Pipeline for carrying a molten salt

US8895901B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Jürgen Wortmann · Weichs, DE
• Michael Lutz · Speyer, DE
• Martin Gärtner · Worms, DE
• Kerstin Schierle-Arndt · Zwingenberg, DE
• Stephan Maurer · Neustadt, DE
• Michael Ladenberger · Annweiler am Trifels, DE
• Karolin Geyer · Mannheim, DE
• Florian Garlichs · Neustadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 2012
• Grant date: Nov 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 3, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/46
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a pipeline for carrying a molten salt, with a pipe wall that is stable with respect to the temperatures occurring. A heating conductor (21) is provided inside the pipeline (5) for heating, the heating conductor (21) preferably not lying against the inner wall of the pipeline (5).