REVIEW ARTICLE


Structure Optimization and Performance Analysis of Subsea High Pressure Wellhead Metal Seal



Wensheng Xiao, Chao Hou, Jian Liu*, Bo Luan, Hongyan Wang
College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shandong, 266580, China.

Article Information


Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2015
Volume: 9
First Page: 564
Last Page: 568
Publisher Id: TOMEJ-9-564
DOI: 10.2174/1874155X01509010564

Article History:

Received Date: 17/2/2014
Revision Received Date: 21/3/2015
Acceptance Date: 9/6/2015
Electronic publication date: 10/9/2015
Collection year: 2015

© 2015 Xiao et al

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Abstract

Security and reliability are the main focus of annular metal seal assembly. It is concluded that the factors influence sealing performance of annular metal seal assembly most in view of working conditions of annular metal seal assembly. Taking major influencing factors with response surface method (RSM) analysis, and determining coefficient of regression analysis with finite element method (ANSYS) experiment. Second-order corresponding model is established and the best corresponding interval is concluded. Getting the reasonable values of bulge radius r and loading F on the premise of guarantee the y value and providing theoretical guidance for field operation combined with metal sealing seal principles and experimental research.

Keywords: Subsea high pressure wellhead , metal seal, annular metal seal assembly, design-expert, RSM.