Flow patterns of oil–water two-phase flow during pressure-driven process in nanoscale fluidic chips

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Songyuan Liu ◽  
Yinfa Ma ◽  
Baojun Bai
Keyword(s):  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
Pressure Driven

scholarly journals Flow Patterns Transition Law of Oil-Water Two-Phase Flow under a Wide Range of Oil Phase Viscosity Condition

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Wei Cheng ◽  
Kai Li ◽  
Chen Lou ◽  
Jing Gong
Keyword(s):  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Stratified Flow ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Intermittent Flow ◽  
Neutral Stability ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Oil Water

A systematic work on the prediction of flow patterns transition of the oil-water two-phase flows is carried out under a wide range of oil phase viscosities, where four main flow regimes are considered including stratified, dispersed, core-annular, and intermittent flow. For oil with a relatively low viscosity, VKH criterion is considered for the stability of stratified flow, and critical drop size model is distinguished for the transition of o/w and w/o dispersed flow. For oil with a high viscousity, boundaries of core-annular flow are based on criteria proposed by Bannwart and Strazza et al. and neutral stability law ignoring that the velocity of the viscous phase is introduced for stratified flow. Comparisons between predictions and quantities of available data in both low and high viscosity oil-water flow from literatures show a good agreement. The framework provides extensive information about flow patterns transition of oil-water two-phase flow for industrial application.

Effect of Inclination Pipe Angle on Oil-Water Two Phase Flow Patterns and Pressure Loss

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Alireza Hojati ◽  
Pedram Hanafizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Water Flow ◽  
Inclination Angle ◽  
Pressure Loss ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Inclination Angles ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
Pipe Inclination

The flow patterns in two phase and multi-phase flows is a significant factor which influences many other parameters such as drag force, drag coefficient and pressure drop in pipe lines. One of the major streams in the gas and oil industries is oil-water two phase flow. The main flow patterns in oil-water flows are bubbly, slug, dual continuous, stratified and annular. In the present work flow patterns in two phase oil-water flow were investigated in a 0.5in diameter pipe with length of 2m. 3D simulation was used for this pipe and six types of mesh grid were used to investigate mesh independency of the simulation. The proposed numerical analyses were performed by a CFD package which is based both on volume of fluid (VOF) and Eulerian-Eulerian methods. The results showed that some flow patterns can be simulated better with VOF method and some other maybe in Eulerian-Eulerian method, so these two methods were compared with together for all flow patterns. The flow patterns may be a function of many parameters in flow. One of the important parameter which may affect flow patterns in pipe line is pipe inclination angle; therefore flow patterns in the different pipe inclination angles were investigated in two phase oil-water flow. The range of inclinations has been varied between −45 to +45 degree about the horizon. In the presented simulation oil is mixed with water via a circular hole at center of the pipe, the ratio of oil surface to water surface at entrance is 2/3 so water phase was considered as the main phase. Flow patterns were investigated for every angle of pipe and numerical results were compared with available experimental data for verification. Also the flow patterns simulated by numerical approaches were compared with available flow regime maps in the previous literatures. Finally, effect of pipe inclination angle and flow patterns on the pressure loss were investigated comprehensively.

Effects of flow patterns and salinity on water holdup measurement of oil-water two-phase flow using a conductance method

Measurement ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 503-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.X. Liu ◽  
N.D. Jin ◽  
Y.F. Han ◽  
L.S. Zhai ◽  
X. Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Conductance Method ◽  
Oil Water

scholarly journals The perimeter measure analysis of chaotic attractor morphology of inclined oil-water two phase flow patterns

2009 ◽  
Vol 58 (11) ◽  
pp. 7544
Author(s):  
Zong Yan-Bo ◽  
Jin Ning-De ◽  
Wang Zhen-Ya ◽  
Wang Zhen-Hua
Keyword(s):  
Chaotic Attractor ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Measure Analysis ◽  
Oil Water

A Unified Model of Oil/Water Two-Phase Flow in the Horizontal Wellbore

SPE Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (01) ◽  
pp. 353-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiming Wang ◽  
Quan Zhang ◽  
Quanshu Zeng ◽  
Jianguang Wei
Keyword(s):  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Mechanistic Model ◽  
Variable Mass ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Phase Variable ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Horizontal Wellbore ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
Variable Mass Flow

Summary In this article, a more-general flow-pattern classification of oil/water two-phase flow in the horizontal wellbore is proposed first according to the theoretical analysis and previous research achievements, on the basis of which a simplification is then performed through reasonable incorporation, and the ultimate flow patterns considered for modeling are reduced to two categories containing only six standard patterns. By use of the classical two-fluid and homogeneous modeling methodologies stemming from oil/water two-phase flow in conventional pipes, combined with the simplified classification, a mechanistic model is developed to predict the flow characteristics including the flow patterns and pressure losses for oil/water two-phase variable-mass flow in the horizontal wellbore. Model implementation is performed on the basis of the universal principle that a system will stabilize to the equilibrium state of minimum energy. Overall performance of the mechanistic model is then validated against the new data sets measured upon a large-scale experimental apparatus at the China University of Petroleum (CUP), which is designed and constructed to simulate the gas/oil/water multiphase flow in horizontal wellbores with wall mass transfer. Results show that the model developed in this paper can not only properly predict the flow patterns of oil/water two-phase flow in the horizontal wellbore, but also has high prediction accuracy for the pressure drops. Compared with the new experimental data for oil/water two-phase variable-mass flow that covers a series of input water-volumetric fractions ranging from 10 to 90%, the highest absolute average percentage error of the new unified model is 12% and the whole error is 9.2%, which demonstrates an acceptable performance. Investigations conducted in this study further enrich and develop the theory of hydrodynamic calculation for oil/water flow in the horizontal wellbore with wall influx.

scholarly journals The Influence on Response of a Combined Capacitance Sensor in Horizontal Oil–Water Two-Phase Flow

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Li ◽  
Lingfu Kong ◽  
Beibei Xie ◽  
Xin Fang ◽  
Weihang Kong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Capacitance Sensor ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Horizontal Pipe ◽  
Response Characteristics ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
Water Cut

In the process of production logging interpretation, a water cut is one of the key factors to obtain the oil phase content in the oil well. In order to measure the water cut of the horizontal oil–water two-phase flow with low yield, the response characteristics of the combined capacitance sensor (CCS) are investigated under different flow patterns. Firstly, the measuring principles of coaxial, cylindrical, and CCS are introduced in detail. Then, according to the different flow pattern conditions of the horizontal oil–water two-phase flow, the response characteristics of the CCS are simulated and analyzed using the finite element method. Additionally, compared with the other two sensors, the advantages of the CCS are verified. Finally, the temperature and pressure calibration experiments are carried out on the CCS. The horizontal oil–water two-phase flow patterns in a low yield liquid level are divided in detail with a high-speed camera. Dynamic experiments are carried out in a horizontal pipe with an inner diameter of 125 mm on the horizontal oil–water two-phase flow experimental equipment. The simulation and experimental results show that the CCS has good response characteristics under different working conditions.

scholarly journals A novel method to identify the flow pattern of oil–water two-phase flow

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 3723-3732
Author(s):  
Zhong-Cheng Li ◽  
Chun-Ling Fan
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Patterns ◽  
Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Mode Decomposition ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
Learning Machine

Abstract This paper presents a novel method combining extreme learning machine (ELM) and multiple empirical mode decomposition (MEMD) to identify flow patterns of oil–water two-phase flow. The proposed method can recognize accurately five typical flow patterns of horizontal oil–water two-phase flow. Taking the Lorenz system as an example, we verify the MEMD is more suitable for simultaneous decomposition of multi-channel signals than empirical mode decomposition and ensemble empirical mode decomposition. In the proposed method, we employ the MEMD to decompose the multivariate conductance signal of oil–water two-phase flow to obtain the same intrinsic mode function modes, select the normalized energy of the high-frequency components as the eigenvalue, and utilize the trained ELM to achieve a good recognition result. The experimental results show that the proposed method is not only fast and generalized, but also has high accuracy in identifying flow patterns of oil–water two-phase flow.

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