Turbine cooling waxy oil
US4702758A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 29, 1986 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 29, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/0391
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A stream of gas and waxy oil is cooled by an expansion turbine to form a wax/oil slurry, and the slurry is pipeline transported without wax deposition in the pipeline and/or to prevent melting of permafrost along the pipeline right of way.
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