Effect of the gas-solid two-phase flow velocity on elbow erosion

Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue , 2015, Pages 581-586

  Lin, Nan ^a   Lan, Huiqing ^a   Xu, Yugong ^a   Dong, Shaohua ^b   Barber, Gary ^c  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PetroChina Beijing Gas Pipeline CoLtd   (China)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow; Erosion; Gas pipelines; Gas solid multiphase velocity; High pressure; Prediction model

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FLOW VELOCITY; FORECASTING; GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PIPELINES; GAS PLANTS; GASES; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PIPELINES; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; PUBLIC UTILITIES; VELOCITY;

ELBOW; GAS SOLID TWO PHASE FLOW; GAS-SOLID MULTIPHASE; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE CONDITION; OIL AND GAS COMPANIES; OIL-AND-GAS PIPELINES; PREDICTION MODEL;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84936774277     PISSN: 18755100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jngse.2015.06.054     Document Type: Article

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