Flow Assurance in Petroleum Industries detailed syllabus for Petroleum Engineering (PE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the PE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Petroleum Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit PE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to PE Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of flow assurance in petroleum industries is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO FLOW ASSURANCE 9
Flow Assurance concerns and challenges; Economic impact of Flow Assurance problems,components of typical Flow Assurance process; Composition and Properties of Hydrocarbons; Equations of State; Phase behaviour of hydrocarbons, Compositional and Physical Characterization of Crude oil.
Unit II
HYDRAULICS IN FLOW ASSURANCE 9
Hydrocarbon flow, single phase and multiphase flow, Two phase flow correlations; Slugging and Liquid Handling, Types of slugs, Slug prediction, detection and control systems; Pressure surge analysis; Hydraulic/Pressure drop calculations.
Unit III
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Unit IV
CHARACTERIZATION AND FORMATION MECHANISMS FOR ORGANIC
DEPOSITS 9
Characterization, Formation mechanism, prediction and models for deposition and stabilityfor wax (Paraffins), Asphaltenes and Gas Hydrates
Unit V
ORGANIC DEPOSITS REMOVAL AND PREVENTION METHODS 9
Mechanical Removal Methods like Coiled Tubing, Pigging, Pressurization Depressurizationetc.; Chemical Solvents and Dispersants, Other techniques like Ultrasonic, Laser Technology, etc., Bacterial Removal Methods.Heating in Wellbore and Piping; Cold flow methods; Chemical inhibitors for waxes,asphaltenes and hydrates; Dehydration of Natural Gas; Special Materials and Coatings.
Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course students are expected to
- Predict the phase behaviour of hydrocarbons under different operating conditions.
- Perform slug handling and pressure surge analysis
- Implement a thermal management strategy in pipelines transporting hydrocarbons
- Predict the formation of paraffin waxes, asphaltenes and hydrates in crude oil
- Apply the appropriate method for prevention and removal of organic deposits.
Reference Books:
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