Pipeline Engineering Course Outline for Graduate Students

Subjects

No. of Hours
1.0

Date
Apr. 11

5.0

Apr. 11 & 12

6.0

Apr. 13 & 14

3.0

Apr. 18

4.5

Apr. 19 & 20

1.5

Apr. 20

6.0

Apr. 25 & 26

6.0
3.0
3.0

Apr. 27 & 28
May 2
May 2

Mid-term examination/Design class mid-term exam

3.0

May 4

Non-isothermal Flow for liquid pipeline

o Heavy crude pipeline design: temperature profile
Pumping Requirements and system optimization

3.0

May 5

6.0

May 9 & 10

Pipeline system overview

o Objectives and scope
o Solution report format
o Pipeline industry issues
Petroleum fluid properties for pipeline engineering
o Classification of petroleum liquids
o Phase behaviors
o Liquid properties
o Liquid equations of state
o Natural gas
o Natural gas transportation
o Natural gas properties
o Gas equations of state
Transient flow
o Governing equations
o Concepts
o Water hammer
o Transient control devices
o Applications
Pipeline network
o Components: pipe, valves, joints and fittings
o Configuration
o Minor pressure losses
Design elements
o Design parameters
o Economic analysis
Term project assignment and discussion This is a group
project, so several students will work together on the assigned
project.
Isothermal Flow for liquid pipeline
o Isothermal flow
o Hydraulic calculations
o Slack flow
o Batch pipeline design
o HVP pipeline design (thermal flow)
Mechanical Design
Material Selection
Construction

o Pumping requirement
o Pump types
o Centrifugal pumps
o Pump characteristic curves
o System curves
o Pump station and multiple pumps
o System optimization (*)
Gas flow
o Pipe flow thermodynamics
o Gas flow equations
o Analysis of design requirements
o Total pressure calculation
o Compression vs. looping
o Hydraulic calculation example
Compression requirements
o Compression requirement
o Compression thermodynamic processes
o Compressor types
o Centrifugal compressor
o Compressor performance curves
o Compressor station and multiple units
Measurement
o Instrumentation
o Measurement devices
o Meter station
Gas and Liquid pipeline operation
o Power control
o Batch operation
o Inventory monitoring
SCADA
o Automation
o History
o Overview
o Control center
o Architecture
o Remote terminals
o Communications
o Data management
o Alarms
o User interfaces
Leak detection
o Leak detection overview
o Leak detection system
o Line balance
o CPM methods
o Implementation

4.5

May 11 & 12

4.5

May 12 & 16

3.0

May 17

5.0

May 23 & 24

4.0

May 24 & 30

3.0

May 31

Final examination
Term project presentation and discussion

4.0
6.0

June 04
June 20 & 21