COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) SIMULATION OF SAND DEPOSITION IN PIPELINE

Past reviews have demonstrated that transportation of reservoir fluid through pipeline is one of the most cost effective options for delivering the feed to the processing facility. However, most of the time sand particles are co-produced with the fluids. This will lead to sand deposition on the bott...

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Main Author: KINAN, AZRIE
Format: Final Year Project
Language: English
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-utpedia.17909 /
Published: IRC 2017
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling utp-utpedia.179092018-08-01T09:57:41Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/17909/ COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) SIMULATION OF SAND DEPOSITION IN PIPELINE KINAN, AZRIE TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Past reviews have demonstrated that transportation of reservoir fluid through pipeline is one of the most cost effective options for delivering the feed to the processing facility. However, most of the time sand particles are co-produced with the fluids. This will lead to sand deposition on the bottom of the pipeline whenever the transporting fluid velocity is below the critical velocity required. To prevent this from happening and ensure flow assurance, it is crucial to measure and identify the critical velocity. This study presents the results obtained from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation for identifying critical velocity where the formation of static sand bed occurs. The critical velocity is found to be fairly influenced by the sand volume fraction. It was observed that formation of sand dunes occur at the bottom of the pipe at low fluid velocity. The result from the simulations is compared with other studies for validation and analytical comparison. IRC 2017-01 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/17909/1/1.%20Dissertation%2017966%20Azrie.pdf KINAN, AZRIE (2017) COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) SIMULATION OF SAND DEPOSITION IN PIPELINE. IRC, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS.
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KINAN, AZRIE
COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) SIMULATION OF SAND DEPOSITION IN PIPELINE
description Past reviews have demonstrated that transportation of reservoir fluid through pipeline is one of the most cost effective options for delivering the feed to the processing facility. However, most of the time sand particles are co-produced with the fluids. This will lead to sand deposition on the bottom of the pipeline whenever the transporting fluid velocity is below the critical velocity required. To prevent this from happening and ensure flow assurance, it is crucial to measure and identify the critical velocity. This study presents the results obtained from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation for identifying critical velocity where the formation of static sand bed occurs. The critical velocity is found to be fairly influenced by the sand volume fraction. It was observed that formation of sand dunes occur at the bottom of the pipe at low fluid velocity. The result from the simulations is compared with other studies for validation and analytical comparison.
format Final Year Project
author KINAN, AZRIE
author_sort KINAN, AZRIE
title COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) SIMULATION OF SAND DEPOSITION IN PIPELINE
title_short COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) SIMULATION OF SAND DEPOSITION IN PIPELINE
title_full COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) SIMULATION OF SAND DEPOSITION IN PIPELINE
title_fullStr COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) SIMULATION OF SAND DEPOSITION IN PIPELINE
title_full_unstemmed COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) SIMULATION OF SAND DEPOSITION IN PIPELINE
title_sort computational fluid dynamics (cfd) simulation of sand deposition in pipeline
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publishDate 2017
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