Alaska Pipeline Insulation

• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1979
• Subjects: Technology Utilization and Surface Transportation; Arctic; Gemini; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20070019732

Crude oil moving through the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline must be kept at a relatively high temperature, about 180 degrees Fahrenheit, to maintain the fluidity of the oil. In Arctic weather, that demands highly effective insulation. General Electric Co.'s Space Division, Valley Forge, Pennsyl...