Program Development for Predicting Corrosion Rate in Two-Phase Pipeline

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1.Introduction

Fluid produced from well is usually a mixture of oil, gas, water Surface production facilities are designed to turn this mixture into separate streams of oil and gas and water.

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Production of oil and associated gas

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1.Introduction

The liquid coming off the separator is assumed to be in single-phase flow even though it will contain some gas after it has taken a pressure drop. The products have to be transported long distances as a multiphase mixture to central production platform or onshore separating facilities
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1.Introduction

platform & pipeline schematic

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1.Introduction

One of the main problems encountered in transportation of gas/oil/water multi-phase products is internal corrosion in the pipelines.

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2.Motivation

Little research has been performed in the past on coupling CO2 corrosion model. There are no studies on more mechanistic corrosion model with a comprehensive twophase fluid model. This proposal describes a newly developed CO2 corrosion multiphase flow model
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3.Review-Basic of two-phase flow

Two-phase flow patterns in horizontal flow.

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3.Review-Basic of two-phase flow

Mandhane et al. Horizontal Flow Pattern Map
20.0 10.0 SUPERFICIAL LIQUID VELOCITY, V SL , FT/SEC BUBBLE, ELONGATED BUBBLE FLOW 1.0 SLUG FLOW

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Flow regime for horizontal pipes.

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3.Review-Fundamentals of Corrosion Mechanisms

The material in this section is presented under three general headings: Wet Corrosion Dry Corrosion Biological Corrosion

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3.Review-Fundamentals of Corrosion Mechanisms

Wet Corrosion There are eight forms of wet corrosion

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Uniform Corrosion Galvanic Corrosion Crevice Corrosion Pitting Intergranular Corrosion Selective Dealloying Erosion corrosion Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC)
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3.Review-Basics of Upstream Corrosion

Predicting CO2 Corrosion Rates The standard equation used industry-wide to predict CO2 corrosion rates for carbon steel is a correlation derived by deWaard & Milliams3 and is expressed as: log10 (CR) = 5.8 - 1710/T + 0.67log10(pCO2)

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4.Objectives

The objective of this thesis is to improve new corrosion model by combined a CO2 corrosion model and a two-phase flow model in oil and gas pipeline system.

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5.Scope of the Thesis

The scope of this thesis is to establish new correlation corrosion model which consists of two main models:
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the CO2 corrosion model and the multiphase flow model

This combined model will be compared with measurement data from the field.

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Theory

The corrosion rate can be calculated by the application of well established mass transfer correlations of dimensionless groups. In general Sh = a Reb Scc Where a, b and c = the constants determined by experiments Sh = the Sherwood number kd/D Re = Reynolds number Ud/ Sc = Schmidt number /D.

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Theory

The Berger-Hau correlation, one of the most widely accepted mass transfer correlations for fully developed turbulent flow in smooth pipes, a corrosion rate (CR in mm/y), is given by CR = 4923 Cb (D02 /d)Re0.86 Sc0.33

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Theory

RELATIVE ROLES OF EROSION AND CORROSION Erosion + Corrosion

y b

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7.Research Procedure

Collect pipeline corrosion data from corrosion inspection survey. Set up mathematical model for pipeline corrosion. Develop corrosion rate model using web programming such as JAVA, PHP. Perform model verification. Summary and discussion of the corrosion model.

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8.Benefit of the Thesis

develop corrosion model that provides highly accuracy for internal corrosion in the pipeline transportation of gas/oil/water three phase products.

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