Slurry erosion of valves for the oil industry

Selected publications on the topic are:

  • S. Malavasi, G.V. Messa, M. Negri, Prediction of erosion damage in a choke valve working in severe slurry conditions, in: Proceedings of the ASME-PVP2018, Paper No. 84293, 2018.
  • G.V. Messa, M. Negri, Y. Wang, S. Malavasi, Estimation of the useful lifetime of a gate valve subjected to impact erosion, in: Proceedings of the XXII AIMETA Conference, 1, 147-163, 2017.
  • S. Gorini, A. Maliardi, S. Malavasi, G.V. Messa, Enhanced erosion prediction for Xtree valves, in: Proceedings of the Offshore Mediterranean Conference, Paper No. 592, 2017.
  • G.V. Messa, G. Ferrarese, S. Malavasi, A mixed Euler-Euler/Euler-Lagrange approach to erosion prediction, Wear 342-343 (2015), 138-153.

Further information can be found on the webpage of the FluidLab group.