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Liquid Pipeline Transient Flow Analysis: Enbin Liu, Shujun Zhu, Junying Li, Ping Tang, Yuhang Yang and Di Wang
Liquid Pipeline Transient Flow Analysis: Enbin Liu, Shujun Zhu, Junying Li, Ping Tang, Yuhang Yang and Di Wang
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The Open Fuels & Energy Science Journal, 2014, 7, 9-11
Open Access
Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China; 2Sichuan Kehong Oil & Gas Engineering Co., Ltd, China; 3Sichuan
Shida Energy Development Co., Ltd., Chengdu, China; 4Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd., Tianjin, China
Abstract: When transient flow occurs in the liquid pipeline, it will result in higher water hammer pressure or negative
pressure in pipeline, thus damaging pipeline. Through the establishment of liquid pipeline transient flow mathematical
model which is solved by characteristic linear method, and by getting difference quotient equation of characteristic
equation by explicit characteristic difference method, we can obtain analytical solutions of each transient flow parameters.
After performing numerical simulation for pump start-up working condition, the result shows that the proposed model
approach in this paper is feasible.
MODEL
OF
TRANSIENT
P + V P + a 2 V = 0
x
x
t
V 1 P
V
(1)
+
+V
= gsin
VV
x
2D
t x
3
T T P V
V
T
4K
+
( )
+V
=
(T T0 )
x
2DC DC
t C T x
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A=
a 2
T P
( )
C T
(2)
I A = 0
(3)
1 = V + a
2 = V a
= V
3
The corresponding eigenvectors for each of
Liu et al.
(4)
T P
L(3) = (
( ) ,0,1)
C T
x
x
x x
= min
,
,
V +a
V + a V + a V
(10)
is:
(5)
Time
10
dx
dt = V + a
dV 1 dP
+
= gsin
VV
dt
a
2D
dt
(6)
dx
dt = V a
dV 1 dP
= gsin
VV
dt
a
2D
dt
(7)
dx
dt = V
3
d(CT ) T ( P ) V = + V 4K (T T )
0
dt
T x
2D D
(8)
C +:
+
+ gsin + (Vi, j + Vi1, j1 )2 = 0
t
at
8D
dx
dt = V
3
d(CT ) P dP = + V 4K (T T )
0
dt
2 a 2 dt
2D D
C :
+ gsin +
(Vi+1, j1 + Vi, j )2 = 0 (12)
t
at
8D
(9)
V: C
(11)
where:
VL =
Vi, j1
1 Vi1, j1 Vi, j1
t
) x
t
V
) x
t
V
) x
PL = Pi1, j1 Pi, j1
TL = Ti1, j1 Ti, j1
+ Pi, j1
+ Ti, j1
Pi, j =
11
Pi+1, j1 Pi1, j1 t 2
(V
V2 )
8D i1, j1 i+1, j1
a
(14)
t
2+
(Vi1, j1 Vi+1, j1 )
4D
Vi1, j1 + Vi+1, j1
Vi1, j1 Vi+1, j1
P
+P
a + i+1, j1 i1, j1
2
2
(15)
at
2
(Vi1, j1 + Vi, j ) + (Vi+1, j1 + Vi, j )2 gx sin
16D
+
t
2 2a2
t
16D
D
(16)
Ti, j =
C 2K
+
t D
Flow(m3/s)
Vi, j =
Time(s)
5. CONCLUSION
4. CASE ANALYSIS
Centrifugal pump pipeline or the suction pipelines
length is 1500m, which is connected with a constant pressure
head of 20m reservoir; outlet pipelines length is 10km,
which is connected with constant pressure head of 50m
liquid surface. The outside diameter of suction and outlet
pipeline is 273mm, and wall thickness is 5mm. The initial
steady-state flow is 0.1 m3/s. We use the above method to
simulate centrifugal start up process pump. The Fig. (2)
shows the pressure variation regulation of pump suction port,
outlet port and in the pipeline when pump starts. Fig. (3)
shows the flow variation regulation of pump suction port,
outlet port and in the pipeline when pump starts. From these
figures we can see that after pump starts up, due to the small
flow, the pump outlet pressure increases rapidly, reaching
maximum 248m, then with a gradual increase in the flow,
the pump outlet pressure gradually becomes small and
finally converts to a stable value of about 156m. Through
numerical simulation, we can master variation regulation of
pipeline system parameters, such as pressure, flow and so on,
and these rules provide technical support for establishing
pipeline running programs.