화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Vol.46, No.5, 35-40, 2007
An effective method for modelling non-moving stagnant liquid columns in gas gathering systems
Gas gathering system modelling is often complicated by the presence of localized pressure losses that are not easily explained by traditional pressure loss correlations. The tendency is to assume the pressure loss correlation must be tweaked to match measured operating conditions. This often leads to inappropriate manipulation of tuning factors (efficiency factor or roughness). A more appropriate approach is to recheck the validity of the input data and, most importantly, visit the field prepared to gather additional data to resolve the causes of the localized pressure losses. The objectives of this paper are to discuss one of the causes of localized pressure losses-Stagnant Liquid Columns- and to present several cases where localized pressure losses were interpreted to be caused by stagnant liquid accumulations.