The effect of a bio additive on the viscosity and the energy requirement on heavy crude oil flow |
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| Authors: | Manojkumar Gudala Shirsendu Banerjee Rama Mohan Rao T Ajay Mandal |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Petroleum Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India;2. Department of Petroleum Engineering, K L University, Vaddeswaram, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India;3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, India |
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| Abstract: | The influence of potato starch as natural additive on the flow of heavy crude oil-water in pipeline was investigated. Measured parameters were viscosity, drag, energy analysis and power requirement in a horizontal pipeline at various temperatures, flow rates and concentrations of potato starch. It was found that addition of 2000 ppm potato starch to the 85% Heavy crude oil+15% water mixture at 40°C decreased viscosity by 80.24% and head loss by 7.55 × 10? 4?m at 60 LPM. Drag reduced up to 91% and power saving increased up to 38.24% after adding 2000 ppm of potato starch to same mixture at 60 LPM. |
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| Keywords: | drag reduction energy analysis horizontal pipeline potato starch viscosity |
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