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The present study aims to comprehend the behavior of fluid flow in a pipeline using experimental and numerical methods. Crude oil pumped into a pipe with a fixed velocity and pressure, 1.1 m/s and 16.5 kPa, respectively. The experiment was conducted in a horizontal pipe with a diameter of 24 mm to study the pressure drop due to crack without leakage. Flow meter and pressure gauges were utilized to measure the flow and pressure. 20 trials were carried out with different crack size in the pipe, at each trials the major and minor pressure losses were measured. The results revealed a noticeable pressure drop in the pipes with cracks. The pressure losses increase with increasing the length of the cracks. The obtained experimental results were employed to define a coefficient to predict the value of minor losses as function of crack length and pipe diameter.
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Ali, J.A. (2023). Pressure Minor Losses Coefficient in Cracked Pipelines. In: Lin, J. (eds) Proceedings of the 2022 International Petroleum and Petrochemical Technology Conference. IPPTC 2022. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2649-7_15
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