This work is to investigate solid-liquid flows inside entire passage of a large Francis turbine unit and a modified algebraic model is proposed to take the solid-phase turbulent viscosity into consideration based on realizable turbulence model for the liquid phase and further development of the commercial CFD software. The energy conversion between the pressure and velocity, and the sedimentation distribution characteristics around all the hydraulic parts are simulated. The calculated velocity and sedimentation concentration distributions inside the runner are not uniform due to the effect of the centrifugal and Coriolis force. In addition, the calculated eccentric vortex rope in the draft tube causes vortex cavitation and vibration to the turbine unit, which leads to the eccentric sedimentation distribution. The simulation results (i.e., the mixture pressure, velocity and sedimentation distributions) are in good agreement with the natural rule, suggesting that the simulation strategies are capable to handle two-phase flows over complex geometries. The computational results can provide the useful information for hydraulic turbine designs. Future work will focus on the optimizations of hydraulic impeller designs using simulated results.
The corrosion behavior of refinery due to severe corrosive environment was investigated in the present study, and the analysis was focused on the guiding of the corrosion into a site where is near the ground, easy to change, have low risk and so on. The corrosion parts were analyzed to study the influences of the corrosion pipe in the whole systems. Some suggestions were proposed to choose the corrosion site that can happened. By using the developed method in this study the low risk position of pipeline as a sacrificial location can be found, and then taking it as the priority corrosion place under the control of switchable subline. It is therefore to shut down for maintenance of whole pipeline, and to easily replace the corrosion parts without stop all. The serious corrosion of refining pipeline system can consequently be reduced and removed, thereby to make the long-cycle operation of refining factory be realized.
In the process of drilling well, the kinematics of drill string is quite complicated. The drill string not only vibrates in longitudinal, transverse and torsional direction, but also random impacts and contacts well wall. Considering the random load of drill bit and rock, contact impact of drill string and well wall, a model is proposed to simulate the contact-impact of drill string and formation. The results show that: in the condition of this article the first principal stress of the drill string can reach to 130 MPa, for the random impacts, the strength of drill collar will reduced under cyclic loading; contact-impact is the principal source of drill premature failure. In this paper, an explicit integration and nonlinear finite element was adopted to simulate the collision between the drill string and formation, the process of the collision between the drill string and formation can be revealed compressively and delicately. Through an example, we can obtain the foundation for nonlinear dynamic theory of drill string system collision in the actual work condition, and has important theory significance and academic value.
In view of the external thread fracture during casing running in a well in Xinjiang Oilfield, the failure reasons of thread fracture were analyzed by combining the theory with experiment, and the casing safe service window with harsh working conditions was given. The operation of the failed casing and determined the actual working conditions of the casing threaded joints during the running process were investigated in this paper. According to the theoretical method, the boundary conditions and load conditions of the fracture casing joint in service were determined. With the aid of full-scale physical simulation test device, as well as the above boundary conditions and load conditions, the same batch casing tensile bearing characteristics were determined. Through nondestructive testing, the metallographic observation, scanning electron microscopy, spectral analysis and up-and-down test, the main controlling factors of casing thread fracture were determined. By the finite element analysis, the casing threads service state under axial tension and bending loads was established, the safety performance of threads under ideal working conditions was studied, and the fatigue mechanism of threads was revealed. Combined with the analysis results, the corresponding relationship between the casing tensile bearing characteristics and safety factor was given, which provides technical support for the safe service selection of casing body and thread under harsh conditions, saving cost and shortening the well construction period.
The deep drill string is subjected to many kinds of loading under the condition of vibration and precession, such as tension, compression, bending and torsion, while the temperature and press are very high. Under this circumstance, the shallow drill string is more likely to failure. Based on the force analysis of the drill string, the drilling process of the deep drill string is simulated using finite element software. The stress distribution and displacement of the drill string is obtained under the interaction of drilling pressure, torque and temperature. At the same time, the effect of transverse vibration, longitudinal vibration and torsional vibration, on the stress and displacement of the drill string, is compared. The change law of the natural frequency of transverse vibration varying with the length of drill string, rotational speed and the hole size is discussed. Connected with concrete examples, the reliability and sensitivity of some influencing factors such as external diameter, wall thickness, the minimum yield strength, temperature, elastic modulus, Poisson’s ratio, axial loading and torque is obtained. The main factors that influence the reliability of the drill string are the yield strength and torque. The reliability of the drill string increases as the increase of yield strength, and decreases as the increase of the torque.
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