Effect of proppant impingement on flow-induced corrosion of tubular steel super 13Cr via CFD and experiment

Data from a standard laboratory test including open-circuit potential (OCP) and current density monitoring is used to study the effect of fracturing proppant impingement on corrosion of tubular steel. A solid-liquid flow simulation is performed to obtain some parameters of particle movement and oxyg...

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Main Authors: J.R. Cheng, N.S. Zhang, Y.P. Cao, Z. Li, Y.H. Dou
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Language:English
Published: Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute 2018-12-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S111006211730096X
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author J.R. Cheng
N.S. Zhang
Y.P. Cao
Z. Li
Y.H. Dou
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description Data from a standard laboratory test including open-circuit potential (OCP) and current density monitoring is used to study the effect of fracturing proppant impingement on corrosion of tubular steel. A solid-liquid flow simulation is performed to obtain some parameters of particle movement and oxygen mass transfer near the metal surface. The results show that the electrochemical reaction includes passivation, activation and repassivation during a particle impact on the metal surface. Once the metal surface is in the activated state, the potential and anode current density is controlled by the oxygen concentration in the boundary layer and repassivation rate of metal surface. The increase of particle impact velocity accelerates the transmission of corrosion reactants and creates deeper impact craters on metal surface, resulting in the increase of current density. Meanwhile, the high speed particle impingement causes some platelets and extruding lips and thus weakens the surface corrosion resistance of stainless steel. Keywords: Tubular steel, Particle impingement, Flow-induced corrosion, Passive films, Repassivation
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spelling doaj-art-b79409a1ce3d42b9b36d46cc3bec4c392025-08-20T03:04:42ZengEgyptian Petroleum Research InstituteEgyptian Journal of Petroleum1110-06212018-12-0127463364010.1016/j.ejpe.2017.09.005Effect of proppant impingement on flow-induced corrosion of tubular steel super 13Cr via CFD and experimentJ.R. Cheng0N.S. Zhang1Y.P. Cao2Z. Li3Y.H. Dou4State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710049, China; Corresponding author.State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710049, China; Department of Petroleum Engineering, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710065, ChinaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710065, ChinaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710065, ChinaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province 710065, ChinaData from a standard laboratory test including open-circuit potential (OCP) and current density monitoring is used to study the effect of fracturing proppant impingement on corrosion of tubular steel. A solid-liquid flow simulation is performed to obtain some parameters of particle movement and oxygen mass transfer near the metal surface. The results show that the electrochemical reaction includes passivation, activation and repassivation during a particle impact on the metal surface. Once the metal surface is in the activated state, the potential and anode current density is controlled by the oxygen concentration in the boundary layer and repassivation rate of metal surface. The increase of particle impact velocity accelerates the transmission of corrosion reactants and creates deeper impact craters on metal surface, resulting in the increase of current density. Meanwhile, the high speed particle impingement causes some platelets and extruding lips and thus weakens the surface corrosion resistance of stainless steel. Keywords: Tubular steel, Particle impingement, Flow-induced corrosion, Passive films, Repassivationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S111006211730096X
spellingShingle J.R. Cheng
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Effect of proppant impingement on flow-induced corrosion of tubular steel super 13Cr via CFD and experiment
Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
title Effect of proppant impingement on flow-induced corrosion of tubular steel super 13Cr via CFD and experiment
title_full Effect of proppant impingement on flow-induced corrosion of tubular steel super 13Cr via CFD and experiment
title_fullStr Effect of proppant impingement on flow-induced corrosion of tubular steel super 13Cr via CFD and experiment
title_full_unstemmed Effect of proppant impingement on flow-induced corrosion of tubular steel super 13Cr via CFD and experiment
title_short Effect of proppant impingement on flow-induced corrosion of tubular steel super 13Cr via CFD and experiment
title_sort effect of proppant impingement on flow induced corrosion of tubular steel super 13cr via cfd and experiment
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S111006211730096X
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