Validation of a Simplified Transient Multiphase Flow Model for Any Pipe Inclination With Gulf of Mexico Field Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ligia Tornisiello ◽  
Francisco Bruno Xavier Teles ◽  
Paulo J. Waltrich
Keyword(s):  
Field Data ◽  
Transient Flow ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Simplified Model ◽  
Average Error ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Validation Data ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Pipe Inclination

Abstract This paper presents a simplified model for transient two-phase flow in pipes of any inclinations, for slow transients. Such simplified model facilitates its use for real-time monitoring and machine leaning implementations. An improved correlation for the drift flux parameters is adopted in the model, which enables the utilization of the model for simulating transient flow scenarios for any pipe inclination and extends its applicability to a wider range of conditions. From the formulation, an equation has also been proposed to quantitatively define the application of the concept of slow transient. This equation indicates if a case of interest can be classified as a slow transient, which consequently implies that the use of the proposed model would likely provide accurate results. The model has been validated with experimental and field data, and also compared to the state-of-the-art commercial simulator for transient two-phase flow in pipes. The results showed an agreement within the range of ±30% for the holdup predictions for 65% of the scenarios, and an agreement within the range of ±30% for the pressure predictions for 82% of the scenarios considered in the validation data set. The model performance evaluation with data from a well in the GOM showed a maximum error of 30% in terms of predicted bottomhole pressure and an average error of 9% for the simulation of two years of transient flows.

Local characteristic of horizontal air–water two-phase flow by wire-mesh sensor

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 746-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiling Liu ◽  
Chao Tan ◽  
Feng Dong
Keyword(s):  
Void Fraction ◽  
Transient Flow ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Wire Mesh ◽  
Local Characteristic ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Horizontal Pipe ◽  
Local Flow

Two-phase flow widely exists in many industries. Understanding local characteristics of two-phase flow under different flow conditions in piping systems is important to design and optimize the industrial process for higher productivity and lower cost. Air–water two-phase flow experiments were conducted with a 16×16 conductivity wire-mesh sensor (WMS) in a horizontal pipe of a multiphase flow facility. The cross-sectional void fraction time series was analysed by the probability density function (PDF), which described the void fraction fluctuation at different flow conditions. The changes and causes of PDFs during a flow regime transition were analysed. The local structure and flow behaviour were characterized by the local flow spectrum energy analysis and the local void fraction distribution (horizontal, vertical and radial direction) analysis. Finally, three-dimensional transient flow fluctuation energy evolution and characteristic scale distribution based on wavelet analysis of air–water two-phase flow were presented, which revealed the structural features of each phase in two-phase flow.

Oxidation fronts in a simplified model for two-phase flow in porous media

2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesus da Mota ◽  
Aparecido de Souza ◽  
Ronaldo Garcia ◽  
Pedro Teixeira
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow In Porous Media ◽  
Simplified Model ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase

New Correlation for Two-Phase Flow in 90 Degree Horizontal Elbows

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florencio Sanchez-Silva ◽  
Ignacio Carvajal-Mariscal ◽  
Rene Tolentino-Eslava
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Galvanized Steel ◽  
Average Error ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Volumetric Fraction ◽  
Dean Number ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Flow Pressure

The comparison of experimental data and results obtained from four global models — homogeneous, Dukler, Martinelli and Chisholm, used to evaluate the two-phase flow pressure drop in circular 90° horizontal elbows — is presented in this paper. An experimental investigation was carried out using three galvanized steel 90° horizontal elbows (E1, E2, E3) with internal diameters of 26.5, 41.2 and 52.5 mm, and curvature radii of 194.0, 264.0 and 326.6 mm, respectively. According to the experimental results, the model proposed by Chisholm best fitted them, presenting for each elbow an average error of E1 = 18.27%, E2 = 28.40% and E3 = 42.10%. Based on experimental results two correlations were developed. The first one is the classical Chisholm model modified to obtain better results in a wider range of conditions; it was adjusted by a dimensionless relationship which is a function of the homogeneous volumetric fraction and the Dean number. As a result, the predictions using modified Chisholm model were improved presenting an average error of 8.66%. The second developed correlation is based on the entire two-phase mass flow taken as liquid and adjusted by the homogeneous volumetric fraction ratio. The results show that this last correlation is easier and accurate than the adjusted Chisholm model, presenting an average error of 7.75%. Therefore, this correlation is recommended for two-phase pressure drop evaluation in horizontal elbows.

A novel gas/liquid two-phase flow imaging method through electrical resistance tomography with DDELM-AE sparse dictionary

Sensor Review ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-420
Author(s):  
Bo Li ◽  
Jian ming Wang ◽  
Qi Wang ◽  
Xiu yan Li ◽  
Xiaojie Duan
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Resistance ◽  
Transient Flow ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Imaging ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Electrical Resistance Tomography ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Flow Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Level

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore gas/liquid two-phase flow is widely existed in industrial fields, especially in chemical engineering. Electrical resistance tomography (ERT) is considered to be one of the most promising techniques to monitor the transient flow process because of its advantages such as fast respond speed and cross-section imaging. However, maintaining high resolution in space together with low cost is still challenging for two-phase flow imaging because of the ill-conditioning of ERT inverse problem. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, a sparse reconstruction (SR) method based on the learned dictionary has been proposed for ERT, to accurately monitor the transient flow process of gas/liquid two-phase flow in a pipeline. The high-level representation of the conductivity distributions for typical flow regimes can be extracted based on denoising the deep extreme learning machine (DDELM) model, which is used as prior information for dictionary learning. Findings The results from simulation and dynamic experiments indicate that the proposed algorithm efficiently improves the quality of reconstructed images as compared to some typical algorithms such as Landweber and SR-discrete fourier transformation/discrete cosine transformation. Furthermore, the SR-DDELM has also used to estimate the important parameters of the chemical process, a case in point is the volume flow rate. Therefore, the SR-DDELM is considered an ideal candidate for online monitor the gas/liquid two-phase flow. Originality/value This paper fulfills a novel approach to effectively monitor the gas/liquid two-phase flow in pipelines. One deep learning model and one adaptive dictionary are trained via the same prior conductivity, respectively. The model is used to extract high-level representation. The dictionary is used to represent the features of the flow process. SR and extraction of high-level representation are performed iteratively. The new method can obviously improve the monitoring accuracy and save calculation time.

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.

Transient flow redistribution in annular two-phase flow

1974 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Hutchinson ◽  
P.B. Whalley ◽  
G.F. Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
Transient Flow ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Two Phase

scholarly journals Synchrotron 4-dimensional imaging of two-phase flow through porous media

MRS Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (40) ◽  
pp. 2757-2761 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.H. Kim ◽  
D. Penumadu ◽  
P. Patel ◽  
X. Xiao ◽  
E.J. Garboczi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Argonne National Laboratory ◽  
Photon Flux ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Flow Through Porous Media ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Validation Data ◽  
Flow Through

ABSTRACTNear real-time visualization of complex two-phase flow in a porous medium was demonstrated with dynamic 4-dimensional (4D) (3D + time) imaging at the 2-BM beam line of the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory. Advancing fluid fronts through tortuous flow paths and their interactions with sand grains were clearly captured, and formations of air bubbles and capillary bridges were visualized. The intense X-ray photon flux of the synchrotron facility made 4D imaging possible, capturing the dynamic evolution of both solid and fluid phases. Computed Tomography (CT) scans were collected every 12 s with a pixel size of 3.25 μm. The experiment was carried out to improve understanding of the physics associated with two-phase flow. The results provide a source of validation data for numerical simulation codes such as Lattice-Boltzmann, which are used to model multi-phase flow through porous media.

Simulation of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow-Induced Corrosion at Premium Connection in High Productivity Gas Wells Containing CO2

2020 ◽  
Vol 993 ◽  
pp. 1196-1202
Author(s):  
Wen Hong Liu ◽  
Wen Sheng Li ◽  
Nai Xin Lyu ◽  
An Qing Fu ◽  
Qiu Rong Ma
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Corrosion Rate ◽  
Field Data ◽  
Two Phase Flow ◽  
Phase Distribution ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Gas Wells ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Flow Induced Corrosion

Numerical simulation was carried out to investigate the gas-liquid two-phase flow-induced corrosion in high productivity gas wells containing carbon dioxide. The Eulerian-Eulerian multiphase model combined with the electrochemical corrosion model was applied to simulate the corrosion rate at the tubing thread connection induced by corrosive medium containing carbon dioxide. The predicted corrosion rate was compared with the field data in the literature. It is shown that the predicted results were conservative when merely considering the phase distribution. Qualitative analysis between the predicted phase distribution, flow characteristics, erosion-corrosion position and the field data was made.

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