Petrochemical & Oil Sands

The flow simulation needs in the oil and gas industry are diverse, complex, and challenging. Pioneer Process Technology Group provides predictive analysis using CFD over many disciplines. The effective use of CFD provides tremendous insight into product and system performance as offshore operators.

Oil & Gas is now one of the fastest growing markets for CFD application - its ability to reduce design and development times, troubleshoot and/or optimize an existing design and provide greater understanding of fluid physics. This growth has been occurring by clients driven including major oil companies as well as smaller enterprises.

Many different types of simulation are relevant to the petroleum and process industries, including mixing and reactions within vessels; the combustion of solid and gaseous fuels within furnaces, and the subsequent formation of soot and NOx; the separation of mixtures of oil, gas, and water; fluid flow through pumps and valves; and gas dispersion. Computer simulations provide insight into these processes and many more; in some cases, they represent essential tools for a fuller understanding.

Recent advances in CFD technology have made it possible to analyze problems of greater complexity that are often seen in the petrochemical and refining industries. Problems involving reaction, multiphase flows, and large complicated flow domains can now be solved to give greater insight. In recent years, many petrochemical and refining companies have realized relatively larger profits moving towards utilization of CFD in a wide range of applications.

Applications

Fluidized bed reactors - increase yield by improving flows

Packed bed reactors -increase yield by improving flow uniformity

Cyclones separators - increase yield by optimizing separation

Stirred tank reactors - improve performance

Settling tanks - optimize separation of the settling tank

Pipe flow - reduce pipe erosion

Noise - vortex induced vibration

Filling and Sloshing tanks

Pipe Erosion in Oil Slurry Transport

Hydrocyclone Separation Flowpath