Flow patterns in heavy crude oil-water flow

Proceedings of the Engineering Technology Conference on Energy

Volumn B, Issue , 2001, Pages 731-737

  Bannwart, Antonio C ^a   Rodriguez, Oscar M H ^a   De Carvalho, Carlos H M ^b   Wang, Isabela S ^a   Vara, Rosa M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flow patterns; Liquid liquid flow; Oil water flow

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; GRAVITATION; PIPE; PRODUCTION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TRANSDUCERS; TRANSPORTATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; WATER;

FLOW MAPS; LIQUID-LIQUID FLOW;

FLOW PATTERNS;

EID: 0346253939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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