Team+3+Design


 * Preliminary Design**

Brief explanation of our design

My design involves placing a larger pipe over the leak and then welded to the existing flanges. The larger pipe will be attached to a reducer to narrow the pipe to its original width. This will then be attached to a pipe with a gate valve. When the pipe is placed over the leak, the gate valve will be open. Then, the gate valve will be closed to stop the leak. Now that the leak is stopped, pipes can be attached which will lead up to an oil rig. Once everything is finished, the gate valve will be opened again so that the oil can go to the oil rig.

Our design for stopping the BP oil leak is simple. Basically, our solution is a series of piping, flanges, a reducer, and a gate release valve. The design we came up with will cover the leak at its source. We will leave he gate release valve open until all the flanges and piping are secured and bolted properly. We will also have to weld the bottom flange that is around the leaking pipe to insure no oil is leaked. After everything is secure then we will close the gate release valve and the BP oil leak will be stopped.



Our groups solution to stopping the BP oil leak involves placing a larger pipe over the leak directing the oil to the surface where it can be easily managed. In the design a larger pipe connected with flanges will be placed over top and then connects to the reducer with a flange. The purpose of the reducer is to bring the size of the pipe back down to its original size. Then a gate release valve will be placed on top of the with another flange and then once everything is bolted securely the gate valve will be opened allowing oil to flow to the surface with no leaks. Therefore, solving the Bp oil crisis.