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Development work
Feasibility of the system is proven both by scaled tests and on full- this purpose has been developed and used on pipe joints for
scale field test installations, and main results are: the projects applying the DEH system.
• Required service life and ageing resistance of DEH cable was • Adaptation of the DEH design on long pipelines (more than
confirmed 100 km) with a modified cable supply system is verified by
• Anode concept related to leakage currents and AC simulations and tests.
corrosion was verified
Further development of the heating method
• Feasibility of optical fibre fault detection method on Studies and tests have proved the functionality for using DEH on
DEH cable at different water pressures. subsea pipelines. Through this work, the institute has obtained
considerable expertise in measuring and using simulation tools.
Several studies and tests are carried out for verification and Pre-design of the DEH system in the current projects, general
qualification purposes: knowledge transfer and working closely with the project partners
• Test of the cable materials and cable construction generally have put SINTEF Energy Research in an excellent position for
related to applications under high pressure, in seawater, and further projects.
with varying temperature conditions.
• Laboratory examination of thermal and electrical parameters Development work is continued for application of the heating
for the components in the DEH system for large pipeline method on pipelines at deep waters (more than 1000 m), and the
dimensions (18-30”). design of the DEH system (topside and subsea) is continuously
evaluated to improve operational flexibility and to implement new
• Full-scale tests in seawater for relevant pipeline dimensions technology for subsea power supply. SINTEF Energy Research has
and steel quality. The test setup is located in the Orkanger invested in pressure chambers to perform testing under realistic
Fjord. Measurements of the conditions in the end zones for water pressure conditions. This opportunity will be used in order
the heating system, the efficiency of the system and thermal to validate subsea installation of power system for DEH. Future
conditions are studied in these tests. development will aim at extending electrical heating system to
• Studies of material characteristics of steel grades, and combine DEH with induction heating.
especially the magnetic permeability. A measuring method for
Topside po wer
supp ly equipment
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To hango ff DEH
cable Cable
protection
Thermally
insulated
pipe
Supply cable
Junction box
Bending
stiffener Cable termination plate
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DEH pigg yback cable
PLET/
Manifold
Anod es in CTZ CTZ Heated flowline CTZ CTZ
Cable termination plate
Inline Tee/plet A
Principle for design of the DEH system.
CONTACT
SINTEF Energi AS (SINTEF Energy Research) Research Scientist Harald Kulbotten,
Phone: + 47 73 59 72 00, energy.research@sintef.no telephone: + 47 73 59 72 98
www.sintef.no/energy e-mail: Harald.Kulbotten@sintef.no