CFD analysis of electric submersible pumps (ESP) handling two-phase mixtures

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-104

  Caridad, José ^a   Kenyery, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS; COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; ENERGY RESOURCES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS (ESP); FLOW PUMPS; GAS COMPRESSIBILITY; TWO-PHASE MIXTURES;

SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS;

EID: 3142539459     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1725156     Document Type: Article

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