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Joel Davison, CD-adapco: What is CFD?
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is a
technique that simulates the behavior of fluids
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using computer technology. Although its origin
is in the aerospace and automotive industries,
FEATURE
ADVER
FLOW
CFD is increasingly finding applications in
ASSURANCE
many areas of the oil and gas industry.
CD-adapco has been providing CFD solutions to
FROM
the oil and gas industry for more than 25 years.
Flow and thermal simulation technology can
DRILLING TO
provide insight into any problem that involves CFD analysis
DELIVERY
fluid flow (liquid or gas or combinations of
may be used to
both) and has been applied at every stage of
study complex
geometries in
the oil and gas production process - from
extreme
exploration to extraction, from transport to
environments
More than any other, the
processing. such as subsea
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oil and gas industry is
The CFD software solves the governing equations
for the conservation of mass, momentum and
streamlined processes for using the best features
dominated by fluids.
energy in three dimensions to provide a detailed
of both OLGA®, and the STAR solvers to
insight of the flow-field in and around the
From the extraction,
significantly improve the timely, practical insight
geometry of interest. Beyond simply modeling
that can be gained by engineers doing practical
processing and delivery of
fluid flow and heat transfer, modern CFD codes
computational flow assurance.
employ a range of sophisticated models designed
“SPT Group sees the initiative with CD-adapco
the actual hydrocarbons, to simulate a range of different effects, these
as an important contribution to our existing
include but are not limited to:
to designing offshore
activities. Linking the pre-integrated 3D flow
• Turbulent flow
model in OLGA® to detailed CFD models for
platforms that are more
• Radiation (both solar and thermal)
process equipment gives consistent model details
• Unsteady (time dependent) effects
able to resist the most
and efficient simulations. This yields exciting
• Multiphase fluids
possibilities and ultimately gives our customers
• Combustion
extreme environmental
increased insight and confidence in their future
• Movement of bodies in response to fluid
designs,” says Norbert Hoyer, Executive Vice
conditions, understanding
excitation
President of Business Development in SPT
An advantage of CFD is that its rapid
the behavior of fluids in
Group. “We are happy to add CD-adapco to our
turnaround time helps to break the
continuously growing list of OLGA Technology
dependence of equipment design on
and around your process
Partners” says Bjarte Håtveit responsible for the
pre-existing design codes. Although
OLGA partner activities.
is critical to success in
design conditions are a useful starting
“CD-adapco is pleased to be able to work with
condition for analysis, CFD simulation
the intensely competitive
such a recognized leader as SPT to bring
allows designers to more easily pursue
improved practical benefits to engineers involved
multiple ‘what if ’ scenarios, exposing
oil and gas industry.
in flow assurance work, via integrated processes
equipment to the full range of likely
involving an intelligent, judicious combination of
Increasingly, industry
operating conditions in order to expose
OLGA® and STAR technologies,” said Dennis
the limits of the design.
leaders are embracing
Nagy, CD-adapco’s Vice President of Marketing
and Business Development and Energy Sector
CFD technology in order
Computational flow assurance
Business Director. “As the world’s oil and gas
While CFD may be used to simulate the detailed
challenges move to harsher arctic and deep
to gain deeper insight
three dimensional behavior of a particular piece
subsea environments, the needs for more refined
of processing equipment (i.e. a separator, a slug
into the impact of fluid
insight into the physical behavior of exploration
catcher, a christmas tree) or even a combination
and production systems and equipment, to
dynamics on oil and gas
of several pieces of equipment, flow assurance
ensure optimal operation and avoid failure risks,
problems can often involve the interaction
can be met by the intelligent use of multi-fidelity
exploration, production
between many pieces of equipment in a complete
simulations such as those available from SPT
production system, possibly involving several
and processing.
and CD-adapco.”
hundred kilometers of pipe-work. These
problems, which are too big to simulate entirely
using three-dimensional CFD software, have
historically been analyzed using one-dimensional
simulation tools such as SPT Group’s market
leading OLGA® software, which is used for
engineering the flow of oil, water and gas
in wells, pipelines and receiving facilities.
CD-adapco recently announced a new initiative
with SPT Group. The two companies will work
closely with the market to define and implement
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CFD analysis of a pipe inspection gauge (PIG)
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