An experimental study of oil-water and oil/water/gas flow in horizontal and near-horizontal pipes
| dc.contributor.advisor | Lenn, C. P | |
| dc.contributor.author | Allan, K | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-12-07T10:40:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-12-07T10:40:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1992-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis describes an experimental study and discussion of gas/liquid/liquid and liquid-liquid pipe flow, where the principal objective was to collect three-phase flow data and treat this data by modified gas-liquid methods. The particular application involved is oil/water/gas pipe flow in the oil production industry. A brief economics study highlights the potential importance of developing new technology to marginal oilfield exploitation, but a literature search revealed very little quality information to be available to industry, in contrast to gas/liquid pipe flow. A test facility was constructed to investigate oil-water and oil/water/gas flow in small-diameter horizontal and near-horizontal pipes at low operating pressures. It was found that in many cases modified gas-liquid methods provided satisfactory prediction of three-phase flow regime, liquid holdup and pressure drop characteristics. This result shows variable agreement when compared to the sparse existing oil/water/gas data. Several gas-liquid methods are reviewed for their applicability to systems where the liquid is an oil-water combination. It is suggested that in some cases the chemistry of the fluids can affect the success of using modified two-phase methods. | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18760 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_UK |
| dc.rights | CC0 1.0 Universal | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | * |
| dc.title | An experimental study of oil-water and oil/water/gas flow in horizontal and near-horizontal pipes | en_UK |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_UK |