Dynamic static electricity mitigation in fluid pipelines

A system comprising:

• a memory comprising computer readable instructions;
• and
• a processing device for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions controlling the processing device to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a model of a pipeline system;
• performing a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation on the pipeline system;
• determining an anticipated static electricity generation, based on the CFD simulation, for each pipeline segment of the pipeline system;
• calculating flow parameters for each pipeline segment of the pipeline system, based on CFD simulations to minimize static electricity generation in the pipeline system;
• and
• dynamically controlling one or more flow control devices in the pipeline system to achieve the flow parameters for each pipeline segment of the pipeline system.

A computer program product for mitigating static electricity in a pipeline system, the computer program product comprising:

• a set of one or more computer-readable storage media;
• program instructions, collectively stored in the set of one or more storage media, for causing a processor set to perform the following computer operations:
• receiving a model of the pipeline system;
• performing a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation on the pipeline system;
• determining an anticipated static electricity generation, based on the CFD simulation, for each pipeline segment of the pipeline system;
• calculating flow parameters for each pipeline segment of the pipeline system, based on CFD simulations to minimize static electricity generation in the pipeline system;
• and
• dynamically controlling one or more flow control devices in the pipeline system to achieve the flow parameters for each pipeline segment of the pipeline system.