| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 260, 2021
2021 International Conference on Advanced Energy, Power and Electrical Engineering (AEPEE2021)
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| Article Number | 01003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Advanced Energy and Environmental Engineering | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202126001003 | |
| Published online | 19 May 2021 | |
Wax deposition model of heavy oil in pipeline transportation
Department of Petroleum, Army Logistics Academy, Chongqing, China
* Corresponding author: yansohucom@sohu.com
During the transportation process of heavy oil, wax deposition is prone to occur for the low temperature outside the tube and strong heat exchange, which will adversely affect the pipeline transportation of heavy oil. Based on the experimental data of the indoor deposition loop, this paper considered the impact of strong environmental heat transfer and oil flow shear on wax deposition and established a kinetic model of wax deposition for pipeline transportation of heavy oil. Numerical simulation was performed on the flow field and temperature field during the wax deposition process to obtain the model parameters. Through analyzing the deposition rate computed by the model, this paper reveals the effect of oil flow velocity, oil temperature and wall temperature difference on wax deposition.
Key words: Pipe transportation / Wax deposition / Model / Numerical simulation
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