The propagation of pressure in a gelled waxy oil pipeline as studied by particle imaging velocimetry

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 302-311

  El Gendy, Husam ^a   Alcoutlabi, Mataz ^a   Jemmett, Mark ^a   Deo, Milind ^a   Magda, Jules ^a   Venkatesan, Rama ^b   Montesi, Alberto ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Petroleum; PIV; Rheology

Indexed keywords

APPLYING PRESSURE; AXIAL PRESSURES; DOWNSTREAM PRESSURE; ENERGY; OIL PIPELINES; PARTICLE IMAGING VELOCIMETRY; PIV; PRESSURE PROFILES; PRESSURE WAVE PROPAGATION; TIME DEPENDENCE; TIME-DEPENDENT; TWO-STEP PROCESS; UPSTREAM PRESSURE; VOID FORMATION; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

CRUDE OIL; ELASTICITY; GELATION; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; RHEOLOGY; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; YIELD STRESS;

GELS;

EID: 83255186856     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12560     Document Type: Article

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