Calculation of Waxy Crude Pipeline Temperature Field

DOI

10.2991/nceece-15.2016.2How to use a DOI?

Keywords

waxy crude oil; temperature field; unstructured grid; numerical computation

Abstract

Because of the characteristics of high pour point and high viscosity of waxy crude, pipeline temperature must be calculated accurately in order to guarantee the safety of the pipeline operation. Therefore it is a crucial technical problem to simulate the temperature field precisely. In this paper, unsteady-state heat transfer model of normal operation, restrict time of shut down of waxy crude pipeline and restart process was proposed. And the two-dimensional temperature field of the pipeline is calculated by a numerical method based on unstructured grids. Then the temperature field distribution and contour map at 2 and 5 oil temperature are obtained, which plays a significant role for the safe transportation of pipeline.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sen Hu
PY  - 2015/12
DA  - 2015/12
TI  - Calculation of Waxy Crude Pipeline Temperature Field
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 4th National Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 7
EP  - 13
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/nceece-15.2016.2
DO  - 10.2991/nceece-15.2016.2
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