... Abstract Water droplet erosion (WDE) is a complex phenomenon that has been investigated for nearly a century. This form of erosion affects a wide range of energy industries from steam turbines and natural gas pipelines to wind turbine blades. The moving droplets impacting at a high relative...

... Abstract Computational Fluid Dynamics has been widely used in various engineering applications. Solid particle erosion of material is a multi-physics problem that requires a great deal of expertise to simulate and predict. Evaluation of the CFD models available is critical to formulate...

... Abstract Erosion is a phenomenon of material removal by particles impinging the walls of materials. Experiment is an important approach to investigate erosion severity and the influences of different physical parameters. However, conducting experiments is expensive and time-consuming. It’s also...

... sprays. These sprays pose three primary hazards to offshore wind turbines: erosion, corrosion, and icing, due to saline droplets impacting and interacting with turbine surfaces. The primary goal of this research is to develop an innovative droplet-absorption-based surface technology capable of mitigating...

... Abstract Machine learning feature has been utilized to demonstrate the importance and prioritize the parameters in erosion rate prediction. With the expansion of experimental data, application of machine learning models has become more feasible. Feature selection is critical for machine...

... Abstract Cushion tees are used in mining and oil and gas transportation pipelines to reduce erosion compared to elbows. However, the effectiveness of this approach is under investigation as pipeline failures due to solid particle erosion have also been found in the field with the use of cushion...

... Abstract Uncertainties are part of any scientific measurements and calculations. As a complex phenomenon, erosion is affected by many independent parameters and consequently the uncertainties of these parameters contribute to uncertainties in erosion measurements or simulations/predictions...

... Abstract Here we evaluate the assertion that critical shear stresses for erosion may be derived from yield stresses for nominally cohesive particle beds across the full range of particle Reynolds numbers. The critical shear stress for erosion for non-cohesive particle beds may be estimated from...

..., S. H., and Kwon, S. B., 2003, Development of a Water Droplet Erosion Model for Large Steam Turbine Blades, KSME Int. J., 17(1), pp. 114 121. [30] Arabnejad, H., Shirazi, S. A., Mclaury, B. S., and Shadley, J. R., 2014, A Guideline to Calculate Erosional Velocity Due to Liquid Droplets for Oil...

... Abstract Here we explore the relationship between effective cleaning/clearing radii, ECR, and critical suspension velocities, U cs . Although one set of physics controls both the radial extent of erosion (i.e., the ECR) and the velocity needed to erode from the center of jet impingement to any...

... by Solid Particle Impact, Wear, 259(1 6), pp. 95 101. [5] Salama, M. M., 2000, An Alternative to API 14E Erosional Velocity Limits for Sand-Laden Fluids, J. Energy Resour. Technol., 122(2), pp. 71 77. [6] Bourgoyne Jr, A. T., 1989, Experimental Study of Erosion in Diverter Systems Due to Sand...

... is proposed using the Eulerian-Eulerian-Lagrangian approach. The proposed modeling approach for the liquid-gas interaction forces and particle rotation is compared with experimental erosion data for two elbows in series. For the experiments, a 50.8 mm inner diameter pipe vertical facility with water, air...

... in other sections which can cause erosion of the sand screen openings allowing larger particles to pass through which in turn cause more erosion. Furthermore, these small particles are highly susceptible to turbulent regions of flow and can cause severe erosion in these regions. Hence, it is critically...

... Abstract The unloading valve is selected as the key part of pressure control and overload protection system in the emulsion pump station (EPS). However, severe cavitation erosion occurs on the inner wall of the valve sleeve located in a downstream outlet, which leads to the performance...

...AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON THE EROSION OF A HELICO-AXIAL PUMP WITH GAS PRESENCE Yi Chen1, Abhay Patil, Yiming Chen, Gerald Morrison, Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843 Marisela Rojas Royal Dutch Shell PLC Houston, TX 77079 ABSTRACT Electrical submersible pump (ESP) technology has...

... validated by pump water catalog curves. Then, the validated mesh geometry is adopted in high viscosity, multiphase flow, and sand erosion simulations to study the effects including but not limited to: discrete phase bubble diameter, turbulence model, body forces, and erosion models. However, the mesh...

... Abstract AI approaches include machine learning algorithms in which models are trained from existing data to predict the behavior of the system for previously unseen cases. Recent studies at the Erosion/Corrosion Research Center (E/CRC) have shown that these methods can be quite effective...

... Abstract The concentration of the sand inside the flowlines can directly affect the magnitude of erosion in various pipelines and pipe fittings components. The erosion models available in the literature suggest that the relationship between erosion and sand concentration is linear. Furthermore...

... Abstract Large diameter pipes and elbows are vastly used in industry especially in mining and oil and gas production. Solid particle erosion is a common issue in these pipelines, and it is important to predict it to avoid failures. Currently, laboratory experiments reported in the literature...

... Abstract Solid particle erosion is one of the most commonly encountered problems faced by the oil and gas industries during production and transportation processes. The severity of solid particle erosion is affected by multitude of factors such as particle properties, fluid flow properties...