...Farzin Darihaki; Jun Zhang; Siamack A. Shirazi; Brenton S. McLaury Solid particle erosion is a common and challenging phenomenon during the production and transport of particle-containing fluids and it is important to have models for predicting erosion rates accurately, especially for geometries...

... . 3 Jordan , K. , 1998 , “ Erosion in Multiphase Production of Oil and Gas. Corrosion 98 , NACE International Annual Conference , San Antonio, TX , Paper No. 58. 4 Salama , M. , and Venkatesh , E. , 1983 , “ Evaluation of Erosional Velocity Limitations in Offshore Gas Wells...

...Quamrul H. Mazumder; Siamack A. Shirazi; Brenton S. McLaury Erosion damage in the pipe wall due to solid particle impact can cause severe problems in fluid handling industries. Repeated impact of the suspended small solid particles to the inner wall of process equipment and piping removes material...

...Enrico Sciubba; Nicola Zeoli A numerical three-dimensional (3D) simulation was performed on the flow of a particle-laden steam jet impinging on the tubes of the superheating section of a waste-burning industrial boiler: the study was conducted to investigate the causes of excessive erosion...

... E. , 1995 , “ Generalization of the API RP 14E Guideline for Erosive Service ,” J. Pressure Vessel Technol. 0094-9930 , 117 , pp. 45 – 52 . McLaury , B. S. , and Shirazi , S. A. , 2000 , “ Is API RP 14E Reliable for Predicting an Erosional Production Velocity when Sand...

.... Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is an example of such a site where the detection of moisture and DRZ would be useful. hygrometers erosion hydrological techniques humidity measurement hydrological equipment moisture measurement environmental degradation humidity A full...

...Jianrong Wang; Siamack A. Shirazi, Professor, A model for predicting sand erosion in 90 degree elbows and bends has been developed based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), particle tracking and erosion data. After the flow field was obtained from the flow (CFD) model, particles were introduced...

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....” However, this model was originally intended for sand in a single-phase carrier fluid. Recognizing the limitations of API RP 14E in the presence of sand, several investigators have developed models for erosion prediction or erosional velocities. Most of the models are for erosion in elbows, since...

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