Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration
Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration
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<strong>Petroleum</strong> Engineering 314<br />
Transport Processes in <strong>Petroleum</strong> Production<br />
Credit 3: (3-0)<br />
Required for Juniors<br />
Catalog Description: Fluid mechanics: fluid statics; mass, energy, momentum balances; friction losses,<br />
turbulent flow, Reynolds Number (Moody Diagram); New<strong>to</strong>nian/Non-New<strong>to</strong>nian fluids; flow in porous<br />
media (Darcy’s law and Non-Darcy flow); heat transfer: heat conduction (steady-state/transient flow: flux<br />
components, slabs/cylinders, thermal conductivity, analogs, applications); heat convection (heat<br />
transfer/pressure drop, heat exchangers, applications).<br />
Prerequisites(s): PETE 311; CVEN 305; MEEN 315; MATH 308<br />
Instruc<strong>to</strong>r: Peter P Valkó, professor, <strong>Petroleum</strong> Engineering Department, RICH 501E, (979) 862-2757,<br />
p-valko@tamu.edu, other <strong>Petroleum</strong> Engineering Department faculty as appropriate.<br />
Textbook Required: Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers – Noel De Nevers –3rd (or higher) Edition,<br />
McGraw-Hill.<br />
Topics Covered:<br />
1. Introduction: Transport processes and fluid mechanics; Concepts, properties,<br />
and techniques<br />
2. Fluid statics: Calculation of pressure, force, area; Pressure measurement<br />
3. Mass balance: steady state and unsteady state<br />
4. Energy balance: the extended Bernoulli’s equation; Fluid-flow measurements<br />
5. Fluid friction characterization, Reynolds number, Laminar and turbulent flow,<br />
Minor losses<br />
6. Non-New<strong>to</strong>nian fluid flow: models and calculations; Starting and s<strong>to</strong>pping<br />
flows, water hammer<br />
7. Gas flow; Chokes, Flow in gas wells<br />
8. Dimensional Analysis<br />
9. Pumps and compressors: Positive displacement and Centrifugal, axial<br />
10. Gas-liquid flows; Surface tension effects<br />
11. Flow in porous media, Darcy flow, non-Darcy flow, Ergun equ.<br />
12. Heat and mass transfer: conduction and convection<br />
13. Heat exchangers<br />
14. Analogies: Differential models<br />
Class/Labora<strong>to</strong>ry Schedule: 3 50-min lecture sessions per week<br />
Method of Evaluation:<br />
Class work & Mini-quizzes 10%<br />
Homework 5%<br />
Mid-term Examinations 60%<br />
Final Examination 25%<br />
Total 100%<br />
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