May, 2014
Ana Sousa 51968
Outline
Case-studies:
Gas Liquid-Gas Flows
Flow Assurance
Water
Some Practical
Solutions
Oil
Multiphase flow
Vertical Two-Phase Flow
Bubble flow Slug flow Churn flow Annular flow Wispy Annular
What is Multiphase
Flow?
Case-studies:
Liquid-Gas Flows
Flow Assurance
Churn Flow - the slug flow bubbles have broken down to give oscillating
churn regime;
Annular Flow - the liquid flows on the wall of the tube as a film, with some
liquid entrained in the core, and the gas flows in the centre;
Wispy Annular Flow - as the liquid flow rate is increased, the concentration Video
of drops in the gas core increases, leading to the formation of large lumps or
streaks (wisps) of liquid.
Horizontal Two-Phase Flow
What is Multiphase
Stratified flow Flow?
Liquid-Gas Flows
Slug flow
Some Practical
Bubble flow Solutions
Annular flow
Case-studies:
Liquid-Gas Flows
Flow Assurance
Some Practical
Solutions
Emulsions Case-studies:
Flow control Liquid-Gas Flows
Slugging
Sand
Flow Assurance
Some Practical
Solutions
Challenges involving Flow Assurance
What is Multiphase
Flow?
Asphaltenes Case-studies:
Liquid-Gas Flows
Hydrates
Wax
Flow Assurance
Slugs Corrosion
Some Practical Solutions to Assure Flow
What is Multiphase
Problem Solution Flow?
Flow Assurance
Artificial gas-lift
Increase gas injection on the well;
References:
1. Barnea, D. (1987) A unified model for predicting flow-pattern transitions for
the whole range of pipe inclinations, Int. J. Multiphase Flow, 13, 1-12.