Erosion Characteristics of High-pressure Tee Manifold Under Dynamic Load

doi:10.11902/1005.4537.2024.174

Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection

2025, Vol. 45

Issue (3): 698-708 DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2024.174

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Erosion Characteristics of High-pressure Tee Manifold Under Dynamic Load

GUO Zihan¹, FAN Jianchun¹(

), YANG Yunpeng², ZHANG Jun³, DAI Siwei¹

^1.School of Safety and Ocean Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China
^2.Institute of Petroleum Safety and Environmental Protection Technology, China, Beijing 102206, China
^3.College of Marine Equipment and Mechanical Engineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China

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GUO Zihan, FAN Jianchun, YANG Yunpeng, ZHANG Jun, DAI Siwei. Erosion Characteristics of High-pressure Tee Manifold Under Dynamic Load. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2025, 45(3): 698-708.

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Abstract

T-pipe is a common component in high-pressure manifolds, which are in high-pressure environments while subjected to solid particles erosion for a long term, which subsequently affects the safe operation of the relevant system and the service life of pipelines. Herein, the erosion behavior of the high-pressure tee manifold was assessed via a home-made liquid-solid two-phase erosion test bench, which can apply dynamic load on the tested t-pipe subjected to erosion. A model was proposed for description of erosion under dynamic load, and then coupled with a numerical simulation software, to analyze the erosion performance of tee structures at various spatial angles under different internal pressures, velocities, and particle mass flows. Results show that the maximum erosion rate of different tee structures increases with the increase of internal pressure, exponentially with the increase of flow rate, linearly with the increase of particle mass flow rate, and the greater the tee space angle, the faster the growth rate. When the space angle of the tee structure increases, the maximum erosion rate increases, while the erosion performance does not change with the change of internal pressure, velocity, and particle mass flow rate. The results can provide reference for the safe operation of the high-pressure tee manifold.

Key words: dynamic load high-pressure manifold-pipe tee erosion model numerical simulation

Received: 02 June 2024 32134.14.1005.4537.2024.174

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Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(52175208);Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(2022J01334);China National Petroleum Corporation Science and Technology Project

Corresponding Authors: FAN Jianchun, E-mail: fjc666888@126.com

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Fig.1 Schematic diagram of the test setup

Fig.2 Shape and dimensions of specimen

Fig.3 Comparison of experimental and model-predicted values of the erosion rate as a function of collision angle (a) and flow velocity (b)

Fig.4 Structures of T-type tee (a) and manifold tee (b)

Fig.5 Grid divisions for T-type (a) and manifold (b) tee pipes

Table 1 Verification of grid independence

Fig.6 Validation of numerical model validity

Fig.7 Pressure distributions of tee pipes with the angles (α) of 30° (a), 45° (b), 60° (c), 75° (d) and 90° (e)

Fig.8 Velocity distributions of tee pipes with the angles of 30° (a), 45° (b), 60° (c), 75° (d) and 90° (e)

Fig.9 Velocity traces on different cross-sections of tee pipe (x) with different spatial angles (α)

Fig.10 Variation of the maximum erosion rate with tee angle

Fig.11 Distributions of erosion rates of tee pipes with the angles of 30° (a), 45° (b), 60° (c), 75° (d) and 90° (e)

Fig.12 Particle trajectories of tee pipes with the angles of 30° (a), 45° (b), = 60° (c), 75° (d) and 90° (e)

Fig.13 Variation of the maximum erosion rate with internal pressure for tee pipes with different configurations (a) and erosion rates of T-type tee under the internal pressures (p) of 25 MPa (b1), 50 MPa (b2), 75 MPa (b3), 100 MPa (b4) and 125 MPa (b5)

Fig.14 Variations of the maximum erosion rate with flow rate (a) and distributions of erosion rate at different flow rates (b) for different tee configurations

Fig.15 Variations of maximum erosion rate with particle mass flow rate (a) and distributions of the erosion rate at different particle mass flow rates (b) for different tee configurations

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