Device, with vanes, for use within a pipeline, and pipeline arrangement including such device

A pipeline arrangement comprising:

• a first piping section configured and arranged for carrying a fluid therethrough, said first piping section having at least one connector on an end thereof;
• a second piping section configured and arranged for carrying a fluid therethrough, said second piping section having at least one connector on an end thereof;
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• a separate device mounted in said pipeline between said first and second piping sections, said device comprising:
• a fluid conduit section constructed of a flexible material to absorb at least one of shock, vibration and mis-alignment in said pipeline, such that said fluid conduit section absorbs axial and radial movements, thereby essentially preventing transmission of said movements along said pipeline, while imparting no thrust load to a remainder of said pipeline;
• said fluid conduit section having a first end, which includes a first mounting arrangement that matingly mounts said first end to said connector of said first piping section, and a second end, which includes a second mounting arrangement that matingly mounts said second end to said connector of said second piping section;
• said fluid conduit section having a length defined between said first and second ends, an internal diameter, and a fluid passage therethrough to allow fluid to flow from said first end to said second end;
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• a plurality of longitudinally extending vanes positioned within said fluid conduit section, wherein radially inner edges of said vanes are in direct contact with the radially inner edges of adjacent vanes and radially outer edges of said vanes contact one of said first and second ends, but are separated from said internal diameter of a remainder of said fluid conduit section, such that a space is defined therebetween.

A pipeline arrangement comprising:

• a first piping section with at least one connector on an end thereof;
• a second piping section with a first connector on an end thereof and a second connector on an opposite end thereof;
• a pump connected to said second connector;
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• a device for use in said pipeline, said device comprising:
• a fluid conduit section constructed of a flexible material to absorb at least one of shock, vibration and mis-alignment in said pipeline;
• said fluid conduit section having a first end, which includes a first mounting arrangement that mounts said first end to said connector of said first piping section, and a second end, which includes a second mounting arrangement that mounts said second end to said first connector of said second piping section;
• said fluid conduit section having a length defined between said first and second ends, an internal diameter, and a fluid passage therethrough to allow fluid to flow from said first end to said second end;
• and
• a plurality of longitudinally extending vanes positioned within said fluid conduit section, wherein radially inner edges of said vanes are in direct contact with the radially inner edges of adjacent vanes and radially outer edges of said vanes contact one of said first and second ends, but are separated from said internal diameter of a remainder of said fluid conduit section, such that a space is defined therebetween.