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Erosional velocity limit for no-sand serv. is lower than sand service?

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Radionise2

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Hello guys,

I came across a situation today where by I calculated the erosional velocity limit for a predominantly gas stream with little condensate with in it at pressure of 70 bar, the erosional velocity (with sand service) predicted via the Salama Method has a larger magnitude that the erosional velocity (no-sand service) predicted via the same method (i.e. v (ft/s) = 400 * sqrt (mixture density in lb/ft3). How come?

Has anyone encountered this before? Can anyone shed some light on what are the limitations to the Salama method?

regards,
Radionise
 
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