Overview of Facility

Capabilities

Experimental conditions
Regular Experiments:
The wall temperatures would range from 50 to 80 F

(10 to 26.6 C)
The crude oil temperature range would be 80 to 110 F
( 26.67 to 43.33 C)
The oil velocity range would be 0.25 to 1.25 m/s
The flow will cover laminar and turbulent flow regimes
Oil properties are as given in the section below
Cold Flow Experiments:
The crude oil shall be cooled to 50 F (10 C) in feed

tank.
The wall temperature would also be at 50 F (10 C)

 Glycol-water

mixture is used as the coolant. The glycol

temperatures would be varied between 32 and 80 F to achieve the
desired wall temperature.

A Reynolds number of 10,000 is desired. If achieving a Re of 10,000

for 15 cP oil is too much flow, then a Re of 7000 would be

acceptable for such conditions. This is the primary requirement.
Depending on the oils, this WAT can range from 10 C to 30 C.
Wax temperature at the inlet can range from 90 to 120 F i.e. 320 C

to 480C
Glycol is cooled to around 40 to 60 F i.e. 40 C to 150 C.
Oil flow rate: ~8000 to ~12000 BPD i.e.50.88 m3/hr to 76.32 m3/hr
Glycol flow rate: ~6000 to ~ 9000 BPD i.e 42 m3/hr to 64.18 m3 hr
Maximum air flow rate would be 200 CFM.

Experimental conditions
Multiphase Flow Experiments:
The wall temperatures would range from 50 to 80 F

(10 to 26.6 C)
The crude oil temperature range would be 80 to 110 F
( 26.67 to 43.33 C)
The oil velocity range would be 0.25 to 1 m/s
Oil properties are as given in the section below
The water content can be in the range of 0 to 30%
The gas velocities can range from 2 to 10 m/s

Properties of Crude oil

The properties for the crude and model oils are expected

to be in the following range.

Oil density 780 to 860 kg/m3
Oil viscosity - 3 to 15 cP
Oil specific heat - 1900 to 2100 J/kg K
Oil thermal conductivity - 0.13 W/m K

Liquid Flowrate Range

Oil
Crude

Regular Experiments:
Velocity range = 0.25 to 1.25 m/s
1.

Minimum Flowrate = 0.25 = 1.9635 = 0.0019635

= 1.9635 = 117.81 = 7068.6
Maximum Flowrate = 1.25 = 9.82 = 0.00982
= 9.82 = 589.2 = 35352
Crude Oil Flowrate range for Regular Experiments = 117.81
lpm to 589.2 lpm

Liquid Flowrate Range

Oil
Crude

Multiphase flow:
Velocity range = 0.25 to 1 m/s
2.

Minimum Flowrate = 0.25 = 1.9635 = 0.0019635

= 1.9635 = 117.81 = 7068.6
Maximum Flowrate = 1 = 7.854 = 0.007854
= 7.854 = 471.24 = 3492
Crude Oil Flowrate range for Multiphase Experiments =
117.81 lpm to 589.2 lpm