MOBILE UNLOADING SUPPORT FOR STRAIGHT SECTION OF SUSPENDED PIPELINE Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC F16L3/16 F16L3/02 

FIELD: pipeline transportation.

SUBSTANCE: movable unloading support for a straight section of an overhead pipeline, including a support structure and a load-bearing element configured to move along guides. The supporting element is rigidly connected to a horizontal pipe, the diameter of which corresponds to the diameter of the pipeline. The length of the supporting structure and load-bearing element along the pipeline axis is at least two pipeline diameters. The supporting element is a full-frame structure, including components that help minimize the effect of changes in temperature and pressure in the pipeline on the gaps between the supporting element and the guides.

EFFECT: reducing the forces, bending moments and torques acting on the connecting elements of process equipment, for example a gas pumping unit of a compressor station, from the piping side, caused by temperature deformations, vibration, pressure changes in the piping, weight of the equipment and other influences.

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