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Experimental investigation of oil-water two-phase flow in horizontal pipes: pressure losses, liquid holdup and flow patterns

Izwan Ismail, Ahmad Shamsul and Ismail, Issham and Zoveidavianpoor, Mansoor and Mohsin, Rahmat and Piroozian, Ali and Misnan, Mohd. Shahir and Sariman, Mior Zaiga (2015) Experimental investigation of oil-water two-phase flow in horizontal pipes: pressure losses, liquid holdup and flow patterns. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 127 . pp. 409-420. ISSN 0920-4105

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2015.01.038

Abstract

Flow experiments have been conducted for oil-water two-phase flow in a horizontal 5.08cm ID flow loop at a length to diameter ratio of 1311. The fluids were light Malaysian waxy crude oil from the offshore Terengganu (?o=818kg/m3, µo=1.75mPas and wax content=16.15wt%) and synthetic formation water. The water-cut was varied between 10 to 90% at nine mixture flow rates of 2.0 to 16.2cm3/s. Measuring the changes in pressure drop and liquid holdup at different flow rates of oil-water two-phase flow, a new flow pattern was identified. Strong dependence of the oil-water slippage on the minimum flow rate was observed. The highest pressure drop of 11.58kPa was obtained at maximum flow rate of 16.21cm3/s and oil fraction of 0.9; while the lowest pressure drop of 1.31kPa was recorded at the lowest flow rate of 2.03cm3/s and water fraction of 0.9. The experimental results could be used as a platform to understand better a more complex case of gas/oil/water concurrent flow in a pipeline

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:oil/water flow, pressure drop, holdup, flow pattern
Subjects:T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions:Petroleum and Renewable Energy Engineering
ID Code:55170
Deposited By: Fazli Masari
Deposited On:17 Aug 2016 04:46
Last Modified:15 Feb 2017 07:43

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