Experimental Study on High Viscosity Oil/Water Flow in Horizontal and Vertical Pipes

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duc Huu Vuong ◽  
Hong-Quan Zhang ◽  
Cem Sarica ◽  
Mingxiu Li
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
High Viscosity Oil

Experimental Study on the Avoidance and Suppression Criteria for the Vortex-Induced Vibration of a Cantilever Cylinder

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takaaki Sakai ◽  
Masaki Morishita ◽  
Koji Iwata ◽  
Seiji Kitamura
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Experimental Study ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Experimental Validation ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Design Guideline ◽  
Vortex Induced Vibration ◽  
High Viscosity Oil ◽  
Effect Of Structure

Experimental validation of the design guideline to prevent the failure of a thermometer well by vortex-induced vibration is presented, clarifying the effect of structure damping on displacement amplitudes of a cantilever cylinder. The available experimental data in piping are limited to those with small damping in water flow, because of the difficulty in increasing structure damping of the cantilever cylinders in experiments. In the present experiment, high-viscosity oil within cylinders is used to control their structure damping. Resulting values of reduced damping Cn are 0.49, 0.96, 1.23, 1.98, and 2.22. The tip displacements of the cylinder induced by vortex vibration were measured in the range of reduced velocity Vr from 0.7 to 5 (Reynolds number is 7.8×104 at Vr=1). Cylinders with reduced damping 0.49 and 0.96 showed vortex-induced vibration in the flow direction in the Vr>1 region. However, in cases of reduced damping of 1.23, 1.98, and 2.22, the vibration was suppressed to less than 1 percent diameter. It is confirmed that the criteria of “Vr<3.3 and Cn>1.2” for the prevention of vortex-induced vibration is reasonably applicable to a cantilever cylinder in a water flow pipe.

Experimental Study of High-Viscosity Oil/Water/Gas Three-Phase Flow in Horizontal and Upward Vertical Pipes

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (03) ◽  
pp. 306-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shufan Wang ◽  
Hong-Quan Zhang ◽  
Cem Sarica ◽  
Eduardo Pereyra
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Phase Flow ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Three Phase Flow ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
High Viscosity Oil ◽  
Water Gas

Modeling High-Viscosity Oil/Water Cocurrent Flows in Horizontal and Vertical Pipes

SPE Journal ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. 243-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.Q.. Q. Zhang ◽  
D.H.. H. Vuong ◽  
C.. Sarica
Keyword(s):  
Water Flow ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heavy Oil ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Model Performance ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Low Viscosity ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
Mixing Length Theory ◽  
High Viscosity Oil

Summary Water is produced along with heavy oil either during the primary production or during enhanced oil recovery. Therefore, cocurrent oil/water flow is a common occurrence in heavy-oil production and transportation. Production-system design is strongly dependent on accurate predictions of the oil-/water-flow behavior. The predictions of previous mechanistic models for pressure gradient and water holdup are tested with the data acquired, and significant discrepancies are identified, especially for horizontal flow (Vuong 2009). The model performance is largely dependent on the predictions of phase inversion, distribution, and interaction. On the basis of the new understandings from experimental observations, the Zhang and Sarica (2006) unified model is modified by adding a new closure relationship for water-wetted-wall fraction in stratified flow and a new interfacial shear model based on mixing-length theory. The new model is compared with both high-viscosity and low-viscosity oil-/water-flow experimental results, and significant improvements are observed.

scholarly journals A CFD study on horizontal oil-water flow with high viscosity ratio

2021 ◽  
Vol 229 ◽  
pp. 116097
Author(s):  
Jing Shi ◽  
Mustapha Gourma ◽  
Hoi Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Water Flow ◽  
Viscosity Ratio ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Oil Water
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