Characteristics of oil-gas-water three-phase flow pattern in horizontal and slightly inclined pipes

Shiyou Xuebao/Acta Petrolei Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 120-125

  Liu, Wenhong ^a,b   Guo, Liejin ^b   Cheng, Kaihe ^c   Han, Xinli ^a   Zhao, Xinwei ^a   Yang, Long ^a  

^a CNPC TUBULAR GOODS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TARIM OILFIELD COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

Experimental study; Flow pattern; Horizontal pipe; Inclined pipe; Oil gas water three phase flow; Oil water mixture; Phase inversion

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; PIPELINES; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HORIZONTAL PIPE; INCLINED PIPE; OIL-GAS-WATER THREE-PHASE FLOW; OIL-WATER MIXTURE; PHASE INVERSION;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 33745968628     PISSN: 02532697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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