Traditional pipeline risk management has been based on regulatory code compliance and in response to incidents. Advances in pipeline risk management software and pipeline inspection tools allow a proactive approach to pipeline integrity maintenance. What are the benefits of a proactive approach? This paper explains some of the risk management tools available to pipeline companies.

One of the most important methods of transporting natural gas in Iran and other parts of the world is the utilization of a network of pipelines. Compression station and turbo compressor units play an important role in gas supply through pipelines. One of the primary concerns in these units is the reduction of fuel consumption. By cooling of exhaust gas from the source station, the pressure drop...

0196-8904/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2011.10.022 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +86 10 62795736; fax E-mail address: [email protected] (Z. Wan Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is an important option for CO2 mitigation and an optimized CO2 pipeline transport system is necessary for large scale CCS implementation. In the present work, a hydrodynamic ...