A study of oil/water flow patterns in horizontal pipes

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-172

  Trallero, J L ^a,c,d   Sarica, Cem ^b,c,e,f   Brill, J P ^{c,f,g,h,i,j,k,l}  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^b SPE

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^d Central U of Venezuella

^e ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f Tulsa U Fluid Flow Projects ^*

^g The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^j BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^k ABET Eng Accreditation Commission

^l NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; EMULSIONS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLOWLINES; PIPE FLOW; TRANSITION FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DISPERSED FLOW; KELVIN HELMHOLTZ (KH) ANALYSIS; SEGREGATED FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW;

FLOW PATTERNS;

FLOW PATTERN; HORIZONTAL PIPE; OIL PIPELINE; TEST FACILITY;

EID: 0031204145     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/36609-PA     Document Type: Article

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