Artificial neural network models for identifying flow regimes and predicting liquid holdup in horizontal multiphase flow

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Osman, El Sayed A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; CORRELATION METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLOW REGIMES; LIQUID-HOLDUP MODELS;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; FLOW VELOCITY; GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW; NEURAL NETWORK; PIPE FLOW;

EID: 1542650925     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/86910-PA     Document Type: Article

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