The impact of boundary conditions and fluid velocity on damping for a fluid conveying pipe in a viscous fluid

Eric Kjolsing; Michael Todd

doi:10.1117/12.2219319

15 April 2016 The impact of boundary conditions and fluid velocity on damping for a fluid conveying pipe in a viscous fluid

Eric Kjolsing, Michael Todd

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Proceedings Volume 9799, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2016; 979922 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219319
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Abstract

The hydrocarbon industry has expressed interest in developing vibration based energy harvesting systems that can be deployed downhole and supplement or replace existing power sources. The energy output of such harvesters is highly dependent on the level of damping in the supporting structure which, in this case, would drive the systems vibrational input. A first step towards optimizing an energy harvester configuration is then to understand how key variables influence system damping. To this end an investigation was undertaken to identify how changing system boundary conditions effect damping in a fluid conveying pipe confined by a viscous fluid (i.e. a producing hydrocarbon well). The key variables investigated included the rotational boundary springs, the velocity of the conveyed fluid, and the viscosity of the annulus fluid. The system was modeled using Euler-Bernoulli beam theory and included a hydrodynamic forcing function to capture the effects of the viscous annulus fluid. The natural frequencies of the system were solved in the frequency domain with the system damping subsequently calculated. Lower damping ratios were observed: in stiffer systems, for lower conveyed fluid velocities, and for lower annulus fluid viscosities. A numeric example is provided to illustrate the interaction between the three variables of interest. These results are of direct interest to researchers and engineers developing vibrational energy harvesting systems for downhole deployment. Approved for publication, LAUR-16-21227.

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Eric Kjolsing and Michael Todd "The impact of boundary conditions and fluid velocity on damping for a fluid conveying pipe in a viscous fluid", Proc. SPIE 9799, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2016, 979922 (15 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2219319

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Energy harvesting

Systems modeling

Error analysis

Current controlled current source

Fluid dynamics

Lanthanum

Motion models

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