Understanding hydrate, corrosion issues through flowfield investigation

摘要

Understanding and managing flow and thermal fields is becoming more important as the oil and gas industry strives to understand and minimize risks caused by corrosion and hydrate formation. Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) analysis helps to understand the problems, minimize risks, and tackle issues early in the design process, since prevention is infinitely preferable to cure.rnMany offshore and subsea pipelines and process systems have associated integrity and flow-related risks. Corrosion and blockages - arising, for example, from formation of hydrates and waxes - all increase project risk and operational costs by impacting process efficiency and production rates.rnWhat determines whether an unwanted or adverse chemical or thermal process is going to take place within your system? How do you better understand the risks involved? Most importantly, how do you reduce the risks?