Improved Design of Flushing Process for Multi-Product Pipelines

Barnabas Gao; Swapana Jerpoth; David Theuma; Sean Curtis; Steven Roth; Michael Fracchiolla; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater; Kirti M. Yenkie

LAPSE

Living Archive for Process Systems Engineering

ISSN: 2818-4734
Volume: 3 (2024)

LAPSE:2024.1519

Published Article

LAPSE:2024.1519

Improved Design of Flushing Process for Multi-Product Pipelines

Barnabas Gao, Swapana Jerpoth, David Theuma, Sean Curtis, Steven Roth, Michael Fracchiolla, Robert Hesketh, C. Stewart Slater, Kirti M. Yenkie

August 15, 2024. Originally submitted on July 9, 2024

Maintaining product integrity in multi-product oil pipelines is crucial for efficiency and profit. This study presents a strategy combining design and process improvement to enhance flushing protocols, addressing the challenge of residual batch contamination. A pilot plant, mirroring industrial operations through dimensionless residence time distribution, was developed to identify and rectify bottlenecks during product transition. The pilot plants success in replicating industrial operations paves the way for targeted experiments and modelling to enhance optimized flushing, ensuring product quality and operational excellence.

Record ID

LAPSE:2024.1519

Keywords

Flushing, Modelling, Optimization, Process Design

Subject

Process Design

Suggested Citation

Gao B, Jerpoth S, Theuma D, Curtis S, Roth S, Fracchiolla M, Hesketh R, Slater CS, Yenkie KM. Improved Design of Flushing Process for Multi-Product Pipelines. Systems and Control Transactions 3:137-144 (2024) https://doi.org/10.69997/sct.171679

Author Affiliations

Gao B: Rowan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Glassboro NJ 08028, United States
Jerpoth S: Rowan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Glassboro NJ 08028, United States
Theuma D: Rowan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Glassboro NJ 08028, United States
Curtis S: Rowan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Glassboro NJ 08028, United States
Roth S: Rowan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Glassboro NJ 08028, United States
Fracchiolla M: Rowan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Glassboro NJ 08028, United States
Hesketh R: Rowan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Glassboro NJ 08028, United States
Slater CS: Rowan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Glassboro NJ 08028, United States
Yenkie KM: Rowan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Glassboro NJ 08028, United States

Journal Name

Systems and Control Transactions

Volume

3

First Page

137

Last Page

144

Year

2024

Publication Date

2024-07-10