US 12,264,786 B2
Delimiting unit, pipeline system and method for operating a pipeline system
Manfred Kienlein, Neumarkt (DE); Tobias Braun, Mühlhausen (DE); and Jens Ehrler, Neumarkt (DE)
Assigned to DEHN SE, Neumarkt i.d.OPf. (DE)
Appl. No. 18/017,753
Filed by DEHN SE, Neumarkt i.d.OPf. (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/071930
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 24, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/037964, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102020121949.0 (DE), filed on Aug. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0052979 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. F17D 3/01 (2006.01); C23F 13/04 (2006.01); F17D 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC F17D 3/01 (2013.01) [C23F 13/04 (2013.01); F17D 5/08 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A delimitation unit for a pipe section (24), comprising at least one protective component (46), a control unit (48) for controlling the protective component (46), and a communication unit (50) for communicating with a remote monitoring station (14),
wherein the communication unit (50) is arranged to receive at least one control command from the monitoring station (14),
wherein the control unit (48) is arranged to operate the protective components (46) in different operating modes to maintain the voltage of the pipe section (24) below at least one limit value, and to change the operating modes due to the control command received by the communication unit (50), and
wherein the control unit (48) is arranged to determine measured values at a sampling rate being defined by the operating mode and to drive the at least one protective component (46) as a function of the measured value, and/or
wherein at least one of the operating modes comprises a schedule in which different limit values and/or sampling rates are assigned to different times, and/or the at least one control command comprises at least part of a schedule, and/or
wherein the control unit (48) is arranged to operate the protective components (46) in at least three conditions.