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ENERGY & FUELS
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 395-407Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b02576
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Waxy crude oils are likely to develop a yield stress when cooled to a temperature below its wax appearance temperature. In a subsea pipeline, when the flow stops and the oil cools down, a minimum differential pressure is required to restart the flow. In order to estimate that pressure, it is crucial knowing the yield stress distribution in the pipe at restart time. However, the yield stress of waxy crude oils depends on the histories, of Shear and temperature experienced by the; oil. In this paper, we present the parametets that play a major role on the yield stress determination by measuring creep tests in different conditions. For the analyzed oil sample, final temperature and shear while cooling are the most important yield stress parameters. Based on those results, we introduce a correlation between the oil- cooling conditions and its yield stress at low temperature. Then, by calculating the oil cooling history during, steady state flow and cool-down time at rest, it is possible to correlate those histories Ito the yield stress developed by the oil. That is an essential information for calculating the minimum flow restart pressure. Here, 2D axisymmetrid Calculations were performed. Results for a given oil sample show that at restart time the oil-gel is likely to break at the wall, concentrating shear at that region and forming a plug flow with unsheared material at the center of the pipe.
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