Application of basic principles of fluid mechanics in some oil and gas industrial examples: A pattern for chemical and petroleum engineers

Fluid mechanics is certainly one of the basic and very useful courses in chemical and petroleum engineering university programs. Deep understanding of some of the concepts in this course by the students is not easily expected through writing the required traditional mathematical equations alone. In...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Panahi, Mehdi Karimi, Hosseinali Akhlaghi Amiri
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Language:fas
Published: Iran Academy of Science 2019-06-01
Series:آموزش مهندسی ایران
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Online Access:http://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_89065.html?lang=en
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description Fluid mechanics is certainly one of the basic and very useful courses in chemical and petroleum engineering university programs. Deep understanding of some of the concepts in this course by the students is not easily expected through writing the required traditional mathematical equations alone. In this paper, the authors who have several years of working experiences in design and execution of oil and gas industrial projects, tried to simply present some of the fluid mechanics basics mentioned above through introducing of four industrial examples. Reading this paper helps the readers for good understanding of the concepts of two-phase flow, application and use of Navier-Stokes equations and boundary conditions. Also adjustment of the un-stabilized oil level in a middle stage separator of surface treatment facilities in an oil and gas filed; the use of characteristic curves of fixed speed and variable speed pumps and compressors, and calculations of pressure drop in a gas transfer pipeline. As a pattern, this paper helps the engineers to extract educational examples from the processes, which they are involved in; from design projects or operational plants. By introducing such problems and suggesting a proper solution, they can help for better understanding of engineering concepts.
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spelling doaj.art-753c486d6a1f4838ba50c24a395dadab2023-05-10T05:34:16ZfasIran Academy of Scienceآموزش مهندسی ایران1607-23162676-48812019-06-012181476710.22047/ijee.2019.159567.1597Application of basic principles of fluid mechanics in some oil and gas industrial examples: A pattern for chemical and petroleum engineers Mehdi Panahi Mehdi Karimi Hosseinali Akhlaghi Amiri Fluid mechanics is certainly one of the basic and very useful courses in chemical and petroleum engineering university programs. Deep understanding of some of the concepts in this course by the students is not easily expected through writing the required traditional mathematical equations alone. In this paper, the authors who have several years of working experiences in design and execution of oil and gas industrial projects, tried to simply present some of the fluid mechanics basics mentioned above through introducing of four industrial examples. Reading this paper helps the readers for good understanding of the concepts of two-phase flow, application and use of Navier-Stokes equations and boundary conditions. Also adjustment of the un-stabilized oil level in a middle stage separator of surface treatment facilities in an oil and gas filed; the use of characteristic curves of fixed speed and variable speed pumps and compressors, and calculations of pressure drop in a gas transfer pipeline. As a pattern, this paper helps the engineers to extract educational examples from the processes, which they are involved in; from design projects or operational plants. By introducing such problems and suggesting a proper solution, they can help for better understanding of engineering concepts.http://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_89065.html?lang=eneducation applied fluid mechanics navier stokes equations oil level control 3-phase separator pump and compressor curve natural gas pressure drop
spellingShingle Mehdi Panahi
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Application of basic principles of fluid mechanics in some oil and gas industrial examples: A pattern for chemical and petroleum engineers
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education applied fluid mechanics navier stokes equations oil level control 3-phase separator pump and compressor curve natural gas pressure drop
title Application of basic principles of fluid mechanics in some oil and gas industrial examples: A pattern for chemical and petroleum engineers
title_full Application of basic principles of fluid mechanics in some oil and gas industrial examples: A pattern for chemical and petroleum engineers
title_fullStr Application of basic principles of fluid mechanics in some oil and gas industrial examples: A pattern for chemical and petroleum engineers
title_full_unstemmed Application of basic principles of fluid mechanics in some oil and gas industrial examples: A pattern for chemical and petroleum engineers
title_short Application of basic principles of fluid mechanics in some oil and gas industrial examples: A pattern for chemical and petroleum engineers
title_sort application of basic principles of fluid mechanics in some oil and gas industrial examples a pattern for chemical and petroleum engineers
topic education applied fluid mechanics navier stokes equations oil level control 3-phase separator pump and compressor curve natural gas pressure drop
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