Systems and methods for efficient on-line pigging of a coker furnace without interruption of the delayed coking process, which will save time and money during the delayed coking process. This system can be retrofitted to existing coker furnaces.

A system for the detection of a rate of flow or a level of a fluid or the presence of an object, such as a PIG, in pipelines, comprising at least one detection device that includes: a sensor assembly arranged to detect the rate of flow or level of a fluid withing a section of a pipeline or the presence of a pig located along the section of pipeline where the device is located, a power store, a position determining module, a radio frequency receiver, and a radio frequency transmitter, in which the detection device has a sleep mode in which the sensor assembly is inactive and has a first power consumption and an active mode in which the sensor assembly is active and the detection device has a second, higher, power consumption when the sensor assembly of the device is actively detecting, the device in the active mode also being arranged to transmit signals from the transmitter that are indicative of the detected property of the fluid or presence of an apparatus along the section of the pipeline; and in which the device is configured to switch between the sleep mode and the active mode in response to radio frequency signals received by the receiver.

A pig for use in a pipeline is provided for determining the material of the pipeline in the context of an inline inspection. The pig includes a position determination unit and at least one braking arrangement for immobilizing the pig at a certain position in the pipeline. The pig also includes an X-ray fluorescence sensor.

The present disclosure provides a method of smart gas pipeline cleaning management for safety management and an Internet of Things system. The method comprises: obtaining operation feature of at least one gas pipeline and inspection data of the at least one gas pipeline; determining an area to be cleaned and an area feature of the area to be cleaned based on the operation feature of the at least one gas pipeline and the inspection data of the at least one gas pipeline; determining a pipeline cleaning solution based on the area feature of the area to be cleaned; evaluating a pipeline cleaning effect of the pipeline cleaning solution based on an implementation of the pipeline cleaning solution. The Internet of Things system comprises a smart gas user platform, a smart gas service platform, a smart gas sensing network platform, and a smart gas object platform.

A pig pumping unit is provided that allows eight passes to be made simultaneously with a single pumping unit. A single engine is used to drive three or four pumps, each connected into separate pumping units. Two engines may thus be used to drive up to eight pumps in a single trailer.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for circulating balls. An embodiment of the present invention includes: a circulation path for circulating balls and fluid, the circulation path comprising a cooling water tube of a heat exchange unit; a pump arranged in the circulation path for pumping the balls and fluid; and a counter for counting the time and the number of the balls in relation to the circulation of the balls.

A rubber ball cleaning multipoint centralized ball serving system for a condenser includes a condenser water chamber, a cooling water outlet pipe, a cooling water inlet pipe, a ball recovery net, a second isolating valve, a rubber ball pump, and a check valve. A water inlet end of the condenser water chamber is connected to a plurality of pulse ball serving valves. The plurality of pulse ball serving valves is connected to a ball adding chamber via a rubber ball transfer pipe. The rubber ball transfer pipe is connected to the cooling water inlet pipe via another pulse ball serving valve. The ball adding chamber is connected to the circulating cooling water outlet pipe via a hot water discharging pipe. The hot water discharging pipe is provided with a third isolating valve and a hot water discharging valve. A lower portion of the ball adding chamber is provided with a rubber ball discharge valve. The present system can reduce a quantity of the circulating cooling water that is heated during running of the rubber ball system and again enters the water inlet pipe of the circulating cooling water system, thereby improving a condenser circulating cooling effect. By oppositely and correspondingly operating a pulse ball serving valve and a hot water discharging valve to open or close, a great number of rubber balls are enabled to centrally enter the circulating cooling water inlet pipe and the condenser water chamber within a short time, thereby cleaning the condenser heat exchange pipe in full coverage.

Embodiments provide a method of controlling a flow of pipeline fluid through a pipeline pig that includes a bypass channel and at least one relief channel extending therethrough. The method includes (a) inserting the pipeline pig into a pipeline through which the pipeline fluid is flowing, (b) increasing a differential pressure established in the pipeline fluid between a trailing end and a leading end of the pipeline pig such that the differential pressure sequentially reaches a pre-selected minimum relief pressure, a pre-selected maximum relief pressure and a pre-selected minimum bypass pressure, (c) opening the at least one relief valve to permit the pipeline fluid to flow through the relief channel when the differential pressure reaches the pre-selected minimum relief pressure (d) closing the at least one relief valve to restrict the flow of pipeline fluid through the relief channel when the differential pressure reaches a pre-selected maximum relief pressure, and (e) opening a bypass valve to permit the pipeline fluid to flow through the bypass channel when the differential pressure reaches the pre-selected minimum bypass pressure.

A self-adjusting microbot pigging system for cleaning the interior of a pipe, the system comprises a plurality of microbots, each microbots comprises a propulsion device and a programmable computer processor operatively associated with the propulsion device, each of said processors programmed to instruct its associated propulsion device to operate in cooperation with one or more of the other microbot propulsion devices of said plurality of microbots to form a pig in the pipe.

There is provided an expandable pipeline pig for a varying diameter pipeline having a pig body that carries two or more guides and one or more actuators. Each guide has a resilient body with a folding zone between an outer perimeter and a central area connected to the pig body, a series of support members spaced circumferentially about the resilient body within the folding zone, and a series of collapsing structures positioned between, and integrally formed with, adjacent support members. The actuators selectively release the guides from a reduced to an expanded mode. In the expanded mode the support members extend outward and the collapsing structures are expanded between the support members. In the reduced mode the support members are folded toward the pig body and the collapsing structures are collapsed to reduce a circumference of the resilient body outer perimeter. The support members are biased toward the expanded mode.