IN-PERSON CLASSROOM SEMINARS

• Understand liquid properties and how they vary with temperature and pressure.
• Understand different pressure drop formulas and their application in various systems
• Determine the number of pumping stations required in a long distance pipeline and how their locations can be optimized.
• How to model pipelines transporting two or more different liquids simultaneously.
• How pumps are selected to optimize performance when pumping different products.
• Understand various methods of increasing the throughput in pipelines using drag reduction agent (DRA) and looping existing pipelines
• Compare the cost of building facilities of pipe loops versus additional pump stations.
• Understand how pipeline pressures and horsepower are determined while batching various petroleum products with and without DRA.
• Understand the effect of sudden flow stoppage due to a valve closure and the resulting transient pressures and how they are controlled within allowable code limits.
• Summary of different case studies of various companies, pipeline expansion projects and how they are economically expanded.
• In conjunction with pipeline economics understand how the operating costs, capital costs and various financing scenarios are utilized in determining transportation tariffs as allowed by Regulatory Agencies.

Day 1

Fluid Properties

Mass, Density and Volume

Specific Gravity and API gravity

Viscosity - Absolute and Kinematic

Vapor Pressure and Bulk Modulus

Sample Problems

 

Pressure Drop Due To Friction

Volume flow rate and velocity

Pressure and Head of Liquid

Laminar, Turbulent and Critical Flow

Reynolds Number and Friction Factor

Pressure Drop Equations

Darcy, Colebrook-White, Hazen-Williams and Shell-MIT Equations

Losses through fittings and valves

Sample Problems

 

Pipe Analysis

MAOP and Test Pressures

Barlow's Equation

Line Fill Volume

Sample Problems

 

Pressure Required to Ship Product

Hydraulic Gradient

Friction Head and Elevation Head

Slack Line Flow

Sample Problems

 

Horsepower Required

HP Calculation

Hydraulic horsepower vs Brake horsepower

Sample Problems

 

Number of Pump Stations Needed

Hydraulic Balance and Stations Required

Sample Problems

 

Day 2

Pump Analysis

Centrifugal Pumps vs Reciprocating Pumps

Pump Head vs Flow Rate

Pump Efficiency vs Flow Rate

BHP vs Flow Rate

Pump Curve Analysis

Variation with Impeller Speed and Diameter

NPSH required versus NPSH Available

Effect of Viscosity

Sample Problems

 

Pump Station Design

Suction Pressure & Discharge Pressure

Control Pressure & Throttle Pressure

HP Lost due to Throttling

Variable Speed Pumps

Sample Problems

 

Drag Reduction Effect

Reduction in Friction due to DRA

Drag Reduction versus ppm of DRA

De-bottlenecking Pipelines

Sample Problems

 

 

 Batching different products

Transporting different products

Effect on hydraulic gradient

DRA effect

Contamination in Batches

Sample Problems

 

 Transient Flow in Liquid pipelines

Surge pressures due to valve closure

Application of PRV and rupture disk

ANSI 150 terminus piping protection

 

 

Day 3

 

 Case Studies of company pipelines

 

 Summary - Q&A

 

This live group seminar is eligible for 20.0 CPE credits. Be aware that state boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. As of January 1, 2002, sponsored learning activities are measured by program length, with one 50-minute period equal to one CPE credit. One-half CPE credit increments (equal to 25 minutes) are permitted after the first credit has been earned in a given learning activity. You may want to verify that the state board from which your participants will be receiving credit accept one-half credits.