Ramzy S. Hamied1,*, Anwar N. Mohammed Ali1, Khalid A. Sukkar2
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.19, No.8, pp. 2027-2039, 2023, DOI:10.32604/fdmp.2023.027312
Abstract The process of transporting crude oil across pipelines is one of the most critical aspects of the midstream petroleum industry. In the present experimental work, the effect of temperature, pressure drop, and pipe diameter on the flow rate of heavy crude oil have been assessed. Moreover, the total discharge and energy losses have been evaluated in order to demonstrate the improvements potentially achievable by using solar heating method replacing pipe, and adjusting the value of the initial pressure difference. Crude oil of API = 20 has been used for the experiments, with the studied pipelines sections connecting the separator unit to… More >
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