Three phase oil-water-gas horizontal co-current flow: I. Experimental and regime map

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 4 A, 2005, Pages 401-411

  Spedding, P L ^a   Donnelly, G F ^a   Cole, J S ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow regimes; Oil water gas flow; Regime maps; Three phase

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; MAPPING; PIPE FLOW;

FLOW REGIMES; HORIZONTAL CO-CURRENT FLOW; MAPPING PARAMETERS; THREE PHASE SYSTEMS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW REGIME RELATIONS; THREE-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 18444404932     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd.02154     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Acikgoz, M., Franca, F. and Lahey, R.T., 1992, An experimental study of three-phase flow regimes. Int J Multiphase Flow 18: 327-336.
2. Andritsos, N., 1996, Effect of pipe diameter and liquid viscosity on horizontal stratified flow. PhD thesis Univ. Illinois, Urbana.
3. Bacharov A.M., Andriasov R.S. and Sakharov V.A., 1972, Investigation of the motion of gas, water, oil mixtures in horizontal pipe, Nefte Promyslovoe Delo 6: 27-30.
4. Baker, O., 1954, Simultaneous flow of oil and gas, Oil Gas J 185-215.
5. Barnea, D. and Taitel, Y., 1996, Statified three phase flow in pipes - stability and transition, Chem Eng Comm, 141-2: 443-460.
6. Beggs, H.D. and Brill, J.P., 1973, A study of two phase flow in inclined pipes, Trans Pet Soc AIME 25: 607-617.
7. Benard, E. and Spedding, P.L., 2005, Stratified roll wave in horizontal pipe two phase flow. IEC Res Design.
8. Bendiksen, K.H. and Malnes, D., 1987, Experimental data on inlet and outlet effects on the transitions from stratified to slug flow in horizontal tubes, Int J Multiphase Flow 13: 131-135.
9. Bishop, A.A. and Deshpande, S.D., 1986, Interfacial level gradient effects in horizontal Newtonian liquid gas stratified flow, Int J Multiphase Flow 12: 957-975.
10. Chen, X.Z., Chen, X.J. and Zhou, F., 1990, Phase holdups and frictional pressure gradient of oil-gas-water three phase bubbly flow in vertical upward pipes, 6th Miami Int. Symp. On Heat and Mass Transfer.
11. Donnelly, G.F., 1997, An analytical evaluation of horizontal multiphase flow, PhD thesis, Queen's University Belfast.
12. Donnelly, G.F., McBride, W.J. and Spedding, P.L., 1995, Stable settling lengths for the measurement of tw0o phase air and water flow parameters Inst Chem Eng Research Event (2) 829-822.
13. Dukler, A.E., Maron, D.E. and Brauner, N., 1985, A physical model for predicting the minimum stable slug length, Chem Eng Sci 40: 1379-1385.
14. Fayed, A.S. and Otten, L., 1983, Comparing measured with calculated multiphase flow pressure drop. Oil & Gas, 136-144.
15. Hall, A.R.W., 1992, Multiphase flow of oil, water and gas in horizontal pipes, PhD thesis, Imperial College.
16. Hand, N.P., 1991, Gas-liquid co-current flow in a horizontal pipeline. PhD thesis, Queen's University Belfast.
17. Hashizume, K., 1983, Flow pattern, void fraction and pressure drop of refrigerant two phase flow in a horizontal pipe - experimental data I, Int J Multiphase Flow 9, 399-410.
18. Laflin, G.C. and Oglesby, K.D., 1976, An experimental study on the effects of flow rate, water fraction and gas liquid ratio on air-oil-water flow in horizontal pipes, BSc theses, Univ. Tulsa.
19. Lahey, R.T., Acikgoz, M. and Franca, F., 1992, Global volumetric phase fractions in horizontal three phase flow, AIChE J 33, 1049-1058.
20. Lee, H.A., Sun, J.Y. and Jepson, W.P., Study of flow regime transitions of oil-water-gas mixture in horizontal pipelines, Proc 3rd Int Offshore and Polar Eng Conf 159-164. June (1993).
21. Lin, P.Y. and Hanratty, T.J., 1996, Prediction of the initiation of slugs with linear stability theory. Int J Multiphase Flow, 12: 79-98.
22. Lunde K., Nuland, S. and Lingelem, M., 1993, Aspects of three phase flow in gas condensate pipe-lines, 30th European two phase flow group meeting. Paper 11 Hanover.
23. Malinowsky M.S., 1975, An experimental study of oil-water and air-oil-water flowing mixtures in horizontal pipes. MSc thesis, Univ. Tulsa.
24. Mandhane, J.M., Gregory, G.A. and Aziz, K., 1974, A flow pattern map for gas liquid flow in horizontal pipes, Int J Multiphase Flow 1: 537-553.
25. Nadler, M and Mewes, D., 1994, The effect of gas injection on the flow of immiscible liquids in horizontal pipes, Proc German-Japanese Symp Multiphase flow, Karlsruhe, 419-433.
26. Nuland, S., Skavsvag, K., Seether, G. and Fuchs, P., 1991, Phase fractions in three phase gas-oil-water flow. 5th Int. Conf. Multiphase Prod 3-30.
27. Pan, L., Jayanti, S. and Hewitt, G.F., 1995, Flow patterns, phase inversion and pressure gradient in air-oil-water flow in a horizontal pipe. 2nd Int Conf On Multiphase Flow, Kyoto Japan.
28. Pleshko, A. and Sharma, M.P., 1990, An experimental study of vertical three phase (oil-water-air) upwards flows, ASME Proc Conf Advances in gas-liquid flows, FED 99 HTD 155 Dallas Texas, 81-88.
29. Poettmann, F.H. and Carpenter, P.G., 1952, The multiphase flow of gas, oil and water through vertical flow strings with application to design of air-lift installations, API Drill: 257-317.
30. Schlichting, P., 1971, The transport of oil-water-gas mixtures in oil field gathering systems, Erdol-Erdgas-Zeitschrift 86(6): 235-249.
31. Shean, A.R., 1976, Pressure drop and phase fraction in oil-water-air vertical pipe flow, MSc thesis, M.I.T.
32. Simpson, H.C., Rooney, D.H., Gratten, E. and Al-Samarrae, F.A.A., 1977, Two-phase flow studies in larger diameter tubes. N.E.L. Report No 677.
33. Simpson, H.C., Rooney, D.H., Gratten, E. and Al-Samarrae, F.A.A., 1981, Two-phase flow studies in large diameter horizontal lines. N.E.L. Report No 677.
34. Sobocinski, D.P and Huntingdon, R.L., 1958, Concurrent flow of air, gas-oil and water in a horizontal pipe, Trans ASME 80: 252-256.
35. Spedding, P.L, Cooper, R.K. and McBride, W.J., 2003, A universal flow regime map for horizontal two phase flow in pipes, Dev Chem Eng Min Proc 11: 95-106.
36. Spence, D.R., An investigation of horizontal co-current gas liquid flow. PhD thesis, Queen's University Belfast (1990).
37. Stapelberg, H. and Mewes, D., 1990, The flow of two immiscible liquids and air in a horizontal pipe. ASME Proc. Conf. Advances in gas-liquid flows, FED 99 HTD 155 Dallas Texas, 89-96.
38. Stapelberg, H. and Mewes, D., 1991, Three phase flow of oil, water and air in horizontal pipes. VDI Forschungsheft 57, (668), 1-60.
39. Taitel, Y. and Dukler, A.E., 1976, A model for predicting flow regime transitions in horizontal and near horizontal gas-liquid flow. AJChE J 22: 47-55.
40. Taitel, Y. and Dukler, A.E., 1987, Effect of pipe length on the transition boundaries for high viscosity liquids, Int J Multiphase Flow 13: 577-581.
41. Taitel, Y., Barnea, D. and Brill, J.P., 1995, Stratified three phase flow in pipes, Int J Multiphase Flow 21: 53-60.
42. Tek R.M., 1961, Multiphase flow of water, oil and natural gas through vertical flow strings, J Pet Tech 1029-1036.
43. Woods, G.S., Spedding, P.L., Watterson, J.K. and Raghunathan, S., 1998, Three-phase oil/water/air vertical flow, Trans IChemE, Part A, Chem Eng Res Des, 76A: 571-584.