Numerical simulation of predicting and reducing solid particle erosion of solid-liquid two-phase flow in a choke

Petroleum Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-97

  Li, Guomei ^a,b   Wang, Yueshe ^a   He, Renyang ^b   Cao, Xuewen ^c   Lin, Changzhi ^d   Meng, Tao ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA SPECIAL EQUIPMENT INSPECTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^d Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Anti erosion; Choke; Discrete particle hard sphere model; Erosion rate; Numerical simulation; Solid liquid two phase flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649306826     PISSN: 16725107     EISSN: 19958226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12182-009-0017-9     Document Type: Article

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