Effect Of The Internal Fluid Flow In The Glass Fibre Reinforced Plastic (GFRP) Pipe Dynamic

The petroleum produced by the offshore platforms is transported to
processing plant through carbon steel pipelines. Usually, expectancy of
maximum production capacity of pipelines is never meeting the prediction
made in the early stage. Among the main reason for the declining of
production capacity of pipelines over time is corrosion. This project aims to
prove the dynamic of glass fibre reinforced plastic ( GFRP) pipe dynamic is
better than steel pipes dynamic in oil pipelines. Whilst it is more common to
see in Oil and Gas industry to utilize steel pipes in their pipelines, GFRP
pipes show a promising future to reduce corrosion problems. When it comes
to pipeline, corrosion had caused severe to production capacity of a line to
replace the corroded pipelines will cost a lot of money. The industries are
desperate to alternative for the steel pipes. With that in mind, this Final Year
Project will be focused more on study of the dynamic behavior of glass fibre
reinforced plastic (GFRP) pipe fluid flow properties. A pipe modeling will
be created to study the effect of the internal fluid flow in the GFRP pipe and
compare it with the steel pipes dynamic. This project may lead to explore a
better option than steel pipes to use in the oil and gas industry.