TY - GEN
T1 - Run life enlargement methodology for ball-and-seat check valves used in artificial lift pumping units
AU - Zarea, S.
AU - Rojas-Solorzano, L.
AU - Kabboul, F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright 1999, Society of Petroleum Engineers Inc.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Experiments are performed to evaluate the leakage vs. pressure drop, wear and fluid properties, in ball-and-seat valves used in pumping units for artificial oil production. The test facility is constructed to evaluate the operation of several valve sizes, using water, oil and air, subjected to pressure drops up to 5000 psig. Results demonstrated that the currently accepted API vacuum test might be too severe and that more realistic tests may lead to substantial savings in valve replacements. Experimental results in dimensional and dimensionless form are presented, using a new similitude criterion.
AB - Experiments are performed to evaluate the leakage vs. pressure drop, wear and fluid properties, in ball-and-seat valves used in pumping units for artificial oil production. The test facility is constructed to evaluate the operation of several valve sizes, using water, oil and air, subjected to pressure drops up to 5000 psig. Results demonstrated that the currently accepted API vacuum test might be too severe and that more realistic tests may lead to substantial savings in valve replacements. Experimental results in dimensional and dimensionless form are presented, using a new similitude criterion.
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U2 - 10.2523/53973-ms
DO - 10.2523/53973-ms
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84940845320
T3 - SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings
BT - Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference
PB - Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
T2 - Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference
Y2 - 21 April 1999 through 23 April 1999
ER -