Mathematical Approach for Pressure Loss Determination in Oil and Gas Pipelines

The drawback caused by pressure loss in fluid flowing along oil and gas pipelines in the crude oil industry cannot be over emphasized. Thus, the functionality of industrial devices like chemical reactors, power generation units, refrigeration system, oil wells, and pipelines depends on pressure losses; however valve points and orifice are set to serve as monitoring tools to curb these challenges temporally. Therefore, the design of a well-studied fluid carrying vessel without the integration of valve system and orifice to yield maximum efficiency is a target. Hence, the mathematical approach to determine pressure loss in pipes carrying fluid from one point to the other is studied and solutions are proffered on how pressure loss could be determined with the aid of mathematical analysis. A simple convergent – divergent venturi-meter laboratory test rig was used, where manometric tube reading was collected for analytical purpose by means of some governing equation. Established results show the effectiveness of the employed methodology. Also results attest that pressure loss is consequently of poor quality installation, inadequate pipe alignment causing internal surface roughness leading to high friction of the flowing fluid.Keywords: Research Paper, Technical Writing, Science, Engineering and Technology.