Pipeline Analysis

The procedure for performing a dimensional analysis will be illustrated by means of an example concerning the flow of a liquid through a circular pipe. In this example we will determine an appropriate set of dimensionless groups that can be used to represent the relationship between the flow rate of an incompressible fluid in a pipeline, the properties of the fluid, the dimensions of the pipeline, and the driving force for moving the fluid, as illustrated in Fig. 2-1. The procedure is as follows. 

Step 2 List all the problem variables and parameters, along with their dimensions. The procedure is simplest if the most fundamental dimensions in a scientific system (i.e., M, L, t) are used (e.g., energy should be converted to FL = ML2/t2, etc.)  

The number of dimensionless groups that will be obtained is equal to the number of variables less the minimum number of fundamental dimensions involved in these variables (7-3=4 groups in this problem). 

Step 3 Choose a set of reference variables. The choice of variables is arbitrary, except that the following criteria must be satisfied  

The number of reference variables must be equal to the minimum number of fundamental dimensions in the problem (in this case, three). 

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Selected district heating network pipeline analysis... 

The AUGUR information on defect configuration is used to develop the three-dimensional solid model of damaged pipeline weldment by the use of geometry editor. The editor options provide by easy way creation and changing of the solid model. This model is used for fracture analysis by finite element method with appropriate cross-section stress distribution and external loads. 

Arzhaev A.I., Bougaenko S.E., Smirnov Yu.I., Aladinsky V V, Makhanev V.O., Saburov Yu. Residual stress modelling and analysis for INPP primary circuit pipeline welds. Transactions of the 14th Int. Conf. on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT 14), Lyon, 1997, Vol. 1, Div, B, pp. 345-352. 

Many developers of software for finite-element analysis (18) provide drafting of pipelines and associated flow analysis. These companies include Algor, McAuto, MacNeal-Schwindler, and ElowDesign. In software, in-house developed pipe fittings are modularized and isometric views of the piping systems with three-dimensional detailing are now commonplace. 

In this method a voltage source synchronized with the grid is used whose phase is reversed through 180° after a pause with no current. From vector analysis, the pipeline potential follows from the equation ... 

Predicting the appropriate level of duetile fraeture resistance involves an analysis of fluid properties, operating conditions, and material properties. For natural gas pipelines containing mostly methane with very... 

For those installations where a detailed pulsation analysis, API 618 Design Approach 2 or 3, is required,. several consulting companies offer these services. Until the 1980s, the most common method was to perform the pulsation analysis on the analog simulator of the Pipeline and Compres.sor Research Council of the Southern Gas Association. The... 

The following analysis enables one to calculate the diameter of a pipeline transporting any compressible fluid. The required inputs are volumetric flow rate, the specific gravity of the gas relative to air, flow conditions, compressibility factor Z where Z is defined by nZRT = PV, the pressure at the point of origin and the destination, the pipe length, and pipe constants such as effective roughness. The working equations have been obtained from the literature. Since the friction factor... 

Reliability analysis of fluid handling practices, ship to shore, and store to road vehicles and pipelines... 

Pipeline Failure Characteristics and Analysis of Pipeline Failure Rates Gas oil and natural gas pipelines ... 

This study investigated risks to the public from serious accidents which could occur at the industrial facilities in this part of Essex, U.K. Results are expressed as risk to an individual and societal risk from both existing and proposed installations. Risk indices were also determined for modified versions of the facilities to quantify the risk reduction from recommendations in the report. Nine industrial plants were analyzed along with hazardous material transport by water, road, rail and pipeline. The potential toxic, fire and explosion hazards were assessed for flammable liquids, ammonia, LPG, LNG, and hydrogen fluoride (HE). The 24 appendices to the report cover various aspects of the risk analysis. These include causes and effects of unconfined... 

An Analysis of Reportabie Incidents for Natural Gas Transmission and Gathering Lines 1970 through June 1984 Natural Gas Several thousand incidents of sen/ioe and test failures Gas pipelines 111. 

This report is by Battelle Columbus Division to the Line Pipe Research Supervisory Committee of the American Gas Association. It presents an analysis of statistical data obtained from reports of lea)c or rupture (service) incidents and test failures in natural gas transmission and gathering lines over the 14.5 year period from 1970 through June, 1984. All gas transmission companies were required to notify the Office of Pipeline Safety Operations in the event of a "reportable" incident, as defined by the Code of Federal Regulations. The purpose of the study is to organize the reportable incident data into a meaningful format from which the safety record of the industry can be assessed. 

The rotating disc and rotating cylinder have been successfully applied in the laboratory to study the effect of flow on corrosion rates and are much easier to use than actual pipelines and other real geometries. The results of these tests can now be correlated to geometries likely to be found in pipes, pumps, bends, etc. in plant by use of dimensionless group analysis. There-... 

In making the analysis it is assumed that the anode groundbed is remote from the pipeline. That is, the length of the pipeline in question stands in what is virtually a uniform anode field, as shown in Fig. 10.11. Since the... 

This analysis is far from exact since it assumes a remote groundbed, uniform soil resistivity and uniform defect density in the coating. At best it demonstrates that attenuation is likely to follow an exponential decay and that it will be less severe for larger diameter pipes than for smaller. The problem is more difficult to solve for more complex structures (e.g. congested pipeline networks) and especially so for marine installations where the development of the calcareous deposit introduces the possibility of temporal variations in attenuation. 

In this analysis the designer must consider two conditions and base the pipe design on the one that is worse. One condition is where the temperature differential is one half the difference between the maximum temperature and minimum temperature. The second condition considers the temperature differential between the maximum pipeline temperature at installation and the minimum design temperature. 

Wilson, K. C. Hydrotransporl 4 (BHRA Fluid Engineering, Banff. Alberta, Canada) (May 1976) ALL A unified physically-based analysis of solid-liquid pipeline flow. 

A time-and-motion modeling mind-set can easily blinker analysis of how best to improve the value created by research. Truly useful simulations of drug discovery must go beyond simplistic assumptions about yields at stage gates and address the causes of failure, starting to quantify the common concept of pipeline quality. ... 

Another analytic procedure based on HPLC has been developed for the quantitative determination of nitrogen-containing corrosion inhibitors [1194]. The method was primarily developed for the analysis of certain oil pipeline condensate samples. 

A systematic, rational analysis of both isothermal and nonisothermal tubular systems in which two fluids are flowing must be carried out, if optimal design and economic operation of these pipeline devices is to be achieved. The design of all two-phase contactors must be based on a firm knowledge of two-phase hydrodynamics. In addition, a mathematical description is needed of the heat and mass transfer and of the chemical reaction occurring within a particular system. 

The analysis of two-phase tubular contactors and pipelines is complicated because of the variety of configurations that the two-phase mixture may assume in these systems. The design engineer must have knowledge of the flow pattern that results from a given set of operating conditions if the in situ quantities such as pressure drop, holdup of each phase, phase Reynolds numbers, and interfacial area are to be determined. These in situ quantities must be known if the rate of heat transfer is to be predicted. 

Some typical questions raised in pipeline network design and analysis are... 

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