Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Hamad Alsaiari

Ayman Amer

Ali AlShehri

Ali N Meshaikhis

Mazin M Fathi

Massad S Alanzi

Abdullah M Salma

Abdulrahman E Sayed

A system for chemical processing includes a hollow structure including a side wall having an exterior surface and an interior surface defining an internal volume. The hollow structure has a center axis, a length, and an outer perimeter. The outer perimeter is a shape of the exterior surface of the side wall of the hollow structure in a plane perpendicular to the center axis. The system includes a metallic object positioned within the internal volume of the hollow structure. The system also includes at least two magnets slidably coupled to the exterior surface of the side wall, where the magnets guide movement of the at least one metallic object within the hollow structure. The magnets operate to impact the metallic object against the solid deposits to loosen the solid deposits from the interior surface of the side wall.

Systems and processes for chemical processing

Techniques for determining a thermal condition of a pipeline include identifying a pipeline that carries a first fluid at a first temperature that includes a tubular conduit that includes a bore that carries the first fluid, and a layer of insulation installed over the tubular conduit; circulating a second fluid at a second temperature from a bypass conduit that is fluidly coupled to the tubular conduit through the layer of insulation into the bore; based on circulating the second fluid into the bore, detecting a thermal gradient between the first fluid carried in the bore and the tubular conduit or the layer of insulation at a particular location of the pipeline; and based on the detected thermal gradient, determining a presence of at least one of water or water vapor between the tubular conduit and the layer of insulation at the particular location of the pipeline.

Determining thermal conditions in a pipeline

Techniques for determining a thermal condition of a pipeline include identifying a pipeline that carries a fluid at a steady-state temperature, where the pipeline includes a tubular conduit that includes a bore that carries the fluid, and a layer of insulation installed over an exterior surface of the tubular conduit; changing the steady-state temperature of the fluid by applying a thermal contrast to the pipeline; based on changing the steady-state temperature, detecting a thermal gradient between the fluid carried in the bore and at least one of the tubular conduit or the layer of insulation at a particular location of the pipeline; and based on the detected thermal gradient, determining a presence of at least one of water or water vapor between the exterior surface of the tubular conduit and the layer of insulation at the particular location of the pipeline.

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Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia

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