Qs Energy, Inc. Expands Its Product Line by Developing High Volume AOT
January 10, 2017 at 08:00 am EST
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QS Energy, Inc. announced that it has been asked to expand its product line by developing a high volume AOT (Applied Oil Technology) viscosity reduction pressure vessel called the AOT-XL to improve flow efficiency within an existing crude oil offloading marine terminal. The solution was to design the AOT-XL, a customized system capable of handling extreme flow rates while substantially reducing the complexity of installation and footprint necessary to position the system as requested. This collaborative project involves a trial assessment and then full and potentially customer sponsored final engineering of the AOT-XL. This specially configured, high volume AOT system was designed upon request by the management team of a trusted, long-term collaborative partner within the midstream sector of the domestic energy industry. Intended for very high volume pipeline environments, the AOT-XL will be fabricated to meet a target of 25,000 barrels per hour capacity (600,000 bpd). Initial laboratory tests of the efficacy of AOT functionality on one of the customer's crude oil samples at Temple University has also shown favorable results. The standard AOT design is comprised of an ASME VIII 1440 psi rated vessel, measuring approximately 7 feet long by 7 feet, six inches wide by 30 feet in height and weighing 33,000 lbs. Each unit is equipped with a 36-inch ID pressure vessel and 20-inch flanges and is rated for a flow capacity of over 6,000 bbl/hr. The new AOT-XL design will use a skid that can be designed as small as approximately 9 feet long by 9 feet wide and is 36 feet or greater in height and weighs 52,000 lbs.
QS Energy, Inc. develops and seeks to commercialize energy efficiency technologies that assist in improving the economics of oil transport and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Its intellectual properties include a portfolio of domestic and international patents, a substantial portion of which have been developed in conjunction with and licensed by it from Temple University of Philadelphia, PA. Its primary technology is called Applied Oil Technology (AOT), a commercial-grade crude oil pipeline transportation flow-assurance product. AOT is engineered specifically to reduce pipeline pressure loss, increase pipeline flow rate and capacity, and reduce shippersâ reliance on diluents and drag reducing agents to meet pipeline maximum viscosity requirements. Its AOT crude oil viscosity reduction technology directly targets the heavy crude oil transportation industry, initially targeting the midstream crude oil pipeline operations which deliver high volumes of heavy crude oil to market.