A Novel Inner Wall Coating-Insulated Oil Pipeline for Scale and Wax Prevention

Abstract

During the production of deep oil and gas, scaling, waxing, hydrate ice plugging and other problems easily occur. To solve these problems, reducing the temperature loss of oil pipelines is a feasible method. In order to protect the outer wall coating from being damaged and losing its thermal insulation performance, this paper proposes a developed technology for a novel inner wall coating-insulated oil pipeline. A new temperature-resistant and heat-insulating material aerogel was optimized and developed, and it has an extremely low thermal conductivity of less than 0.055 W/m·K. The influence of different coating processes on the thermal insulation coefficient was analyzed, and a novel inner wall coating-insulated oil pipeline was developed. A testing and evaluation platform for its thermal insulation effect was built, and a finite element model was established to analyze the temperature field distribution. When the thickness of the inner coating was 0.5 mm, the thermal insulation effect of the new oil pipeline improved by about 29%. This technology could be widely used in the production of deep oil and gas, high salinity oil and water reservoirs, thin oil reservoirs, etc., to alleviate scaling and waxing phenomena.

Wearable Aerogels for Personal Thermal Management and Smart Devices

“… − Unlike traditional garments and advanced textiles, aerogels are single materials that can be used in extremely low (−198 °C) − and extremely high (up to 1500 °C) temperatures, − making them outstanding candidates for PTM under extraordinarily harsh conditions and those with large temperature fluctuations. Nevertheless, current aerogels are typically used in nonpersonal situations, such as thermal protection for equipment in space missions, super thermal insulation materials in building for energy savings, , and thermal insulation in transportation (such as pipelines) , (Figure ). The application of aerogels in PTM is limited due to their weak mechanical strength and wear suitability.…”