Simulating Leakage Impact on Steel Industrial System Functionality

Abstract

Steels exhibiting ultralow sulfur content tend to gain increasing usage or application in manufacturing pipes used in oil transportation, as well as offshore platform construction. For these systems or platforms, it is worth indicating that they call for high resistance and impact strength relative to the formation of lamellar cracks. In this study, it was documented that when a refinery is compromised, the resultant fluids that are released tend to cause a loss in the refinery’s transportation capability. This outcome suggests that there is likely to be a decrease in the efficiency of transmission. Notably, the study examined the extent to which a leak presence affects flow behavior in the context of annular mist flow regime’s deep water production flow line. Another context that was investigated involved slug and stratified flow regimes. From the results, given the slug and annular flow regimes, any leakage could alter the pattern of material flow.