Project Outline
Brief overview
Project performed on a live Ethylene gas pipeline
Cleaning and debris removal
14” Ethylene Pipeline
Prepare the pipeline for the inspection tools
137 kilometers
Uninterrupted ethylene supply to the customers
Secunda to Sasolburg, South Africa
End users to receive filtered uncontaminated product (5 µm)
 
24 to 35 tons/hr at 23 to 37 bar

 

Filter Construction
Filter construction mounting of the filter drum to the base frame
Mounting of filters onto the base frame and Inspecting
Filters 60% complete
Complete filter bank online in Sasolburg
Fliter banks opened for replacement cartridge
Fliter cartridges removed. Note debris in the filter bank
Contaminated cartridge
Contaminated cartridges removed from filter bank
Commissioning of the portable flare towers
Flare tower control panel
Launch site Secunda
Receiving site Sasolburg
RRC Disk tool with gauging plate after the 137km run
RCC Medium brush tool after the 137km run
Using a mirror as a non heat producing light source to check for debris
Using a mirror as a non heat producing light source to check for debris
Multi-disc gauging tool with location transmitter
(Caliper/Geometrical tool) Odometer wheel for distance measurement
(Spring mounted odometer wheels for distance measurement) Caliper/Geometrical inspection tool
Corrosion detection tool being prepared for launch
Corrosion detection tool on the receiving tray after 137km
Corrosion detection tool at the Sasolburg receiving site
Inspection tool being prepared for launch

1 2