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Project Number 131
Date of Summary March 31, 1995
Subject Erosional/Corrosional Velocity Criterion for Sizing Multi-Phase Flow Lines
Performing Activity Southwest Research Institute
Principal Investigator Mr. Steve Svedeman
Contracting Agency Minerals Management Service
Estimated Completion Complete
Description Develop improved guidelines for sizing piping and flow lines that consider the various classes of multi-phase flow, the pertinent fluid chemistry, high-flow rates, and other key variables. An analysis determined the effects of the key variables, such as mixture density, flow velocity, gas-liquid void fraction, sand concentration, fluid temperature, and concentration of corrosive materials. The results of this analysis were used to develop sets of correlations for pipe sizing recommendations. The correlations were tested for validity in large-scale flow-loop tests.
Progress Complete

Reports
AA (45 pages)  File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . A Study of the Erosional/Corrosional Velocity Criterion for Sizing Multi-Phase Flow Lines, Phase I Final Report, SwRI Project No. 04-2433, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, March 30, 1989.
AB (55 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . A Study of the Erosional/Corrosional Velocity Criterion for Sizing Multi-Phase Flow Lines, Phase II Final Report, SwRI Project No. 04-2433, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, October 30, 1990.
AC (25 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Svedeman, S. J., Experimental Study of the Erosional/Corrosional Velocity Criterion for Sizing Multiphase Flow Lines, Phase I - Experimental Facility Construction Report, Final Report, SwRI Project No. Project 04-4461, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, November 30, 1991.
AD (40 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Svedeman, S. J., Experimental Study of the Erosional/Corrosional Velocity Criterion for Sizing Multiphase Flow Lines, Phase II - Experimental Results, Draft Final Report, SwRI Project No. 04- 4008-002, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, June 30, 1993.
AE (40 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Svedeman, S. J., Experimental Study of the Erosional/Corrosional Velocity Criterion for Sizing Multiphase Flow Lines, Phase II - Experimental Results, Final Report, SwRI Project No. 04-5327, Southwest Research Institute , San Antonio, Texas, September, 1993.
AF (25 pages) File in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) . Svedeman, S. J., Experimental Study of the Erosional/Corrosional Velocity Criterion for Sizing Multiphase Flow Lines, Phase II - Experimental Results, Final Report , SwRI Project No. 04-6461, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, April, 1995.

 

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