World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol:75 2013-03-26
Effect of Corrosion on Hydrocarbon Pipelines
Madjid Meriem-Benziane, and Hamou Zahloul
Madjid Meriem-Benziane is with the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Faculty of technology, University Hassiba Benbouali of Chlef, Algeria
mbmadid2001@yahoo.fr
Hamou Zahloul is with Laboratory of Rheology and Mechanics, University of
Chlef, BP 151, Chlef 02000, Algeria
zahloulh@yahoo.fr
Abstract
The demand of hydrocarbons has increased the construction of pipelines and the
protection of the physical and mechanical integrity of the already existing
infrastructure. Corrosion is the main reason of failures in the pipeline and it
is mostly produced by acid (HCOOCH3). In this basis, a CFD code was used, in
order to study the corrosion of internal wall of hydrocarbons pipeline. In this
situation, the corrosion phenomenon shows a growing deposit, which causes
defect damages (welding or fabrication) at diverse positions along the
pipeline. The solution of the pipeline corrosion is based on the diminution of
the Naphthenic acid.
In this work, the naphthenic and Sulfur acids
corrosion mechanism present in the oil production pipelines was studied. The
results of this study provide insight on how to control the corrosion of
naphthenic acid and sulfur for oil refinery enterprises.
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