5110 E Process sytems 1

Course content:

• Description of production systems

Energy considerations

• Energy in the form of pressure for gas, kinetic energy or flow.

• Temperature and chemical energy

• Relationship between pressure and temperature and volume for gases

• Calculation of entropy

• Kinetic energy and the Joule-Thompson effect

• Heat capacity and heat conservation

Flow in gases and liquids

• Flow regimes, laminar and turbulent flow

• Liquid viscosity as a function of temperature

• Energy considerations in different flow regions

• Erosion and kinetics in flowing systems

• Reynolds number

Multi-phase flow

• Multi-phase flow and discontinuity

• Unstable flow

• Velocity effects, choke valves

Manifolds and multi-phase criteria

• Wear and erosion

• Scale and velocity control

• Temperature and velocity

Gravitational effects and multi-phase flow

• Expansion and decompression

• Gravitation and flow

• Lift velocity and homogeneity in flowing systems

• Density and separation

• Hydrocyclones

• Rapid de-pressurisation and pipe dimensions

• Temperature and separation equilibrium

Design of separation equipment

• Riser manifolds and chokes valves

• Criteria for effective separation

• Design of three phase separators

• Vortex breaking and separator inlets

• Stoke’s law, particles and water droplet size

• Hydrocyclones, optimising operational conditions

Transport of oil

• Pipelines

• Velocity, phase equilibration and loss of pressure

• Temperature profiles

• Stoke’s law, condensation and water

• Reynold’s number in oil transport

• Chemicals and improved liquid flow

Gas transport

• Gas pipelines, capacity and design

• Hydrates and temperature

• Dew point for water and gas

• Corrosion

Problems with multi-phase transport

• Pig operations

• Pig types and condition assessment of pipelines

• Buoy loading operations