Structural integrity of Carbon Dioxide transportation infrastructures

dc.contributor.advisorBrennan, Feargal
dc.contributor.authorZargarzadeh, Payam
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-05T16:06:04Z
dc.date.available2013-12-05T16:06:04Z
dc.date.issued2013-01
dc.description.abstractCarbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is recognised as having a significant role to play in tackling climate change and reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. In CCS schemes, CO2 is captured from anthropogenic sources, and transported to suitable sites either for EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery) or storage. The transport of such huge amount of CO2 causes new challenges. The main concern is in the difference between natural gas and CO2 transportation pipelines. CO2 phase behaviour during decompression, existence of different impurities and very high operating pressure are some of the new challenges for pipeline designer and operators. This PhD study has taken a systematic approach to understand the mechanics involved in the fracture of pipes containing high pressure flue-gas CO2. The work involved the development of a novel weight function stress intensity factor solution that can be used with complex stress fields induced by residual and/or thermal stresses in addition to applied pressure. In addition, the thesis reports a substantial experimented test programme which involved low temperature fracture toughness tests linked to a detailed finite element based stress analysis. Overall, the thesis presents an integrated engineering criticality means to assess the suitability or otherwise of a pipeline system to transport high pressure flue-gas CO2.en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8059
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCranfield Universityen_UK
dc.rights© Cranfield University 2013. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the copyright owner.en_UK
dc.subjectCO2en_UK
dc.subjectpipeline-Fractureen_UK
dc.subjectmechanics-Weighten_UK
dc.subjectfunction-Fractureen_UK
dc.subjecttoughnessen_UK
dc.subjecttest-FEA-SIF-FAD-ECA-Backen_UK
dc.subjectFace Strainen_UK
dc.titleStructural integrity of Carbon Dioxide transportation infrastructuresen_UK
dc.typeThesis or dissertationen_UK
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_UK
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_UK

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Payam_Zargarzadeh_Thesis_2013.pdf
Size:
9 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.79 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description: