SELF-CLEANING CONDUITS FOR HYDROCARBON FLUIDS

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...

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Hauptverfasser: Ganiger, Ravindra Shankar, Woodrow, Thomas D, Raju, Mohan, Namadevan, Arvind, Schimmels, Scott Alan, Nath, Hiranya, Kumar, Rajesh, Adhiachari, Subramani, Bilaiya, Prasant
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Zusammenfassung: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.