Experimental Study on Characteristics of Oil Particle Distribution in Water-Gelled Crude Oil Two-Phase Flow System

The conventional gathering and transportation mode of heating the produced fluid of oil wells with hot water or steam may result in excessive energy consumption. In order to perform the unheated transportation, the idea of hydraulic suspension transport of the gelled crude oil is proposed based on the actual production of Daqing Oilfield, and the experimental system is established to test characteristics of oil particle distribution which have an important effect on the hydraulic suspension transportation. In the experiment, the image of gelled crude oil particle distribution was obtained in a horizontal pipe with inner diameter of 0.053 m, and then the law of particle distribution was investigated by the theoretical model. The results showed that the gelled crude oil hydraulic suspension transport could be achieved without any chemical reagent when the gelled crude oil was transformed into particles and dispersedly suspended in water. The results also showed that the gelled oil particles of 0–4 mm in size accounted for 92% or more of all particles, and the percentage of gelled crude oil particles of a size of 4 mm gradually increased with the increasing mixed flow rate.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/205860
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2014 Liu Xiaoyan et al.
• Authors:
  • Xiaoyan, Liu
  • Zhonghua, Wang
  • Lijun, Liu
  • Chuanyan, Wu
  • Qianjun, Mao
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 11p
• Serial:
  • Advances in Mechanical Engineering
  • Volume: 2014
  • Issue Number: Article ID 205860
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 1687-8132
  • EISSN: 1687-8140
  • Serial URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ade
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crude oil; Oil water interfaces; Petroleum pipelines; Pipe flow; Pipeline transportation; Suspensions (Chemistry)
• Geographic Terms: Daqing (China)
• Subject Areas: Energy; Pipelines; I15: Environment; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01529259
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 2014 9:41AM