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20170102
Professional information
Barry Donnellan, Fairbanks AK - Lawyer
Address:
Law Offices of Barry Donnellan 937 8Th Ave, Fairbanks 99701 (907) 456-2309
Licenses:
Alaska - Active Senior 1972
Barry Donnellan, Fairbanks AK - Lawyer
Office:
PO Box 73795, Fairbanks, AK
ISLN:
907802608
Admitted:
1972
University:
National University of Ireland, Dublin, B.E.
Law School:
University of San Francisco, J.D.
Method Of Preventing Frost Heave Stress Concentrations In Chilled Buried Pipelines
US Patent:
6976809, Dec 20, 2005
Filed:
Sep 14, 2004
Appl. No.:
10/940856
Inventors:
Paul A. Metz - Fairbanks AK, US Barry Donnellan - Fairbanks AK, US
International Classification:
F16L001/00, F16L059/00, E02D019/14
US Classification:
405157, 405130, 4051844, 138 32
Abstract:
A method for maintaining a stable soil by surrounding a chilled gas pipe with a material that has an antifreeze component that prevents the soil from freezing. By keeping the soil from freezing, it remains stable at all times. The method calls for excavating a trench, lining it with a geotextile membrane that keeps water from infiltrating into the trench, and then surrounding it with a bed of limestone (calcium carbonate) that is mixed with calcium magnesium acetate (CMA), which acts as an anti-freeze agent. The limestone-CMA mixture surrounds the pipe. The trench is covered by another geotextile membrane to completely seal it. In this way, the pipeline is surrounded by a material that is not subject to freezing. As such, it provides a stable bed for the pipeline to prevent frost heaving.