Experimental study of water wetting in oil-water two phase flow-Horizontal flow of model oil

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 73, Issue , 2012, Pages 334-344

  Cai, Jiyong ^a,b   Li, Chong ^a,b   Tang, Xuanping ^a   Ayello, Francois ^a,c   Richter, Sonja ^a   Nesic, Srdjan ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Horizontal flow; Multiphase flow; Oil water flow; Water wetting; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CORROSION PROBLEMS; DISPERSED FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FERROUS ION; FLOW PATTERN VISUALIZATION; FLOW REGIME MAP; FLUID SAMPLING; HORIZONTAL FLOWS; INTERMITTENT WETTING; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; LARGE DIAMETER; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; METAL SURFACES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; MIXING LAYERS; OIL WATER FLOW; OIL-WETTING; OIL/WATER; PIPE WALLS; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TWO PHASE; WATER PHASE; WATER WETTING; WETTING BEHAVIOR;

AERODYNAMICS; CARBON STEEL; CORROSION; CORROSION RATE; CRUDE OIL; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRON; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PIPELINES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WETTING;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 84857382425     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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