Fluid Dynamics Numerical Assessment to Evaluate the Ice Formation Around the Pipeline

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Blasioli ◽  
Furio Marchesani
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Ice Formation ◽  
Convection Coefficient ◽  
Offshore Pipelines ◽  
Offshore Pipeline

Abstract In response to the UNCCC held in Paris in 2015 the need to reduce the global warming, due to CO2 release in atmosphere, led to a new business for the capture and storage of CO2 in dedicated deep water reservoir. In this sense the transport of the CO2 at low temperature, necessary to condensate the gas, through offshore pipeline is a commercial and technical valid strategy. One of the issues related to the transport of a condensate gas is the thermal exchange between the transport system, in this case offshore pipelines, and the environment. The gas is usually carried by ships in a liquid phase at very low temperatures, for example −30 °C in case of CO2. The fluid is introduced into the pipeline at the same temperature to not further consume energy for warming up. The design of the offshore pipeline subject to these operating conditions, very cold fluid internally and a water temperature slightly over 0°C at external side, can be affected by the ice formation around the pipe. The ice thickness formation is primarily governed by the external convection coefficient. For the offshore pipelines located in deep waters where the sea currents are negligible, only the natural convection phenomena can occur on the external surface of the pipeline. Considering steady state scenario the heat transfer from the internal fluid to the external environmental is governed by the thermal resistance of each component of the system like fluid, steel, anticorrosion coating, thermal insulation if any and external convection due to the seawater. The low temperatures of both seawater and ice formation, approximately at −2°C, allow to be close to the maximum value of the seawater density: usually this occurs at a slightly colder temperatures depending on salinity and water depth (for the fresh water the maximum is at 4°C). The natural convection is driven by the buoyancy effect due to fluid density variation with temperature: the scenario described above lead to minimizes these effects and consequently the heat transfer due to the natural convection (increasing the thermal resistance). Most of the correlations in literature are related to different temperature ranges, far away from this particular situation: a numerical investigation using computational fluid dynamics technique has been performed. The analysis is executed by means of commercial CFD software FLUENT: the model is based on a two dimensional grid of a pipe submerged in water. In this paper: • The state-of-the-art about the natural convection coefficient estimate for submerged cylinders proposed by different authors through Nusselt number assessment; • A description of the proposed numerical approach is given highlighting the different approaches based on the boundary layer behavior; • A typical application is shown.

Metal Temperature Prediction of a Dry Low NOx Class Flame Tube by Computational Fluid Dynamics Conjugate Heat Transfer Approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 138 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Riccardo Da Soghe ◽  
Cosimo Bianchini ◽  
Antonio Andreini ◽  
Lorenzo Mazzei ◽  
Giovanni Riccio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Metal Temperature ◽  
Thermal Loads ◽  
Flame Tube ◽  
Numerical Predictions ◽  
Partial Load ◽  
Critical Components

Combustor liner of present gas turbine engines is subjected to high thermal loads as it surrounds high temperature combustion reactants and is hence facing the related radiative load. This generally produces high thermal stress levels on the liner, strongly limiting its life expectations and making it one of the most critical components of the entire engine. The reliable prediction of such thermal loads is hence a crucial aspect to increase the flame tube life span and to ensure safe operations. The present study aims at investigating the aerothermal behavior of a GE Dry Low NOx (DLN1) class flame tube and in particular at evaluating working metal temperatures of the liner in relation to the flow and heat transfer state inside and outside the combustion chamber. Three different operating conditions have been accounted for (i.e., lean–lean partial load, premixed full load, and primary load) to determine the amount of heat transfer from the gas to the liner by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The numerical predictions have been compared to experimental measurements of metal temperature showing a good agreement between CFD and experiments.

Natural Convection in an Enclosure With Blend of Micro Encapsulated Phase Change Materials

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasmin Khakpour ◽  
Jamal Seyed-Yagoobi
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Thermal Expansion ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Phase Change Materials ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Pure Water ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Effective Density

This numerical study investigates the effect of using a blend of micro-encapsulated phase change materials (MEPCMs) on the heat transfer characteristics of a liquid in a rectangular enclosure driven by natural convection. A comparison has been made between the cases of using single component MEPCM slurry and a blend of two-component MEPCM slurry. The natural convection is generated by the temperature difference between two vertical walls of the enclosure maintained at constant temperatures. Each of the two phase change materials store latent heat at a specific range of temperatures. During phase change of the PCM, the effective density of the slurry varies. This results in thermal expansion and hence a buoyancy driven flow. The effects of MEPCM concentration in the slurry and changes in the operating conditions such as the wall temperatures compared to that of pure water have been studied. The MEPCM latent heat and the increased volumetric thermal expansion coefficient during phase change of the MEPCM play a major role in this heat transfer augmentation.

Northern Light Offshore Pipeline – Negative Transport Temperature Inside the HDD

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Blasioli ◽  
Furio Marchesani ◽  
Maurizio Badalini ◽  
Vincenzo Luci ◽  
Tove Bekkeheien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Water ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Water Circulation ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Ice Formation ◽  
Circulation System ◽  
Directional Drilling ◽  
Radial Temperature ◽  
Pressure Losses ◽  
Offshore Pipeline

Abstract The transport of CO2 through offshore pipelines is one of the last business that the Operators are beginning to face, in line with the coming needs for climate change mitigations. The scenario for CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage anticipates capture and treatment at local plants, the transportation by ships in a liquid phase at low temperatures (close to −30 °C) to a terminal for the following offshore submarine transportation in a pipeline up to an injection well, for the final (and permanent) storage underground. In order to optimize the operating costs for CO2 transport via pipeline, and to reduce energy consumptions, no heating is applied from ship to pipeline inlet. In such case, the pipeline will reach approximately a temperature of −30 °C in the initial landfall section. The design of the offshore pipeline subject to this operating conditions, very cold fluid inside and a sea water temperature slightly over 0°C outside (North Sea), must face the possibility of ice formation around the pipe. For the Northern Lights project, this possibility has been analyzed and the HDD (Horizontal Directional Drilling) at landfall resulted the only section where the ice formation could jeopardize the pipeline integrity. Detailed assessment for both normal operating conditions and contingency cases has been performed. In the former case, a steady state thermal analysis with analytical method (thermal resistances) has been applied to calculate both the longitudinal, along the pipeline axis, and radial temperature profile: all the water inside the HDD freezes. Therefore, a water circulation system has been studied to prevent the ice formation. The pumping system required to ensure enough water flow has been dimensioned considering pressure losses inside the HDD. Power consumption in the order of 3 kW is expected. The breakdown of the pumps has been analyzed in order to determine the available time before the sea water freeze inside the HDD obstructing any circulation. A transient analysis has been carried out simulating the temperature after water circulation arrest. Both analytical and Finite Element Model have been used to calculate the transient process causing water freezing.

scholarly journals Multi-Scale CFD Modeling of Plate Heat Exchangers Including Offset-Strip Fins and Dimple-Type Turbulators for Automotive Applications

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 2965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augusto Della Torre ◽  
Gianluca Montenegro ◽  
Angelo Onorati ◽  
Sumit Khadilkar ◽  
Roberto Icarelli
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Heat Exchangers ◽  
Internal Combustion Engines ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Plate Heat ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Macro Scale

Plate heat exchangers including offset-strip fins or dimple-type turbulators have a wide application in the automotive field as oil coolers for internal combustion engines and transmissions. Their optimization is a complex task since it requires targeting different objectives: High compactness, low pressure drop and high heat-transfer efficiency. In this context, the availability of accurate Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation models plays an important role during the design phase. In this work, the development of a computational framework for the CFD simulation of compact oil-to-liquid heat exchangers, including offset-strip fins and dimples, is presented. The paper addresses the modeling problem at different scales, ranging from the characteristic size of the turbulator geometry (typically µm–mm) to the full scale of the overall device (typically cm–dm). The simulation framework is based on multi-scale concept, which applies: (a) Detailed simulations for the characterization of the micro-scale properties of the turbulator, (b) an upscaling approach to derive suitable macro-scale models for the turbulators and (c) full-scale simulations of the entire cooler, including the porous models derived for the smaller scales. The model is validated comparing with experimental data under different operating conditions. Then, it is adopted to investigate the details of the fluid dynamics and heat-transfer process, providing guidelines for the optimization of the device.

A Natural Convection Fin with a Solution-Determined Nonmonotonically Varying Heat Transfer Coefficient

1981 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Sparrow ◽  
S. Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Transfer Coefficient ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Transfer Coefficient ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Numerical Solutions ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Fluid Temperature ◽  
Wide Range

A conjugate conduction-convection analysis has been made for a vertical plate fin which exchanges heat with its fluid environment by natural convection. The analysis is based on a first-principles approach whereby the heat conduction equation for the fin is solved simultaneously with the conservation equations for mass, momentum, and energy in the fluid boundary layer adjacent to the fin. The natural convection heat transfer coefficient is not specified in advance but is one of the results of the numerical solutions. For a wide range of operating conditions, the local heat transfer coefficients were found not to decrease monotonically in the flow direction, as is usual. Rather, the coefficient decreased at first, attained a minimum, and then increased with increasing downstream distance. This behavior was attributed to an enhanced buoyancy resulting from an increase in the wall-to-fluid temperature difference along the streamwise direction. To supplement the first-principles analysis, results were also obtained from a simple adaptation of the conventional fin model.

Natural Convection on Both Sides of a Vertical Wall Separating Fluids at Different Temperatures

1980 ◽  
Vol 102 (4) ◽  
pp. 630-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Anderson ◽  
A. Bejan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
Analytical Study ◽  
Vertical Wall ◽  
Conducting Wall ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Laminar Natural Convection ◽  
Layer Flow ◽  
Two Sides

This paper describes an analytical study of laminar natural convection on both sides of a vertical conducting wall of finite height separating two semi-infinite fluid reservoirs of different temperatures. The countercurrent boundary layer flow formed on the two sides is illustrated via representative streamlines, temperature and heat flux distributions. The net heat transfer between reservoirs is reported for the general case in which the wall thermal resistance is not negligible relative to the overall reservoir-to-reservoir thermal resistance.

scholarly journals LOW TEMPERATURES EFFECT ON THERMAL CONDITIONS OF DZ-98 AUTOGRADER HYDRAULIC UNITS

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-327
Author(s):  
T. N. Okhlopkov
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Thermal Regime ◽  
Low Temperatures ◽  
Hydraulic System ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Climatic Data ◽  
Joint Stock Company

Introduction. The article discusses the climatic conditions of Yakutia, as well as the cooling process of the hydraulic system of DZ-98 motor grader in order to prevent violation of the thermal regime of hydraulic units under the influence of low temperatures, taking into account the wind blowing and operating conditions. The surface temperature of the hydraulic units was measured on January 16, 2018 in the city of Yakutsk on the basis of Yakutdorstroi joint-stock company at an ambient temperature of -42 ° С.Materials and methods. To ensure a reliable operation of the hydraulic system at low temperatures, hydraulic units must provide a supply of working fluid under pressure, regardless of changes in ambient temperature. The thermal regime of hydraulic units is characterized by three main parameters: pressure, temperature and volume. In the North, where the ambient winter temperature varies from -27 ° С to -49 ° С, the absolute temperature is the determining parameter. Studying the problem, theories of heat conduction and heat transfer in solids, hydrodynamics, and differential equations were used.Results. Natural and climatic data, as well as the recorded surface temperature of hydraulic units, allow to determine the number of days with a critically negative temperature, the heat transfer of hydraulic units and the regularity of its change depending on the operating mode.

Time-Resolved Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamic Analysis of Natural Convection From Isothermal Horizontal Cylinders

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Persoons ◽  
Ian M. O. Gorman ◽  
Gerry Byrne ◽  
Darina B. Murray
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Vertical Cylinder ◽  
Local Heat Transfer ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Local Heat ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Thermal Plume ◽  
Horizontal Cylinders

This paper discusses the close coupling between fluid dynamics and local natural convection heat transfer rates from a pair of isothermally heated horizontal cylinders submerged in water. The presence of a second heated cylinder induces heat transfer enhancements of up to 10%, and strong fluctuations in local heat transfer rate. Therefore specific attention is focused on how the local heat transfer characteristics of the upper cylinder are affected by buoyancy induced fluid flow from the lower cylinder. The paper investigates a range of Rayleigh number between 2·106 and 6·106, and a vertical cylinder spacing between 2D and 4D. Simultaneous local heat flux measurements and flow velocity measurements using particle image velocimetry reveal oscillatory behaviour of the thermal plume, depending on operating conditions. A joint temporal analysis of the data has provided new insights into the governing mechanisms, which enables further optimisation of the heat transfer performance.

scholarly journals Model of Complex Heat Transfer in the Package of Rectangular Steel Sections

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (24) ◽  
pp. 9044
Author(s):  
Rafał Wyczółkowski ◽  
Marek Gała ◽  
Vazgen Bagdasaryan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Thermal Resistance ◽  
Heat Radiation ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Contact Heat ◽  
Total Thermal Resistance ◽  
Model Calculations ◽  
Complex Heat Transfer ◽  
Steel Sections

During heat treatment of rectangular steel sections, a heated charge in the form of regularly arranged packages is placed in a furnace. The article presents a model of a complex heat transfer in such a package using the thermo-electric analogy. The model considers the following types of heat transfer: conduction in section walls, conduction and natural convection within gas, heat radiation between the walls of a section, as well as contact conduction between the adjacent sections. The results of our own experimental research were used for calculations of heat resistance applying to natural convection and contact conduction. We assumed that the material of sections was low-carbon steel and the gas was air. The result of the calculations of the presented model is total thermal resistance Rto. The calculations were performed for the temperature range 20–700 °C for four geometrical cases. Due to the variability of conditions for contact heat conduction, we assumed that total thermal resistance for a given charge is contained within a value range between Rto-min and Rto-max. We established that the value of Rto depends significantly on the section’s geometry. The larger the section sizes, the greater the changes of Rto. The minimal and maximal values of Rto for all packages were 0.0051 (m2·K)/W and 0.0238 (m2·K)/W, respectively. The correctness of model calculations was verified with the use of experimental data.

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