Pipeline system and drainage container for receiving liquid flowing through a pipeline system

US10443897B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Jürgen Wortmann · Weichs, DE
• Michael Lutz · Speyer, DE
• Katharina Kaleta · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Kerstin Schierle-Arndt · Zwingenberg, DE
• Stephan Maurer · Neustadt, DE
• Michael Ladenberger · Annweiler am Trifels, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 6, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/8593
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pipeline system in a linearly concentrating solar power station comprises at least one pipeline which is connected at one end to a converger and at a second end to a distributor. The converger and the distributor are arranged at a different geodetic height. When the converger lies on top pressurized gas can be fed into the converger and the distributor is connected to a drainage container. When the distributor lies on top pressurized gas can be fed into the distributor and the converger is connected to a drainage container. The drainage container is lower than the converter and the distributor.