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How Energy And Density Affect How Crude Oil And Natural Gas Will Flow Through A Pipeline?

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Pipeline Assignment
Sean D’Mello Will, and how, could distance, temperature, resistance, and density affect how crude oil and natural gas will flow through a pipeline? (Discuss each one separately).

Temperature- The warmer the oil or gas is, the more the particles are spread out (particle theory) and the particles move faster. This means that the particles will be moving faster and will be hitting on the actual pipe increasing the pressure until it explodes, potentially killing civilians or harming the environment. Fortunately, pipelines are made of carbon steel, which can withstand the pressure when pressure isn’t incredibly high. Also, because higher temperature results in the particles moving farther apart, the flow rate of the liquid increases. …show more content…

This indicates that the flowrate of the oil will be slow as the oil is viscous and the particles don’t have enough room to flow around one another. For natural gas, the physics of gas particles show that they have a low viscosity and won’t flow down the pipe, therefore needing a pump to push it down the pipeline.

Resistance- the resistance that will be found on the pipeline will be the adhesion from the pipe and the oil / natural gas. The natural gas or crude oil particles will be attracted to the particles in the carbon steel and will be reducing the flowrate of the oil or gas.

Distance- The longer the pipeline is, the more adhesive forces of the carbon steel pipeline will be acting on the crude oil or natural gas. This means that the longer the pipeline, the longer the duration that there is friction acting on the fluid therefore slowing down the overall flow rate.

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