Self-cleaning conduits for hydrocarbon fluids

US12311330B2 · kind B2 · utility

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: May 27, 2025
• Expiry date: Dec 1, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16N2210/02
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A self-cleaning conduit for a hydrocarbon fluid. The conduit includes a tube and a mesh. The tube has an interior surface defining a flow passage for the hydrocarbon fluid. The mesh is positioned within the flow passage to abut the interior surface and movable along the interior surface to break-up deposits on the interior surface. The mesh is characterized by a mesh activation parameter (MAP) from one ten thousandths to six tenths.