Electromagnetic Phenomena   2001, Vol.2, No.1(5)  90-94

 

Balakirev B.A., Sotnikov G.V., Tkach Yu.V., Yatsenko T.Yu.

Institute for Electromagnetic Research
PO Box 4580, Kharkov-61022, Ukraine
e-mail: tatyana@iemr.com.ua

Electromagnetic Radiation for Pipeline Internal Surface Cleansing from Paraffin Films

Abstract

The numeric simulation is performed on thin paraffin sedimentation removal on the oil pipeline internal surface, using a moving electromagnetic radiation emission source. The analysis is made on a model cylindrical wave-guide with the radius R=0.0775 m, with the longitudinal paraffin film extension being 5 m. The times of total pipeline cleansing from the paraffin film are determined vs. film thickness, initial oil temperature, microwave source power and frequency.

 
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