Subsea pipelines are designed to transport mixtures of oil, gas and their
associated impurities from the wellhead that can be in excess of
approximately as high as 100℃ temperature, while the external
temperature maybe in the range of 5℃. Heat can...
Subsea pipelines are designed to transport mixtures of oil, gas and their
associated impurities from the wellhead that can be in excess of
approximately as high as 100℃ temperature, while the external
temperature maybe in the range of 5℃. Heat can be lost from the subsea
pipeline which contains high temperature fluid to the surrounding
environment. It is important that the pipeline must be designed to ensure
that the heat loss is small enough to maintain flow assurance, unwanted
deposition of hydrate and wax, which occurs at a critical temperature of
about 40℃. Therefore it is essential to know heat loss of subsea pipeline
in various circumstance. This paper presents thermal conductivity of
offshore sediments using laboratory model test and numerical analysis for
various soil samples. After calculate thermal conductivities, this paper
propose a OHTC(Overall heat transfer coefficient) formula considering
multi-layed soil using calculated thermal conductivity of soil samples for
more precise OHTC estimation.