Application of Parabolic Trough Collectorfor Reduction of Pressure Drop in Oil Pipelines
Journal Title: International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Pipelines are the least expensive and most effective method for the oil transportation. Due to high viscosity of crude oil, the pressure drop and pumping power requirements are very high. So it is necessary to bring down the viscosity of crude oil. Heated pipelines are used reduce the oil viscosity by increasing the oil temperature. Electrical heating and direct flame heating are the common method used for heating the oil pipeline. In this work, a new application of Parabolic Trough Collector in the field of oil pipeline transport is introduced for reducing pressure drop in oil pipelines. Oil pipeline is heated by applying concentrated solar radiation on the pipe surface using a Parabolic Trough Collector in which the oil pipeline acts as the absorber pipe. 3-D steady state analysis is carried out on a heated oil pipeline using commercial CFD software package ANSYS Fluent 14.5. In this work an effort is made to investigate the effect of concentrated solar radiation for reducing pressure drop in the oil pipeline. The results from the numerical analysis shows that the pressure drop in oil pipeline is get reduced by heating the pipe line using concentrated solar radiation. From this work, the application of PTC in oil pipeline transportation is justified
Authors and Affiliations
Midhun V. C. , Dr. Shaji K , Dr. Jithesh P. K
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