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Philip Medlicott Ltd
Subsea pipeline engineering
Pipeline engineering of subsea pipelines for the oil and gas industries was the predominant business area between 2000 and 2016 working as an associated for Jee Ltd. During later years my main areas of expertise was directed towards integrity management and methods for validating pipeline condition. This involved the management of inspection programmes to determine the internal condtion of pipelines using intelligent pigs. In addition to providing engineering consultancy I was a tutor and presenter for pipeline engineering training courses run by Jee.
Composites in offshore applications
Philip Medlicott Ltd started life by providing consultancy service to support the use of composites in the offshore oil industry and this remained the core business between 1994 and 2002. The principal benefits of fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) and glass reinforced plastic (GRP) composites are: • corrosion resistance • lightweight • ease of handling The picture shows fire water pipework on a spar topside. Philip Medlicott Ltd was closely involved with the preparation of the ISO 14692 GRP piping specification and was instrumental in managing development activities for the following applications: • FRP lined tubing and flowlines for high temperture corrosion resistance • FRP caissons for long span applications to withstand the harsh North Sea conditions • GRP grating standard (in-house oil company specification)
Composite Flywheel
Philip Medlicott Lt has provided assistance to Sciotech and the University of Reading in the development of composite flywheel energy storage systems for bus, train and crane applications. Both these projects were managed by Sciotech with the support of Reading University and other partners. As noted earlier, the composite flywheel energy storage system technology is now owned by Ecoss IP. I was responsible for the composite flywheel design which was originally developed while working at BP during the 1980s. This has now been interfaced with modern high speed electric drive technology to enable efficient control of power flow in and out of the flywheel.
Composite train bogie
The Ecobogie, which has been developed as a Eureka project, led by Sciotech, involves the radical redesign of a train bogie made in composite materials and incorporates the suspension as part of main bogie stucture, which is moulded in one piece. The composite technology enables fibre optic sensor technology to be moulded within the main structural members, which allows the structural response to be monitored in real time. The 1/5th scale demonstrator has been successfully run for about 20 years on a minature railway with no problems and with less maintenance than the replaced steel bogie. Parts of the bogie have been tested in the laboratory at full scale and a half scale demonstrator has been designed and expected to be track tested during 2024.
medlicott.eu/pmltd
Philip Medlicott
Ltd
Subsea pipeline
engineering
Pipeline engineering of subsea pipelines for the oil and gas industries was the predominant business area between 2000 and 2016 working as an associated for Jee Ltd. During later years my main areas of expertise was directed towards integrity management and methods for validating pipeline condition. This involved the management of inspection programmes to determine the internal condtion of pipelines using intelligent pigs. In addition to providing engineering consultancy I was a tutor and presenter for pipeline engineering training courses run by Jee.
Composites in offshore
applications
Philip Medlicott Ltd started life by providing consultancy service to support the use of composites in the offshore oil industry and this remained the core business between 1994 and 2002. The principal benefits of fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) and glass reinforced plastic (GRP) composites are: • corrosion resistance • lightweight • ease of handling The picture shows fire water pipework on a spar topside. Philip Medlicott Ltd was closely involved with the preparation of the ISO 14692 GRP piping specification and was instrumental in managing development activities for the following applications: • FRP lined tubing and flowlines for high temperture corrosion resistance • FRP caissons for long span applications to withstand the harsh North Sea conditions • GRP grating standard (in-house oil company specification)
Composite Flywheel
Philip Medlicott Lt has provided assistance to Sciotech and the University of Reading in the development of composite flywheel energy storage systems for bus, train and crane applications. Both these projects were managed by Sciotech with the support of Reading University and other partners. As noted earlier, the composite flywheel energy storage system technology is now owned by Ecoss IP. I was responsible for the composite flywheel design which was originally developed while working at BP during the 1980s. This has now been interfaced with modern high speed electric drive technology to enable efficient control of power flow in and out of the flywheel.
Composite train bogie
The Ecobogie, which has been developed as a Eureka project, led by Sciotech, involves the radical redesign of a train bogie made in composite materials and incorporates the suspension as part of main bogie stucture, which is moulded in one piece. The composite technology enables fibre optic sensor technology to be moulded within the main structural members, which allows the structural response to be monitored in real time. The 1/5th scale demonstrator has been successfully run for about 20 years on a minature railway with no problems and with less maintenance than the replaced steel bogie. Parts of the bogie have been tested in the laboratory at full scale and a half scale demonstrator has been designed and expected to be track tested during 2024.
