pipeline: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
John L. Kennedy, Oil and Gas Pipeline Fundamentals (1984), offers a general account of the history and development of oil and gas pipelines. Various applications of pneumatic pipelines are discussed in Milton N. Kraus, Pneumatic Conveying Systems for Bulk Materials, 3rd ed. (1991). Henri Liu, “Hydraulic Capsule Pipeline,” Journal of Pipelines, 1(1):11–23 (January 1981), describes the history and concept of the pipeline in which cargo in capsules is moved through the pipeline by liquid. T.L. Thompson and T.C. Aude, “Slurry Pipelines: Design, Research, and Experience,” Journal of Pipelines, 1(1):25–44 (January 1981), provides a general treatment of pipeline types and a list of the world’s major slurry pipelines. I. Zandi et al., Transport of Solid Commodities via Freight Pipeline, vol. 2, Freight Pipeline Technology (1976), is a report from the U.S. Department of Transportation, providing detailed discussions of various types of pipelines and surveying their history and extent of usage.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: U.S. Department of Transportation - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - Phases of Pipeline Construction: An Overview. | Feb 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Oklahoma - Pipeline Engineering. | Nov 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Workforce LibreTexts - Pipeline. | Oct 03, 2023 | ||
| Removed media. | Aug 11, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Energy Education - Pipeline. | Sep 09, 2019 | ||
| Added video. | Mar 19, 2015 | ||
| Added videos. | Feb 03, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Pipe. | Jul 09, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 24, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Sep 08, 1998 |