TY - JOUR
TI - Lowering uncertainty in crude oil measurement by selecting optimized envelope color of a pipeline
AU - Farzaneh-Gord Mahmood
AU - Rasekh Alireza
AU - Saadat Morteza
AU - Nabatu Amin
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2011
VL - 15
IS - 1
SP - 91
EP - 104
PT - Article
AB - Lowering uncertainty in crude oil volume measurement has been widely  considered as one of main purposes in an oil export terminal. It is found  that crude oil temperature at metering station has big effects on measured  volume and may cause big uncertainty at the metering point. As crude oil  flows through an aboveground pipeline, pick up the solar radiation and heat  up. This causes the oil temperature at the metering point to rise and higher  uncertainty to be created. The amount of temperature rise is depended on  exterior surface paint color. In the Kharg Island, there is about 3 km  distance between the oil storage tanks and the metering point. The oil flows  through the pipeline due to gravity effects as storage tanks are located 60m  higher than the metering point. In this study, an analytical model has been  conducted for predicting oil temperature at the pipeline exit (the metering  point) based on climate and geographical conditions of the Kharg Island. The  temperature at the metering point has been calculated and the effects of  envelope color have been investigated. Further, the uncertainty in the  measurement system due to temperature rise has been studied.