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Overview of Facility CapabilitiesExperimental conditionsRegular Experiments:

The wall temperatures would range from 50 to 80 F (10 to 26.6 C)The crude oil temperature range would be 80 to 110 F ( 26.67 to 43.33 C)The oil velocity range would be 0.25 to 1.25 m/s The flow will cover laminar and turbulent flow regimesOil properties are as given in the section below

Cold Flow Experiments:

The crude oil shall be cooled to 50 F (10 C) in feed tank. The wall temperature would also be at 50 F (10 C) Glycol-water mixture is used as the coolant. The glycol temperatures would be varied between 32 and 80 F to achieve the desired wall temperature.

A Reynolds number of 10,000 is desired. If achieving a Re of 10,000 for 15 cP oil is too much flow, then a Re of 7000 would be acceptable for such conditions. This is the primary requirement.

Depending on the oils, this WAT can range from 10 C to 30 C.

Wax temperature at the inlet can range from 90 to 120 F i.e. 320 C to 480C

Glycol is cooled to around 40 to 60 F i.e. 40 C to 150 C.

Oil flow rate: ~8000 to ~12000 BPD i.e.50.88 m3/hr to 76.32 m3/hr

Glycol flow rate: ~6000 to ~ 9000 BPD i.e 42 m3/hr to 64.18 m3 hr

Maximum air flow rate would be 200 CFM.Multiphase Flow Experiments:

The wall temperatures would range from 50 to 80 F (10 to 26.6 C)The crude oil temperature range would be 80 to 110 F ( 26.67 to 43.33 C)The oil velocity range would be 0.25 to 1 m/sOil properties are as given in the section belowThe water content can be in the range of 0 to 30%The gas velocities can range from 2 to 10 m/s

Experimental conditionsProperties of Crude oilThe properties for the crude and model oils are expected to be in the following range.

Oil density 780 to 860 kg/m3Oil viscosity - 3 to 15 cPOil specific heat - 1900 to 2100 J/kg KOil thermal conductivity - 0.13 W/m K

Liquid Flowrate RangeLiquid Flowrate Range