Start-up of Gelled Waxy Crude Oil Pipelines: A New Analytical Relation to Predict the Restart Pressure

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Vinay ◽  
Anthony Wachs ◽  
Ian Frigaard
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Analytical Relation ◽  
Waxy Crude Oil ◽  
Waxy Crude ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Oil Pipelines

EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE FLOW START-UP OF GELLED WAXY CRUDE OIL IN A PIPELINE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED TO DIFFERENT PRESSURIZATIONS

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Tanaka Nunes ◽  
Fernando Kroetz ◽  
Tainan Gabardo ◽  
Nezia de Rosso ◽  
Cezar Otaviano Ribeiro Negrao
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Experimental Analysis ◽  
Waxy Crude Oil ◽  
Waxy Crude ◽  
Start Up

scholarly journals Study on Optimizing Operation of Preheating Commissioning for Waxy Crude Oil Pipelines

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 894256
Author(s):  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Yi Wang ◽  
Xinran Wang ◽  
Handu Dong ◽  
Jinping Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Fluid Temperature ◽  
Governing Equations ◽  
Waxy Crude Oil ◽  
Waxy Crude ◽  
Oil Pipeline ◽  
Single Station ◽  
Oil Pipelines ◽  
Volume Method

A mathematical model is established for the preheating commissioning process of waxy crude oil pipelines. The governing equations are solved by the finite volume method and the finite difference method. Accordingly, numerical computations are made for the Niger crude oil pipeline and the Daqing-Tieling 3rd pipeline. The computational results agree well with the field test data. On this basis, fluid temperature in the process of the preheating commissioning is studied for single station-to-station pipeline. By comparing different preheating modes, it is found that the effect of forward preheating is the best. Under different preheating commissioning conditions, the optimal combination of outlet temperature and flow rate is given.

scholarly journals Unavoidable Destroyed Exergy in Crude Oil Pipelines due to Wax Precipitation

Entropy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Qinglin Cheng ◽  
JinWei Yang ◽  
Anbo Zheng ◽  
Lu Yang ◽  
Yifan Gan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Burial Depth ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Waxy Crude Oil ◽  
Wax Precipitation ◽  
Waxy Crude ◽  
Oil Pipeline ◽  
Oil Pipelines ◽  
Operation Parameters

Based on the technological requirements related to waxy crude oil pipeline transportation, both unavoidable and avoidable destroyed exergy are defined. Considering the changing characteristics of flow pattern and flow regime over the course of the oil transportation process, a method of dividing station oil pipelines into transportation intervals is suggested according to characteristic temperatures, such as the wax precipitation point and abnormal point. The critical transition temperature and the specific heat capacity of waxy crude oil are calculated, and an unavoidable destroyed exergy formula is derived. Then, taking the Daqing oil pipeline as an example, unavoidable destroyed exergy in various transportation intervals are calculated during the actual processes. Furthermore, the influential rules under various design and operation parameters are further analyzed. The maximum and minimum unavoidable destroyed exergy are 381.128 kJ/s and 30.259 kJ/s. When the design parameters are simulated, and the maximum unavoidable destroyed exergy is 625 kJ/s at the diameter about 250 mm. With the increase of insulation layer thickness, the unavoidable destroyed exergy decreases continuously, and the minimum unavoidable destroyed exergy is 22 kJ/s at 30 mm. And the burial depth has little effect on the unavoidable destroyed exergy. When the operation parameters are simulated, the destroyed exergy increases, but it is less affected by the outlet pressure. The increase amplitude of unavoidable destroyed exergy will not exceed 2% after the throughput rises to 80 m3/h. When the outlet temperature increases until 65 °C, the loss increase range will not exceed 4%. Thus, this study provides a theoretical basis for the safe and economical transportation of waxy crude oil.

Isothermal start-up of pipeline transporting waxy crude oil

1999 ◽  
Vol 87 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 127-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Chang ◽  
Q.Dzuy Nguyen ◽  
Hans Petter Rønningsen
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Waxy Crude Oil ◽  
Waxy Crude ◽  
Start Up

Flow start-up and transportation of waxy crude oil in pipelines-A review

2018 ◽  
Vol 251 ◽  
pp. 69-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Girma T. Chala ◽  
Shaharin A. Sulaiman ◽  
Azuraien Japper-Jaafar
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Waxy Crude Oil ◽  
Waxy Crude ◽  
Start Up

Start-up flow behavior of pipelines transporting waxy crude oil emulsion

2016 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 746-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangyu Sun ◽  
Jinjun Zhang ◽  
Chenbo Ma ◽  
Xinyi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Waxy Crude Oil ◽  
Oil Emulsion ◽  
Waxy Crude ◽  
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