Dispersing liquid slugs in gas pipelines

Liquid slugs in gas pipelines (1) are dispersed by injecting gas into the liquid, producing a compressible gas-liquid mixture. Placed upstream of a compressor station (2), the present invention can be used to protect valves (4) and separators (3) from the destructive effect of liquid slugs.

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Hauptverfasser: GREGORY, GARRY A, AZIZ, KHALID, NICKERSON, JOHN R, NICHOLSON, MURRAY K
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Liquid slugs in gas pipelines (1) are dispersed by injecting gas into the liquid, producing a compressible gas-liquid mixture. Placed upstream of a compressor station (2), the present invention can be used to protect valves (4) and separators (3) from the destructive effect of liquid slugs.