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    The document summarizes an OLGA user group meeting covering OLGA support, feedback from previous meetings, and tips and tricks for using OLGA. Key differences between OLGA 6 and 5 include OLGA 6 having three momentum equations, an interfacial level gradient term, internal nodes with finite volumes, controllers as signal components, and parallelization. Hardware recommendations note speedup from multicore CPUs and hyperthreading. OLGA can simulate water hammer effects with small discretization and elastic walls accounted for. The 2nd order scheme is recommended where holdups vary and not where instabilities occur. AXIALHEAT is not in OLGA 6 due to model sensitivity and lack of field data validation.

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    The document summarizes an OLGA user group meeting covering OLGA support, feedback from previous meetings, and tips and tricks for using OLGA. Key differences between OLGA 6 and 5 include OLGA 6 having three momentum equations, an interfacial level gradient term, internal nodes with finite volumes, controllers as signal components, and parallelization. Hardware recommendations note speedup from multicore CPUs and hyperthreading. OLGA can simulate water hammer effects with small discretization and elastic walls accounted for. The 2nd order scheme is recommended where holdups vary and not where instabilities occur. AXIALHEAT is not in OLGA 6 due to model sensitivity and lack of field data validation.

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    The document summarizes an OLGA user group meeting covering OLGA support, feedback from previous meetings, and tips and tricks for using OLGA. Key differences between OLGA 6 and 5 include OLGA 6 having three momentum equations, an interfacial level gradient term, internal nodes with finite volumes, controllers as signal components, and parallelization. Hardware recommendations note speedup from multicore CPUs and hyperthreading. OLGA can simulate water hammer effects with small discretization and elastic walls accounted for. The 2nd order scheme is recommended where holdups vary and not where instabilities occur. AXIALHEAT is not in OLGA 6 due to model sensitivity and lack of field data validation.

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    OLGA User Group Meeting

    OLGA Support
    Tips & Tricks
    Beijing, UGM, Oct. 18, 2010

    OLGA support
    Send to [email protected]
    Support Center access to FAQ, track your support requests
    Requesting user feedback on support
    Check www.sptgroup.com for new minor releases

    Feedback from earlier UGMs

    Tips & Tricks


    1. What is the main difference between OLGA 6 and OLGA 5 ?

    2. What hardware is recommended to achieve maximum


    performance with OLGA ?
    3. Is OLGA compatible with Windows 7 ?
    4. Can OLGA simulate Water Hammer effects ?
    5. Why does not always the 2nd order numerical scheme give
    more accurate results?
    6. Why is AXIALHEAT not included in OLGA 6?

    What is the main difference between


    OLGA 6 and OLGA 5 ?

    What is NOT different in


    OLGA 6 compared to OLGA 5 ?

    OLGA 6 and OLGA 5 : same concept


    fundamental modeling concept is the same
    Flow model
    Numerical methods for conservation equations

    Graphical User Interface (GUI) is the same

    Comparisons from cases in OVIP data base and from the


    SPT functional test repository show that:
    OLGA 5 and OLGA 6 will in general give very similar results
    both for steady-state and transient simulations

    Conservation equations in OLGA 6


    three momentum equations (gas, oil, water)
    effect when individual momentum of oil and water are
    important (heavy slugging in risers)

    an interfacial level gradient term between oil and water


    give higher water content in gas condensate pipelines for low
    flow rates

    better consistency between steady state pre-processor and


    dynamic solution
    interfacial level gradients included in pre-processor

    2nd order scheme for mass equations


    optional

    OLGA 6 has a new node model


    Internal nodes have a finite volume
    use same physical and numerical models as sections

    more general than split/merge => easier to model closed loops

    No momentum transfer across nodes


    higher pressure drop for cases with high velocity

    Process equipment in OLGA 6


    Controllers are signal network components
    Coupled in the controller signal network

    Separator is a flow network component


    Similar to multi-train separator in OLGA 5

    The OLGA 6 code is parallelized


    developed for multi core platforms, and may give
    significant performance boost when run on such systems
    Most benefit for
    large cases with few nodes, long pipelines and a relative
    small amount of process equipment

    What hardware is recommended to achieve


    maximum performance with OLGA ?

    Effect of several cores and CPUs


    Oil field

    Gas-condensate

    Normalized wall clock time

    1.2
    1

    Running 2 CPUs on
    same machine

    0.8
    Running 2 threads on
    each core
    (Hyperthreading)

    0.6
    0.4
    0.2
    0

    4+4

    Cores+Hyperthreading

    Tested using 2 Quad core Intel CPUs with Hyperthreading


    (2 threads per core)
    Speedup is case dependent

    2*(4+4)

    What CPU to buy?


    Speedup is dependent on e.g.
    Size of problem
    Dominating flow regime
    Modules used

    True multicores give good speedup


    Good effect of Hyperthreading (Intel)
    Effect of multi-CPU for larger problems
    AMD and Intel Quad core give good speedup
    Expects good performance on new 6 and 8 cores CPUs

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    Is OLGA compatible with Windows 7 ?

    Windows 7 compatibility
    Yes, with some known exceptions

    OLGA is not supported on


    PCs with Windows 7 + integrated Intel graphic card and
    integrated Intel driver

    Following issues happen more often on Windows 7


    Copy as picture of the network view to clipboard fails
    Input report does not include image of the network view

    Can OLGA simulate Water Hammer effects?

    Water Hammer simulations in OLGA


    Hammer effects occur in liquid systems with fast transients
    Injection systems

    Maximum hammer pressure :

    Pmax l c vl

    P = Pressure (Pa)
    c = Wave propagation velocity (speed of sound) (m/s)
    v = Fluid flowing velocity (m/s)
    = Density (kg/m3)

    Maximum hammer pressure achieved if valve closure time is


    shorter than system response time:

    L = pipeline length

    2L
    tr
    c

    Water Hammer simulations in OLGA


    Fluid packing
    contributes to
    pressure increase
    Small spatial
    discretization
    gives better
    resolution of
    pressure wave

    4 km long pipeline with flowing water


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    Water Hammer simulations in OLGA


    Elastic walls
    more correct
    volume change &
    speed of sound

    4 km long pipeline with flowing water


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    Water Hammer simulations in OLGA


    Advice for simulation hammers in OLGA
    Spatial discretization is important
    Use DTCONTROL : SOUND_CFL = ON
    small fixed time steps (dt = 2Ls/c)
    Account for elastic walls with ELASTIC = ON

    CONCLUSION
    OLGA can simulate water hammer effects

    Why does not always the 2nd order numerical


    scheme give more accurate results?

    2nd Order Scheme for Mass Equations


    It should be used for cases with holdup or concentration
    gradients e.g.

    Start-up
    Rate change
    Slugging
    Injection of inhibitors

    2nd order scheme is not recommended for simulations where


    instabilities are observed
    enhances the numerical oscillations

    Why is AXIALHEAT not included in OLGA 6?

    AXIALHEAT
    Not implemented in OLGA 6 yet because
    Model in OLGA 5 is sensitive to pipeline geometry
    Should only be used for vertical risers
    No field data is available

    May be included in later versions depending on feedback


    from users

    be dynamic

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