Frontiers in Energy
>> 2010,
Volume 4,
Issue 2
doi:
10.1007/s11708-009-0074-1
Research articles
Impacts of different diameter combinations on
the temperature of a crude oil pipeline when colocating with a products
pipeline
1.Beijing Key Laboratory
of Urban Oil and Gas Distribution Technology, China University of
Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China; 2.State Key Laboratory
of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University,
Xi’an 710049, China;
Available online: 2010-06-05
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Abstract
In order to show the effects of different diameter combinations on crude oil temperature when a crude oil pipeline and a products pipeline are laid in one trench, four typical diameter combinations are selected to conduct numerical simulation. After a series of calculations, the minimum mean temperature difference and the maximum temperature difference of the crude oil along the pipelines are obtained. In real pipeline constructions, the effects of other diameter combinations on crude oil temperature can be predicted by the method of linear interpolation to calculate results of the four diameter combinations obtained in this study.