Abstract
This paper describes an analysis developed to model the inert gas displacement process for evacuating a high-pour-point oil from a long pipeline. The governing equations were derived from the basic conservation equations for mass, momentum, and energy. The resultant computer program accounts for such effects as pipeline elevation changes, laminar and turbulent oil flow, temperature-dependent oil viscosity, and heat loss from the oil to the ground. Results of computations for an 84-mile left bracket 135-km right bracket residual oil pipeline operated by the Pennsylvania Power and Light Co. are presented and compared with pressure measurements obtained during a trial purge of the system.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 45-50 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | SPE Production Engineering |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1987 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering