... experimental data Effect of droplet entrainment in liquid loading prediction Cleide Vieira and Milan Stanko Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway ABSTRACT The present work investigate the effect of droplets entrainment on critical gas velocity, using the liquid film reversal model from...

... literature liquid holdup inclination multiphase flow simulator slug flow experimental data correlation Multiphase flow simulator for production & hydrate management Improvements and benchmark against experimental data with real fluids Christina Tzotzi, Elyas A. Abubeker and Angela De Leebeeck...

...-liquid interface and the formation of liquid film waves and their influence on droplet entrainment and deposition. The performance of the model is evaluated for vertical flow, showing good agreement with experimental data found in literature. gas superficial velocity annular flow production...

... revealed sensitivity to liquid viscosity and better results in predicting high viscosity liquid flow pattern data. transition sensitivity liquid viscosity reservoir surveillance multiphase flow experimental data flow pattern flow pattern transition mpa collision frequency production...

... investigated and benchmarked. The results obtained show an excellent match against experimental data in both single-phase and multiphase flow configurations and for either deposition or entrainment conditions. The proposed methodology is deemed to contribute to an efficient sand management strategy because...

... ABSTRACT An experimental investigation has been carried out to analyze the effect of the diameter on two-phase flows in vertical large-diameter pipes. This study generated and gathered experimental data for diameters ranging from 19 to 297 mm. The working fluids for the experimental database are water...

..., U crit , where the pressure gradient is minimized with respect to the gas flow, is often used to determine the onset of liquid loading. liquid holdup reservoir surveillance dut production control artificial lift system flow rate tno experimental data production logging bhr group 18...

... holdup agree reasonably well both mutually and against experimental data for small-diameter pipes at gentle inclination, predictions vary by 50% or more under field conditions. The extent of scatter in predicted holdup is a large fraction of available slug catcher capacity. Analysis indicates...

... parameters behind LAGL approach. The modelling results are validated with data from a field-scale test well, with a total vertical depth of 880 m (2,880 ft From the simulation results and experimental data, it is possible to demonstrate how the use of a gas-liquid flow injection can significantly decrease...

... of these models were benchmarked against the published experimental data and evaluation of model performances has been reported. The exercise started with the models of MTC in single phase liquid flows, followed by the models in gas/liquid flows. An Excel-based prediction tool was developed aiming to provide...

... on the estimation of the liquid superficial velocity is found to be less than 5%, while that regarding to the gas superficial velocity leads to an average error of less than 15%. Figure (4) illustrates the deviations between experimental data points and model predictions. 6 NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS Laboratory tests...

... conducted for gas-sand flows to aid in the understanding of the particle flow characteristics and maximum wall thickness loss inside the GLCC. The results from the simulation are compared to experimental data for several conditions. A simplified erosion prediction model has been also developed to predict...

... the liquid holdup in transport pipes is important so an accurate droplet model should be considered. droplet concentration profile bhr group 2015 production monitoring experimental data equation multiphase flow international journal concentration profile upstream oil & gas diameter...

... gradient can be predicted. However, these closure relations carry the highest uncertainties in the model, since they are obtained empirically or through the use of overly simplified assumptions. In particular, significant discrepancies have been found between experimental data and closure relations...

... industries, were examined in the present work. Comparison of CFD results for average void fraction, temporal phase evolution, and spatial phase distribution show that results are qualitatively and quantitatively in a good agreement with the experimental data. Liquid film behaviour within the elbow for both...

.... The performance of the numerical tools (OLGA code and CFD) is assessed against the experimental data and theory. The OLGA code is found to predict well the shut-in process, but over-predicts the restart time. NOMENCLATURE D the pipe diameter, m dP/dx pressure gradient, Pa/m g gravity, m/s2 h heat transfer...

... properties (especially gas density). This is essential in order to reduce uncertainty associated with fluid properties and pipeline sizes that differ greatly from available experimental data. For gas condensate systems, the main research topics have been 3D pre-integrated three-phase stratified flow models...

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... influences the holdup gradients and the condensate-water slip ratio. The experimental data have been collected in the Hydro high pressure, multiphase flow loop in Porsgrunn, Norway, which includes a 3" test section with a total length of 200 m. A recombined hydrocarbon system was used, including gas...

.... A mechanistic model has been developed. A representative diameter term has been introduced. Model s results have been compared with experimental data obtained from Middle East Technical University Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering Department Cuttings Transport Multiphase Flow Loop. The results show...