A Computational Code for Sand Erosion Prediction in Elbows and Tees: An Improvement to the Direct Impingement Model to Account for Temperature Dependence

• Main Authors: Mohyaldinn, Mysara Eissa, El-Khatib, Noaman A.F., Che Ismail, Mokhtar
• Format: Article
• Published: Australasian Corrosion Association ACA 2010
• Subjects: TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/4322/1/Paper_Oct_C%26M_2010.pdf; http://www.corrosion.com.au/contents/1015-home; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/4322/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Prediction of erosion rate is important for material selection and operations design in production and transportation of oil and gas industry. Using Visual Basic Programming (VB6), a computational package was developed to provide a comprehensive sand erosion prediction tool. The two models used...