Agenda

• Review the available pipeline modeling options in Aspen HYSYS

• Use Aspen Hydraulics as an option for steady-state and dynamic pipeline modeling
Pipe segment vs Complex Pipe
Model multiple feed sources
Adding new connections to existing flowsheet
- Analyzing key results including profiles across the pipeline
Benchmarking

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 What is Multiphase Pipe Flow?

• Petroleum production pipelines often include multiple phases

Hydrocarbon liquid (organic phase), water (aqueous phase), and gas (vapor phase)
May also include solids, such as sand Downstream
Pressure
• Key characteristics/parameters of multiphase flow: Vapor Phase
Pressure drop across pipe
Flow rate through pipe ( 0
Flow pattern Stratified flow

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Dispersed bubble flow Mist flow

Upstream
Pressure

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 Why is Multiphase Flow Important?

• Design - Accurate prediction of pipeline pressure drops are critical to meet production targets
for a new production field
Account for ~29% of CAPEX costs ($24B/year in 2012*) for deepwater production fields
Bad design can cost billions of dollars in lost production over the life of a field

• Operations - Troubleshoot operational problems as the oil/water/gas mixture changes as field

ages
Extend economic life of the production field
In deepwater, pressure drop Pipeline
across riser can be around
1000s of psi

~Riser
Wellhead Wellhead

• "Prospects for Deepwater Drilling 2008-2012", E&P, May 2008

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 Challenges of Modeling Multiphase Flow

• Large number of variables affect pressure drop

Thermodynamic properties
Interaction of different phases (e.g., interfacial tension)
Piping material and dimensions

• Multiphase mixture is compressible

• Fluid slip
- Large difference between densities of liquid and gas phases cause gas to overtake or "slip by" liquid phase

• Flow patterns ••
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- Fluid phases can arrange in different manners ••
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•• •• Stratified flow

Dispersed bubble flow Mist flow

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 Using Multiphase Flow Correlations

• Fit experimental data

using dimensionless
parameters

• Develop equations to
model flow pattern ✓

• Many correlations available

• None performs across all flow conditions due to their development from specific sets of
experimental data
• Errors in measured data
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 Summary of Aspen HYSYS Piping Options (1)

• Pipe Segment
- Standard feature in Aspen HYSYS
Optional add-on license to use either OLGA 2-phase or 3-phase correlations

• Compressible Gas Pipe

- Designed for transient calculations w ith full vapor phase flow

• Pipe included in Valve (shortcut option for Dynamics)

- Not visible in the flowsheet but integrated with the valve model

• Pl PESYS Extension
- Requires separate PIPESYS license from Schlumberger Software

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 Summary of Aspen HYSYS Piping Options (2)

• Links to PIPESIM and Prosper/Gap

- Requires Aspen HYSYS Upstream license and separate license from Schlumberger Software

• Aspen Hydraulics
- Requires Aspen HYSYS Upstream for steady-state and Aspen Hydraulics license for dynamic mode

• Link to OLGA
- Requires Aspen HYSYS Upstream license and OLGA license from Schlumberger Software

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 Piping Model Capabilities

• Three main capability differentiators

- Steady state vs. dynamic modeling (SS or DYN)
Single line vs. Network modeling (SL or NET)
- Single phase vs. multiphase modeling (SP or MP)

• Assess your needs in terms of these capabilities

- See table on next slide

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 Piping Model Capabilities Chart

Operation SS/SUSP SS/SUMP SS/NET/SP SS/NET/MP DYN/SL/SP DYN/SL/MP DYN/NET/SP DYN/NET/MP

Pipe segment X X X X
Compressible Gas Pipe (*) X X X
Pipe included in Valve X X
Pipesys X X
Link to Pipesim, Prosper/Gap X X X X
Aspen Hydraulics X X X X X X X X
Link to OLGA X X X X X X X X
(*) Only gas phase calculations

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 Aspen Hydraulics in steady-state
Pipe-100 Pipe-106 Pipe-107

• Topology }- .. Ci )
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Alpha-2
I "

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104 107 105 108
I
109

Qa Sws
Straight run Mixer-10 Mixer- 10

Convergent branched
Looped & divergent
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B<avo-2
.. , Pipe-101

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101

L 0-100

• Unit Operations
Pipe-10:3

Pipe and Complex Pipe models Charlie-2 100

L 0--+
Valve 102

Mixer & Splitter (calculates flow direction and pressure drop)

Swage

• Composition Tracking
Fully compositional model using an equation-of-state model
Black Oil modeling

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 Aspen Hydraulics in dynamic mode

• Topology Profile1 - Plot - □

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Straight run Plot Variables [ uauid Holdup vs Axial Distance -..1
Convergent branched
Liquid Fraction vs Axial Distance
Looped & Divergent
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• Solver Technology .
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ProFES Tw o-Phase Transient 0
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um 4.000e-002
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ProFES Th ree-Phase Transient
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Two-phase piggi ng model 2.000e-002
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Slug prediction .
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Ter ra in-induced 0.000 . • ' ' ' ' ' • • •
0.000 200.0 400.0 600.0 800.0 1000 1200 ldOO 1600 1800 2000
Flow-induced Axial Distance (fl)

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 Pipe Segment VS Aspen Hydraulics Comparison

• Pipe Segment - Part of standard Aspen HYSYS

• Aspen Hydraulics Sub-Flowsheet- Part of Aspen HYSYS Upstream

PIPE-100 PIPE-103 PIPE-104

Sourc•
L -
0-100
2 3
...
Q.103 Q.104
Sink.3

TEE-I TEE-10
PIPE-101

7 Sink-2
5 L 0-101
...
PIPE-102

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PIPE-105

> ...
...
0-102
6

Singt•l00
j 8
...
0-105
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Single Pipeline Steady-State Solver Flow Network Steady-State Solver Dynamic Solver

Pipe Segment •• • • Not supported

Aspen Hydraulics • •

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