Underwater Sound and Vibrations due to Oil and Gas Activities

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter van Beek ◽  
Bas Binnerts ◽  
Erik Nennie ◽  
Sander von Benda-Beckmann
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Behavior ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Surrounding Medium ◽  
Propagation Model ◽  
Underwater Sound ◽  
Noise Sources ◽  
Underwater Networks ◽  
The Impact

In the oil & gas industry there is a trend towards more subsea activities. To improve gas recovery from existing and new fields at greater depths, the produced gas will be compressed, processed and transported via subsea templates and underwater networks (pipelines, flexible risers, etc.). Besides the huge consequences for the subsea installation itself (reliability, maintenance, etc.), it also has consequences for underwater wildlife through the underwater source vibrations leading to sound radiation. Regulations aimed at managing the impact of underwater sound on marine life have been put in place by different nations [e.g. 1,2]. Many offshore operations require an assessment of the potential impact of underwater noise on the environment, which requires knowledge of the sound transmitted by the subsea components. Until now very little is known about the underwater source mechanisms, the acoustic strength of these underwater networks, the coupling of the emitted source sound to the surrounding medium and the impact of the sound on the underwater wildlife. The dynamic behavior of networks for compressing and transporting gas, and the translation into emitted noise into air are rather well understood. However, due to the presence of the water the dynamic behavior from such subsea installation is very different than in air. To predict the dynamic behavior, the presence of the water cannot be neglected and has to be taken into account. This paper presents a simplified model for a subsea high speed turbo-compressor coupled to the KrakenC normal mode propagation model. With this combined model the noise at remote locations can be predicted and compared with the ambient noise and other anthropogenic noise sources such as for instance shipping, dredging and wind farm operation noise.

Impact of Impeller Casing Treatment on the Acoustics of a Small High Speed Centrifugal Compressor

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sidharath Sharma ◽  
Jorge García-Tíscar ◽  
John M. Allport ◽  
Martyn L. Jupp ◽  
Ambrose K. Nickson
Keyword(s):  
Centrifugal Compressor ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Aerodynamic Noise ◽  
Noise Sources ◽  
Casing Treatment ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Ported Shroud ◽  
The Impact

Ported shroud casing treatment is widely used to delay the onset of surge and thereby enhancing the aerodynamic stability of a centrifugal compressor by recirculating the low momentum fluid in the blade passage. Performance losses associated with the use of recirculation casing treatment are well established in the literature and this is an area of active research. The other, less researched aspect of the casing treatment is its impact on the acoustics of the compressor. This work investigates the impact of ported shroud casing treatment on the acoustic characteristics of the compressor. The flow in two compressor configurations viz. with and without casing treatment operating at the design operating conditions of an iso-speed line are numerically modelled and validated with experimental data from gas stand measurements. The pressure fluctuations calculated as the flow solution are used to compute the spectral signatures at multiple locations to investigate the acoustic phenomenon associated with each configuration. Propagation of the frequency content through the ducts has been estimated with the aid of method of characteristics to enhance the content coming from the compressor. Expected tonal aerodynamic noise sources such as monopole (buzz-saw tones) and dipole (Blade Pass Frequency) are clearly identified in the acoustic spectra of the two configurations. The comparison of two configurations shows higher overall levels and tonal content in the case of a compressor with ported shroud operating at design conditions due to the presence of ‘mid-tones’.

Heat Radiation Research and Optimized Analysis of Burner Boom on Semi-Submersible Drilling Platform

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuxin Xu ◽  
Guowei Sun ◽  
Songhua Liu ◽  
Fengguang Xue ◽  
Yong Bai
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Heat Radiation ◽  
Well Testing ◽  
Wind Condition ◽  
Associated Gas ◽  
Testing Procedures ◽  
Water Curtain ◽  
Wind Influence ◽  
The Impact

Burner booms, one of the most important pieces of equipment for well testing procedures, are used to burn associated gas or oil-and-gas mixture. This paper first conducts a mesh sensitivity analysis to find a proper grid size. Grid independence is evaluated by the correlation value in different monitoring points. Then, the heat radiation of the burner boom on the semi-submersible drilling platform is analyzed using FDS. Without water curtain, it researches and compares the impact of low, medium and high speed wind condition on heat radiation. Without the wind influence, the simulation on heat radiation is done on the optimized water curtain design. The results show that the water curtain design can efficiently reduce the heat radiation on the platform, which has guiding significance for engineering design.

scholarly journals A three-dimensional underwater sound propagation model for offshore wind farm noise prediction

2019 ◽  
Vol 145 (5) ◽  
pp. EL335-EL340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying-Tsong Lin ◽  
Arthur E. Newhall ◽  
James H. Miller ◽  
Gopu R. Potty ◽  
Kathleen J. Vigness-Raposa
Keyword(s):  
Wind Farm ◽  
Sound Propagation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Propagation Model ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Noise Prediction ◽  
Underwater Sound ◽  
Offshore Wind Farm

scholarly journals Data Quality Assurance for Supersonic Jet Noise Measurements

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford Brown ◽  
Brenda Henderson ◽  
James Bridges
Keyword(s):  
Data Quality ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Supersonic Jet ◽  
Jet Noise ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Noise Sources ◽  
Supersonic Jet Noise ◽  
Noise Data ◽  
The Impact

The noise created by a supersonic aircraft is a primary concern in the design of future high-speed planes. The jet noise reduction technologies required on these aircraft will be developed using scale-models mounted to experimental jet rigs designed to simulate the exhaust gases from a full-scale jet engine. The jet noise data collected in these experiments must accurately predict the noise levels produced by the full-scale hardware in order to be a useful development tool. A methodology has been adopted at the NASA Glenn Research Center’s Aero-Acoustic Propulsion Laboratory to insure the quality of the supersonic jet noise data acquired from the facility’s High Flow Jet Exit Rig so that it can be used to develop future nozzle technologies that reduce supersonic jet noise. The methodology relies on mitigating extraneous noise sources, examining the impact of measurement location on the acoustic results, and investigating the facility independence of the measurements. The methodology is documented here as a basis for validating future improvements and its limitations are noted so that they do not affect the data analysis. Maintaining a high quality jet noise laboratory is an ongoing process. By carefully examining the data produced and continually following this methodology, data quality can be maintained and improved over time.

scholarly journals Optimization strategies for geophysics models on manycore systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matheus S Serpa ◽  
Eduardo HM Cruz ◽  
Matthias Diener ◽  
Arthur M Krause ◽  
Philippe OA Navaux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Propagation Model ◽  
Cache Memory ◽  
Performance Scaling ◽  
Knights Landing ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Performance Computing

Many software mechanisms for geophysics exploration in oil and gas industries are based on wave propagation simulation. To perform such simulations, state-of-the-art high-performance computing architectures are employed, generating results faster with more accuracy at each generation. The software must evolve to support the new features of each design to keep performance scaling. Furthermore, it is important to understand the impact of each change applied to the software to improve the performance as most as possible. In this article, we propose several optimization strategies for a wave propagation model for six architectures: Intel Broadwell, Intel Haswell, Intel Knights Landing, Intel Knights Corner, NVIDIA Pascal, and NVIDIA Kepler. We focus on improving the cache memory usage, vectorization, load balancing, portability, and locality in the memory hierarchy. We analyze the hardware impact of the optimizations, providing insights of how each strategy can improve the performance. The results show that NVIDIA Pascal outperforms the other considered architectures by up to 8.5[Formula: see text].

Bearings Influence on the Dynamic Behavior of HSM Spindle

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Noel ◽  
Mathieu Ritou ◽  
Sebastien Le Loch ◽  
Benoit Furet
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Behavior ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Mechanics Model ◽  
Bearing Stiffness ◽  
Rough Milling ◽  
The Impact

The aeronautic industry requires high speed and high power spindles to obtain high material removal rates during long rough milling operations. The weakness of HSM spindle is the bearings, although high precision hybrid ball bearings have been developed to achieve this critical application. Inadequate use of spindles inevitably leads to shortened lifetimes. Choosing the operating conditions is a required step before machining applications. It can be achieved through either experimental tests or numerical modeling that leads to stability lobe diagrams. Stability of cuts relies on the dynamic behavior of the spindle, which is particularly due to the eigenfrequencies of the tool-shaft assembly. The frequencies depend on bearing stiffness that can change under operating conditions. That is why the impact of cutting conditions and bearing parameters on its stiffness are studied in the paper. A five degrees of freedom model of angular ball bearing is briefly presented. A complete bearing model is introduced. The originality of the approach is the complete technological modeling, notably of the radial expansions of inner and outer rings of bearing. A non-linear expression is established from continuum mechanics model. The influence of geometry of bearing, operating conditions and design parameters of spindle on the bearing stiffness are established and analysed. Then, modal analyses of the tool-spindle assembly are carried out in relation to the varying bearing stiffness. Finally, significance of the approach is demonstrated through the analyses of Frequency Response Function.

Ball bearing turbocharger vibration management: application on high speed balancer

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 619
Author(s):  
Kostandin Gjika ◽  
Antoine Costeux ◽  
Gerry LaRue ◽  
John Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Behavior ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Ball Bearing ◽  
Squeeze Film ◽  
Design And Technology ◽  
Squeeze Film Damper ◽  
Damping Coefficients ◽  
Bearing Loads ◽  
Stiffness And Damping

Today's modern internal combustion engines are increasingly focused on downsizing, high fuel efficiency and low emissions, which requires appropriate design and technology of turbocharger bearing systems. Automotive turbochargers operate faster and with strong engine excitation; vibration management is becoming a challenge and manufacturers are increasingly focusing on the design of low vibration and high-performance balancing technology. This paper discusses the synchronous vibration management of the ball bearing cartridge turbocharger on high-speed balancer and it is a continuation of papers [1–3]. In a first step, the synchronous rotordynamics behavior is identified. A prediction code is developed to calculate the static and dynamic performance of “ball bearing cartridge-squeeze film damper”. The dynamic behavior of balls is modeled by a spring with stiffness calculated from Tedric Harris formulas and the damping is considered null. The squeeze film damper model is derived from the Osborne Reynolds equation for incompressible and synchronous fluid loading; the stiffness and damping coefficients are calculated assuming that the bearing is infinitely short, and the oil film pressure is modeled as a cavitated π film model. The stiffness and damping coefficients are integrated on a rotordynamics code and the bearing loads are calculated by converging with the bearing eccentricity ratio. In a second step, a finite element structural dynamics model is built for the system “turbocharger housing-high speed balancer fixture” and validated by experimental frequency response functions. In the last step, the rotating dynamic bearing loads on the squeeze film damper are coupled with transfer functions and the vibration on the housings is predicted. The vibration response under single and multi-plane unbalances correlates very well with test data from turbocharger unbalance masters. The prediction model allows a thorough understanding of ball bearing turbocharger vibration on a high speed balancer, thus optimizing the dynamic behavior of the “turbocharger-high speed balancer” structural system for better rotordynamics performance identification and selection of the appropriate balancing process at the development stage of the turbocharger.

Consideration of Geopolitical Challenges within the Analysis of Geoenvironmental Risks for Oil and Gas Development of the Russian Arctic

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 50-59
Author(s):  
O. P. Trubitsina ◽  
V. N. Bashkin
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Optimal Operation ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Geopolitical Risks

The article is devoted to the consideration of geopolitical challenges for the analysis of geoenvironmental risks (GERs) in the hydrocarbon development of the Arctic territory. Geopolitical risks (GPRs), like GERs, can be transformed into opposite external environment factors of oil and gas industry facilities in the form of additional opportunities or threats, which the authors identify in detail for each type of risk. This is necessary for further development of methodological base of expert methods for GER management in the context of the implementational proposed two-stage model of the GER analysis taking to account GPR for the improvement of effectiveness making decisions to ensure optimal operation of the facility oil and gas industry and minimize the impact on the environment in the geopolitical conditions of the Arctic.The authors declare no conflict of interest

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