Investigation of maximum erosion zone in the horizontal 90° elbow

Rehan Khan*, H. H. Ya, William Pao, T. V.V.L.N. Rao, Azad Alam, M. Azeem

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Abstract

Sand transportation within flow devices causes major problems for the hydrocarbon production industry and entails crucial material removal from pipelines and leads to failure and malfunction of the piping system. The 90° elbow configuration is an indispensable flow changing device used to redirect the flow direction in hydrocarbon and mineral processing industries. This paper highlights a comprehensive approach to quantify erosion in 90° elbow configuration ensues from fine particle transportation with the carrier fluid. A multilayer paint modeling (MPM) technique and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are adopted to map the erosion distribution inside the elbow under liquid–solid flow in a flow loop setup. The experiments for horizontal-to-horizontal (H–H) orientation elbow with 50.8 mm inner diameter are performed with fine sand of 50 μm size entertains in a carrier fluid at 3 m/s. The high erosion zones have been located near the outlet of the 90° elbow under fine particle impact with a maximum erosion rate of 1.82 mm/year in horizontal–horizontal (H–H) oriented elbow.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Manufacturing Engineering - Selected Articles from ICMMPE 2019
EditorsSeyed Sattar Emamian, Farazila Yusof, Mokhtar Awang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages223-230
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789811557521
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, ICMMPE 2019 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duration: 19 Nov 201921 Nov 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4364

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Mechanical, Manufacturing and Plant Engineering, ICMMPE 2019
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Period19/11/1921/11/19

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Keywords

  • CFD
  • Elbow
  • Erosion
  • Multilayer paint modeling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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