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INTRODUCTION TO OLGA
Vijay Sarathy
Senior Engineer
Staff ID: 7142
Process Technologies Department
Saipem India Projects Ltd.
March, 2011
Slugging Phenomenon
Pipeline Length
Elevation
Material of Construction
Nature of Fluid transported (e.g., Wet Gas, Condensate, Well stream fluids,
dense phase fluids, Oil & Natural gas, etc)
External Insulation
Horizontal Flow
Vertical Flow
Phase change is the key factor determining Pipeline Design & Operations
For liquid lines, single phase pumps can be used which are cheaper
Higher Pressure drops (Larger pipelines do not always lead to lower P!!)
Thermo hydraulic Calculations (P, Velocity & EVR Criteria, Flows, etc)
Pipeline Start up
Pipeline Shutdown
Pipeline Pigging
Pipeline Depressurization
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