FIELD: pipeline cleaning.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to methods of cleaning using liquid and can be used in various fields of industry for cleaning pipelines from oil and operational contaminants. A method for cleaning the internal surfaces of pipelines with
supercritical carbon dioxide, in which
carbon dioxide is used as the working medium, which is in a supply tank in a
liquid state, which is supplied to a pump, the pressure of the working medium is maintained above the critical pressure for
carbon dioxide, the working medium is heated to a temperature above the critical temperature for
carbon dioxide, thereby converting carbon dioxide into a
supercritical fluid state, the working medium is directed to the pipeline to be flushed, where it is flushed using the working medium, after which the working medium is cooled to a temperature below the critical temperature for carbon dioxide, thus converting carbon dioxide into a
liquid state, then the working medium passes through a filter and returns to the supply tank, whereas at first the circulation circuit of the working medium is filled with
liquid carbon dioxide from a make-up cylinder, the pump circulating the working medium is located in the supply tank, the pressure of the working medium required for the transition of the working medium to a
supercritical fluid state is created by feeding
nitrogen from a pressure cylinder into the gas cap of the supply tank, the working medium is heated to a temperature above the critical temperature for carbon dioxide and cooling the
working environment to a temperature below the critical temperature for carbon dioxide using Peltier elements.EFFECT: simplification of the design of an installation for cleaning the internal surfaces of pipelines with
supercritical carbon dioxide.1 cl, 1 dwg