THE SPECIAL FEATURES OF USING FRACTURE ARRESTORS IN NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINES

  • GH. ZECHERU
    UNIVERSITATEA PETROL - GAZE DIN PLOIEŞTI
  • GH. DUMITRU
    UNIVERSITATEA PETROL - GAZE DIN PLOIEŞTI
  • GH. DRAGHICI
    UNIVERSITATEA PETROL - GAZE DIN PLOIEŞTI
  • DAN CHEŢAN
    UNIVERSITATEA PETROL - GAZE DIN PLOIEŞTI
  • ALIN DINIŢĂ
    UNIVERSITATEA PETROL - GAZE DIN PLOIEŞTI
  • LAŢA ILIE
    UNIVERSITATEA PETROL - GAZE DIN PLOIEŞTI

Abstract

This paper presents the features of using fracture arrestors in order to increase the safety of gas transmission pipelines operation. The paper presents the main causes of operating failure, fracture behavior, the anticipated failure methodology, the criteria for determining the usage necessity and the lay-out of the fracture arrestors for this important category of pipelines.

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pipelines fracture behavior fracture arrestor Battelle two curve method