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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2014
Crc-evans Pipeline International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Shankar T. Rajagopalan, Cypress, TX (US);
Jose C. Bouche, Houston, TX (US);
Jason W. Curbo, League City, TX (US);
Jonathon B. Kettelkamp, Tomball, TX (US);
Brian L. Kirk, Kingwood, TX (US);
Siddharth Mallick, Houston, TX (US);
CRC-EVANS PIPELINE INTERNATIONAL, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An internal heat exchanger (IHEX) for pipeline welding includes a drive system configured to move the IHEX into a position within at least one pipe section near a weld joint location with another pipe section. The IHEX further includes a cooling section including cooling structure configured to selectively cool one or more interior surface portions of the at least one pipe section, and a controller in communication with the cooling structure and configured to activate the cooling section when the IHEX is at the position within the at least one pipe section.