Large Diameter Erosion Test Facility – Dry Gas, Wet Gas, Multiphase and Liquid flows
Tridiagonal operates three erosion loops to conduct erosion tests in dry gas, wet gas, multiphase and liquid flows. The loops can achieve up to 80 m/s of gas superficial velocity and 10 m/s of liquid superficial velocity in a 4-inch test section. Studies are done with in a once through sand injection mode. So, sand is not recirculated. An in house designed sand injection system injects sand particles ranging from 10 to 450 microns. For slurry flows, a slurry tank is available to prepare slurry. Piping sections mimicking subsea and the top side lay outs can be set up and analyzed for erosion.
Pipe sizes | 2, 3 4 and 6 inches |
Superficial gas velocity | 5 to 80 m/s |
Superficial liquid velocity | 0.01 to 10 m/s |
Sand Flow Rates | 5 to 50 kg/h |
Particle size | 10 to 450 microns |
Pressures | up to 8 bars |
Test sections | carbon steel, stainless, Inconel and other exotic materials |
Erosion measurement | UT, ER probe, Coupons |