Pressure drop in water-assisted three-phase flow of heavy oil and gas in a vertical pipe

5th North American Confernce on Multiphase Technology

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 421-433

  Bannwart, A C ^a   Vieira, F F ^a   Trevisan, F E ^a   Rodriguez O M H ^b   De Carvalho, C H M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTIPHASE FLOW; PIPE FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

GLASS PIPE; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITIES; THREE-PHASE FLOW;

PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 33748977297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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