Automation helps meet growing demands of pipeline system

Conference · Mon Jun 12 00:00:00 EDT 1978 · Oil Gas J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5067388

Kloer, F H

A discussion covering Northwest Pipeline Corp.'s 4700 mi, 1.8 billion cu ft/day pipeline system includes the route and existing facilities of the system; a history of expansion of the system; the Salt Lake City Control Center for the system, which receives alarms from each of the 18 compressor stations based on emergency shutdown, shutdown lockout, power failure, or boiler malfunction; the planned control of the entire system from Salt Lake City by installation of a Digital Equipment Corp. Model PDP 1104 at each compressor station to perform functions such as start-stop sequences and monitoring of the status of each station; provision for manual control of each of the usually unattended stations by bypassing the computer; planned safety devices such as a hazardous-gas detection head, which can monitor and measure percentage of flammable gas in a compressor building, and ultraviolet fire detection systems; the two existing DEC PDP/1145 computers installed at Salt Lake City, one as backup, and control of the system through discharge pressure set points, governed by pressure limitations or supply limitations for that day.

• Research Organization: Northwest Pipeline Corp.
• OSTI ID: 5067388
• Report Number(s): CONF-7803142-
• Journal Information: Oil Gas J.; (United States), Vol. 76:24; Conference: Pacific Gas Association conference, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 14 Mar 1978
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
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OPERATION
ROUTING
AUTOMATION
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FEDERAL REGION X
REVIEWS
UTAH
CONTROL SYSTEMS
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NORTH AMERICA
USA
022000* - Petroleum- Transport
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032000 - Natural Gas- Transport
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