Plug for forming an ice barrier in a pipeline

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F16L 55/10 (2006.01) F16L 55/103 (2006.01) F16L 55/11 (2006.01) F16L 55/128 (2006.01)

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CA 2246213

An ice plug for defining a barrier in a pipeline section filled with water, comprises a hollow, cylindrical body enclosed at a front end and provided with guide means for sliding movement of the plug along and within the pipeline. The body has a diameter smaller than that of the pipeline to define with the latter an annular interspace enclosed at opposed axial ends of the plug. The thickness of the annular space is selected to allow free movement of the body through curves in a pipeline and to form a continuous, annular ice layer firmly engaging the inside wall of the pipeline and the outer surface of said body to thus form, together with the body, a temporary water impermeable barrier within the pipeline. A water supply system fills said interspace with process water.

La présente invention a pour objet un dispositif servant à former un bouchon de glace à l'intérieur d'une section de pipeline remplie d'eau; le dispositif en question est constitué d'un corps cylindrique creux disposé à l'extrémité amont du pipeline et pourvu d'un mécanisme servant à guider le mouvement de coulissement du bouchon à l'intérieur du pipeline. Le corps du dispositif en question a un diamètre inférieur à celui du pipeline, ce qui permet la création d'un espace annulaire au niveau des extrémités axiales du dispositif servant à former le bouchon. La profondeur donnée à l'espace annulaire est de nature à permettre au dispositif de franchir librement les coudes que peut comporter le pipeline, de manière à former une couche de glace uniforme entre la surface de la paroi intérieure du pipeline et la surface externe du corps lui-même, formant ainsi à l'intérieur du pipeline un obstacle imperméable à l'eau. Un système d'alimentation en eau assure le remplissage de l'espace annulaire en question d'eau.

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