Numerical analysis of the heat transfer associated with freezing/solidifying phase changes for a pipeline filled with crude oil in soil saturated with water during pipeline shutdown in winter

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 52-58

  Lu, Tao ^a   Wang, Kui sheng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

crude oil; freezing; heat transfer; phase change; pipeline; saturated; shutdown; soil

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; CRUDE OIL; CRUDE OILS; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FREEZING POINTS; INITIAL TEMPERATURE; NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PHASE CHANGE; PHASE CHANGES; PIPELINE; PIPELINE SHUTDOWN; RATE OF INCREASE; SATURATED; SHUTDOWN; SOIL; SOLIDIFICATION INTERFACE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; WATER FREEZING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING EQUIPMENT; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE INTERFACES; PIPELINES; SOILS; THERMOANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

FREEZING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE OIL; FLOW FIELD; FREEZING; HEAT TRANSFER; OIL PIPELINE; SATURATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLIDIFICATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 52049120098     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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