-controlled inside walls, a plate which is displaceable in the tank and forms a seal against the walls of the tank, said supply line communicating with one or more openings through the plate and a discharge opening in the base of the tank, a discharge unit attached to said discharge opening, wherein the volume of said tank changes automatically as a result of the difference in the throughputs at the inflow and outflow and the resultant displacement of the plate and wherein the inner sides of the plate and of the base have a complementary conical, profile and the fluid is distributed within the plate by a star-shaped distributing channel to the outer edge of the plate in such a way that it leaves into the tank evenly over the entire periphery of the plate.
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