Pipe joints or couplings – Safety release – With frangible or deformable element
Patent
1991-07-31
1992-11-10
Nicholson, Eric K.
Pipe joints or couplings
Safety release
With frangible or deformable element
166347, 285114, 285 4, F16L 3500
Patent
active
051618281
ABSTRACT:
A break-away flowline fitting for protecting a subsea Christmas tree to which the flowlines are connected when the flowlines are subjected to an externally applied axial load and/or bending moment. The fitting comprises a tubular member having a reduced wall thickness section integrally formed in the member and designed to part or separate axially at an externally applied load less than what would be necessary to harm the tree. A clamp closely surrounds the reduced wall thickness section and limits the pressure induced hoop membrane stress in the reduced wall thickness section to about the same value as in the adjacent normally configured fitting portions, thereby maintaining the pressure integrity of the fitting. A frame having supports disposed on the normally configured fitting portions and axially beyond each end of the reduced wall thickness section has removable reinforcing members which span the reduced wall thickness section prior to placing the fitting in service. The reinforcing members provide temporary support for the reduced wall thickness section and prevent its being damaged in transit or during installation, and are removed after the fitting is installed and ready for service. The fitting will then be "armed" and ready to part axially at the reduced level of externally applied load.
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Hynes Joseph H.
Owens, III James H.
Cooper Industries Inc.
Nicholson Eric K.
Patterson Bruce
Rose David A.
Shull William E.
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