An artificial neural network model for design of wellhead chokes in gas condensate production fields

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 579-587

  Zarenezhad, B ^a   Aminian, A ^a  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

gas condensate; modeling; neural network; subcritical flow; wellhead choke

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; CONDENSATE PRODUCTION FIELDS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FLOW CONDITION; HIDDEN LAYERS; HYPERBOLIC TANGENT; LEVENBERG-MARQUARDT; MODELING; NEUROMORPHIC; OUTPUT VALUES; SIGMOID ACTIVATION FUNCTION; SUBCRITICAL FLOW;

BACKPROPAGATION ALGORITHMS; GAS CONDENSATES; GASES; HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS; WELLHEADS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 79951568479     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916460903551065     Document Type: Article

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