PR-000-26BDL-001 Predictive Tool for Critical Velocity Brine String Dynamics Configurations 3 and 4 Bundle

This bundle offering includes deliverables from McGill University under contract with PRCI and Solution Mining Research Institute (SMRI) on modeling the dynamics of the brine string in solution-mined caverns in salt formations, under excitation by the internal fluid flow and reverse external axial flow around the brine string. Specifically, two flow configurations are studied, resulting in two separate software packages: Configuration 3, in which the fluid flows down the brine string, discharging at its free end; this forces fluid in the cavern to flow upwards in the annulus around the upper end of the string. In Configuration 4, the flow directions are reversed. In both configurations, the brine string, well, and cavern are represented as a dual-fluid system, with brine and product separated at an interface level. Both packages apply Galerkin’s method for eigenvalue analysis to predict critical flow velocities and identify instability modes in fluid-conveying pipes subjected to simultaneous internal and external flows. 

The primary audience for this work includes engineers, operators, and researchers responsible for the design and safe operation of underground storage facilities. This tool enables engineers to evaluate the effects of geometry, material properties, fluid characteristics, and operating conditions on brine string stability.

This discounted bundle includes the following 3 items (each also available separately):

- PR593-22700-R01 Predictive Tool for Critical Velocity for Configuration 3 and 4 (final report)

- PR593-22700-S01 Brine String Dynamics Configuration 3 Installer (software and manual)

- PR593-22700-S02 Brine String Dynamics Configuration 4 Installer (software and manual)