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Erosion Wear of KQ52 Alloy Steel Multi-function Four-Way Valve Emergent Discharge Behaviors

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KQ52 alloy steel is preferred for the wellhead christmas tree four-way valve because of its excellent resistance to hydrogen sulfide corrosion. However, when the materials are in the case of emergent discharge behaviors, they exhibit poor erosion resistance without meeting their estimated lifetime. In this work, a computational modeling and site test approach was used, and the erosion wear in gas–solid four-way valve emergent discharge behaviors was analyzed. Finally, low-power scanning electron microscope (SEM) was carried out for the KQ52 alloy steel four-way and by-pass valve erosion area. The area of the field by-pass valve connection erosion was quantitatively calculated. The results show that: (1) due to the inertia force of the fluid into the by-pass valve, the fluid flows on the top of the by-pass valve pipe; (2) according to throttling effect theory, the pressure near the by-pass valve is slight, and the pressure far away from the by-pass valve is enormous; (3) the predicted wear matches closely with the experimental one. The results make recommendations for four-way structural design, by-pass pipe installation, and wear resistance to metallurgical materials.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51974271 and U19A209) and Sichuan Science and Technology Program (No. 2020YFG0180).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 610500, China

    Jia Zhang, Zhanghua Lian & Zhaoming Zhou

  2. School of Mechatronic Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, 610500, China

    Zhaoming Zhou

  3. PipeChina Southwest Pipeline Company, Chengdu, 610218, China

    Ming Xiong

  4. The First Gas Production Plant of Xinjiang Oilfield Company, Xinjiang, Karamay, 834000, China

    Xiaoli Yang

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Zhang, J., Lian, Z., Zhou, Z. et al. Erosion Wear of KQ52 Alloy Steel Multi-function Four-Way Valve Emergent Discharge Behaviors. Trans Indian Inst Met 75, 217–228 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-021-02416-1

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