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Remotely controlled valves on interstate natural gas pipelines : September 1999.



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  • Corporate Creators:
    United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration
  • Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • Geographical Coverage:
    United States
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Special Programs Administration
  • NTL Classification:
    NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ; NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-Bridges and Structures
  • Abstract:
    This report is in response to a Congressional mandate in the ; Accountable Pipeline Safety and Partnership Act of 1996 to survey ; and assess the effectiveness of remotely controlled valves (RCVs) ; on interstate natural gas pipelines and to determine their ; technical and economical feasibility to shut off gas after a ; rupture. ; This report contains a discussion of the results of a public ; meeting held in Houston, Texas on October 30, 1997 for the ; purpose of gathering information and discussing issues relevant ; to the survey and assessment. The report also contains the ; results of an RCV field evaluation conducted by Texas Eastern ; Transmission Corporation (TETCO) as part of a Consent Order ; issued by the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) (CPF 15102) to ; provide information on TETCO’s experience with RCVs. There is ; also a discussion of status briefings before the Technical ; Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (TPSSC) and a cost versus ; benefit study. ; The report addresses the four main issues raised by the ; Congressional mandate to study RCVs, i.e., effectiveness, ; technical feasibility, economic feasibility, and risk reduction. ; The report concludes with a proposal for further action, which is ; a public meeting to seek input on information for specifying the ; time-to-isolate a ruptured pipeline section.
  • Format:
    PDF
  • Download URL:
    https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16918/dot_16918_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 60.93 KB]
  • Collection(s):
    US Transportation Collection
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha256:02e3e649ceba7a726f12cd31e8af87e15456ebf8b9009bca8c4595c11bccac08
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