...Farzin Darihaki; Jun Zhang; Siamack A. Shirazi; Brenton S. McLaury Solid particle erosion is a common and challenging phenomenon during the production and transport of particle-containing fluids and it is important to have models for predicting erosion rates accurately, especially for geometries...

..., developing this tool is difficult since the severity of erosion depends on many factors. For years, oil and gas producers used the American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice 14E, API RP 14E [( 1 )], to calculate a threshold erosional flowstream velocity. However, this guideline does not consider...

...Quamrul H. Mazumder; Siamack A. Shirazi; Brenton S. McLaury Erosion damage in the pipe wall due to solid particle impact can cause severe problems in fluid handling industries. Repeated impact of the suspended small solid particles to the inner wall of process equipment and piping removes material...

...Enrico Sciubba; Nicola Zeoli A numerical three-dimensional (3D) simulation was performed on the flow of a particle-laden steam jet impinging on the tubes of the superheating section of a waste-burning industrial boiler: the study was conducted to investigate the causes of excessive erosion...

..., whereas in multiphase flow both the gas and liquid phases are present. A broad range of studies are available in the literature on sand erosion problems in single-phase flow systems. API RP (American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice)14E ( 1 ) introduced the concept of “erosional” velocity...

... 2005 hygrometers erosion hydrological techniques humidity measurement hydrological equipment moisture measurement environmental degradation humidity Designing the Hygro-Mole logging tool began in August of 1999, to determine the moisture content of salt rock formations at levels...

...Jianrong Wang; Siamack A. Shirazi, Professor, A model for predicting sand erosion in 90 degree elbows and bends has been developed based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), particle tracking and erosion data. After the flow field was obtained from the flow (CFD) model, particles were introduced...

.... , Shadley , J. , and Rybicki , E. , 1995 , “ Generalization of the API RP 14E Guideline for Erosive Service ,” JPT, J. Pet. Technol. , 47 , No. 8 , pp. 693 – 698 . Salama, M., 1998, “An Alternative to API RP 14E Erosional Velocity Limits for Sand Laden Fluids,” Proc., Offshore Technology...

...) provides a criteria for sizing gas/liquid two-phase lines on the basis of flow velocity. The recommended practice states that 1 : The following procedure for establishing an “erosional velocity” can be used where no specific information as to the erosive/corrosive properties of the fluid is available...

... several authors attempted to rationalize the validity of the C -factor limit, none of the references succeeded in providing evidence supporting the use of a C -factor of 100 or 150 to avoid erosion. Speculations regarding the origin of API RP 14E erosional velocity equation...

... Procedure for Erosion in Multi-Phase Flow,” private communication. Salama, M. M., 1998, “An Alternative to API 14 E Erosional Velocity Limits for Sand Laden Fluids,” Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference, OTC Paper 8898. Weiner, P. D., and Tolle, G. C., 1976, “Detection...