Red Spider Technology
Flow Characterisation of a Water Injection Valve
Efficient valve characterization methodology
Red Spider Technology supplies the oil and gas industry with a range of down-hole products including seawater injection valves. In an initial study, °®¶¹´«Ã½app established an efficient valve characterisation methodology subsequently used to characterise a range of valve sizes.
The principle objective was to identify the flow rate required to open the valve fully and to characterize valve pressure drop.
The analyses were conducted using Ansys Fluid Dynamics capabilities. Post-processing identified the fluid force on the poppet and hence fully open flow rate. The actual valve assembly comprises Red Spider’s valve, a lock of third party supply hence unknown geometry and a crossover piece. CFD gave the head loss associated with the valve: guidance was given on the estimation of pressure drop across the whole assembly.
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Business Benefits
Confidence in CFD to evaluate designs and replace expensive high-flow rate prototype testing.
°®¶¹´«Ã½app CFD were efficient to deal with, required minimal interface, but provided a pragmatic approach and interpretation of the result output.
Red Spider Technology
About Red Spider Technology
Red Spider is a specialist in remote open-close technology – downhole computer-controlled valves that can be opened and closed remotely, without the need for any intervention or surface control lines.
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