Temperature drop is commonly observed in subsea vertical X-mas trees during shutdown.The presence of a huge temperature difference between internal crude oil and external seawater can cause severe equipment degradatio...Temperature drop is commonly observed in subsea vertical X-mas trees during shutdown.The presence of a huge temperature difference between internal crude oil and external seawater can cause severe equipment degradation of the oil flow channel(e.g.,hydrate precipitation),which can block the oil flow channel and interrupt the production process.The most vulnerable parts of a subsea vertical X-mas tree tend to be components with high convective heat transfer rates,such as production modules and short joints.We proposed an innovative approach for the insulation design of underwater equipment under a shutdown condition.First,we obtained a heat transfer analysis of the tree under working conditions through computational fluid dynamics to ascertain the initial temperature condition for an unsteadystate analysis.Second,we investigated the unsteady heat transfer characteristics of the tree with an insulation layer in the shutdown state and derived the relationships between insulation duration and thickness by data analysis.We used data analysis to identify the relationship between insulation duration and thickness.Finally,we derived the empirical formula of insulation thickness for underwater equipment given the effect of environmental factors on the heat preservation effect.We performed the experiment with an oil pipeline,and the results showed that the internal oil of the equipment did not hydrate within 8 h under the shutdown condition with insulation layers.展开更多
Currently,the design of transformers insulation predominantly depends on the allowable alternating current(AC)field values for insulating oil established by Weidmann in the 1980s,lacking the research under direct curr...Currently,the design of transformers insulation predominantly depends on the allowable alternating current(AC)field values for insulating oil established by Weidmann in the 1980s,lacking the research under direct current(DC)voltage for converter transformers.This study selects naphthenic oils and paraffin-based oil transformer oil as research subjects,establishing a practical measurement platform to ascertain the oil breakdown characteristics under DC voltage.Furthermore,it statistically analyses the allowable DC field values of the oil.The findings elucidate that(1)the three-parameter Weibull dis-tribution is more suitable to conduct a statistical analysis for oil breakdown probability,yielding a fitting degree up to 99.95%.(2)For a constant electrode spacing,a 14.81%voltage increment escalates the breakdown probability of the oil gap from 3.33%to 73.33%.Concurrently,an increase in electrode spacing leads to a substantial decrement in the breakdown field strength of transformer oil,with KI25X experiencing a 54.51%reduction as electrode spacing extends from 5 to 25 mm.(3)The constant terms of the allowable DC field strength for S4,KI50X,and KI25X are found to be 19.728,17.221,and 19.281,respectively.(4)A thorough analysis for differences in physicochemical properties and electrical parameters elucidates the variations in insulation properties across different transformer oils.The findings presented in this study offer essential theoretical and technical foundations for the design,evaluation,and enhancement of insulation structures in converter transformers.展开更多
基金financed by the Scientific Research Project of Ocean Engineering Equipment,Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China。
文摘Temperature drop is commonly observed in subsea vertical X-mas trees during shutdown.The presence of a huge temperature difference between internal crude oil and external seawater can cause severe equipment degradation of the oil flow channel(e.g.,hydrate precipitation),which can block the oil flow channel and interrupt the production process.The most vulnerable parts of a subsea vertical X-mas tree tend to be components with high convective heat transfer rates,such as production modules and short joints.We proposed an innovative approach for the insulation design of underwater equipment under a shutdown condition.First,we obtained a heat transfer analysis of the tree under working conditions through computational fluid dynamics to ascertain the initial temperature condition for an unsteadystate analysis.Second,we investigated the unsteady heat transfer characteristics of the tree with an insulation layer in the shutdown state and derived the relationships between insulation duration and thickness by data analysis.We used data analysis to identify the relationship between insulation duration and thickness.Finally,we derived the empirical formula of insulation thickness for underwater equipment given the effect of environmental factors on the heat preservation effect.We performed the experiment with an oil pipeline,and the results showed that the internal oil of the equipment did not hydrate within 8 h under the shutdown condition with insulation layers.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Number:52107148China Postdoctoral Science Foundation,Grant/Award Number:2020M680485Fundamental Research Funds for the Central-Universities,Grant/Award Number:2021MS004。
文摘Currently,the design of transformers insulation predominantly depends on the allowable alternating current(AC)field values for insulating oil established by Weidmann in the 1980s,lacking the research under direct current(DC)voltage for converter transformers.This study selects naphthenic oils and paraffin-based oil transformer oil as research subjects,establishing a practical measurement platform to ascertain the oil breakdown characteristics under DC voltage.Furthermore,it statistically analyses the allowable DC field values of the oil.The findings elucidate that(1)the three-parameter Weibull dis-tribution is more suitable to conduct a statistical analysis for oil breakdown probability,yielding a fitting degree up to 99.95%.(2)For a constant electrode spacing,a 14.81%voltage increment escalates the breakdown probability of the oil gap from 3.33%to 73.33%.Concurrently,an increase in electrode spacing leads to a substantial decrement in the breakdown field strength of transformer oil,with KI25X experiencing a 54.51%reduction as electrode spacing extends from 5 to 25 mm.(3)The constant terms of the allowable DC field strength for S4,KI50X,and KI25X are found to be 19.728,17.221,and 19.281,respectively.(4)A thorough analysis for differences in physicochemical properties and electrical parameters elucidates the variations in insulation properties across different transformer oils.The findings presented in this study offer essential theoretical and technical foundations for the design,evaluation,and enhancement of insulation structures in converter transformers.
