Título: | EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE DEGRADATION OF FRICTION-REDUCING POLYMERS IN TURBULENT FLOW IN PIPELINES | ||||||||||||
Autor(es): |
RAFAELA YVONNE ROGERIO DE MEDEIROS |
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Colaborador(es): |
LUIS FERNANDO ALZUGUIR AZEVEDO - Orientador IGOR BRAGA DE PAULA - Coorientador |
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Catalogação: | 09/JUL/2024 | Língua(s): | PORTUGUESE - BRAZIL |
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Tipo: | TEXT | Subtipo: | SENIOR PROJECT | ||||||||||
Notas: |
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Referência(s): |
[pt] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/TFCs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=67244@1 [en] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/TFCs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=67244@2 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.67244 | ||||||||||||
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Liquid flow through pipelines is of great relevance to industry, agriculture,
water supply and sewage systems. In the case of long pipelines, wall friction is
responsible for nearly the totality of the pressure drop and, consequently, the energy
consumption required to transport the fluids. Drag reduction by the addition of longchain polymers to single phase liquid flow has been known since 1948 after the
work of Tom [1]. Drag reduction by polymer addition in gas-liquid two phase flow
is, however, less explored in the literature. The main objective of the present work
is to contribute to the understanding of the effects of injecting drag reducing
polymers in two-phase gas-liquid flow. This work is part of a broader study where
information on single phase drag reduction is used in a methodology to predict drag
reduction in two-phase gas-liquid flows. The focus of the present work was on the
analysis of the performance of a commercial drag reduction agent used by the
oil/gas industry, the poly-isobuthene. The study was directed to the assessment of
the drag reduction potential of the polymer , and its degradation by the continued
shear against the wall and turbulence. The tests were conducted using an innovative
test section configuration available in the laboratory. This test section is formed by
a rotating wheel that yields results equivalent to those obtained from conventional
long loops that use large quantities of product and require pumps to maintain the
flow promoting additional polymer degradation. The test section was modified to
allow the use a more accessible torque meter, but of similar uncertainty as the
original sensor. The preliminary qualification results demonstrated the good
performance of the designed test section. The tests with poly-isobuthene polymer
with concentrations of 100, 200 and 300 ppm presented levels of drag reduction of
the order of 20%, 65% and 80%. These results point to the viability of the use of
the product in two-phase flows. However, additional long-duration tests are
recommended to fully assess the product degradation.
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