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Self-cleaning conduits for hydrocarbon fluids

US12090462B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Ravindra Shankar Ganiger · Kanchinakote, IN
Hiranya Nath · Bengaluru, IN
Thomas D. Woodrow · Wyoming, US
Scott Alan Schimmels · Miamisburg, US
Arvind Namadevan · Bengaluru, IN
Mohan Kannaiah Raju · Bengaluru, IN
Subramani Adhiachari · Bengaluru, IN
Prasant Bilaiya · Bengaluru, IN
Rajesh Kumar · Marlborough, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 11, 2022
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 11, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16N2210/02
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A self-cleaning conduit for a hydrocarbon fluid. The conduit includes a tube and a movable sleeve. The tube has an interior surface defining a flow passage for the hydrocarbon fluid. The movable sleeve is positioned within the flow passage to abut the interior surface and is movable along the interior surface in response to a change in an operating characteristic of the conduit to break-up deposits on the interior surface.

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