Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Erosion Flow Testing Laboratory Services for Oil & Gas

TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory is one of the world’s leading independent providers of calibration and testing services

TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory is one of the world’s leading independent providers of calibration and testing services

TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory's Erosion Flow Centre has been developed for the purpose of providing the Oil & Gas industry with a complete solution to sand erosion. The facility provides independent flow tests on a wide range of equipment and components under controlled conditions and is suitable for a range of services, including:

  • Design, development work
  • Performance testing, evaluation
  • Endurance, cyclic testing
  • Verification testing
  • API slurry testing

TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory has extensive experience undertaking erosion testing, CFD erosion modelling and independent assessments. Our projects have included erosion testing on a USM pipeline monitoring system where we performed erosive sand-slurry flow testing of a flow measurement system

Facility Capabilities

Fluids:

  • Clean water
  • Sand-water
  • API slurry mixture (viscosifier)
  • Controlled temperature/pressure - hydro, gas testing

Operating Conditions:

  • Pressure: up to 30 bar
  • Temperature: ambient up to 60°C
  • Sand-water flows: up to 1600 l/min
  • Water flows : up to 2300 l/min

Static Tests:

  • Pressures up to 1000 bar
  • Temperature range 0 to 90°C
  • Inside Test Area:
  • Piping up to 100mm nb
  • Up to 6m long test section

Outside Test Area:

  • 8m x 6m
  • No height or weight restrictions
  • Horizontal or vertical builds

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Erosion Modelling with CFD

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