Flow Patterns of Oil-Gas and Pressure Gradients in Near-Horizontal Flow Pipeline: Experimental Investigation Using Differential Pressure Transducers
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Article Title | Flow Patterns of Oil-Gas and Pressure Gradients in Near-Horizontal Flow Pipeline: Experimental Investigation Using Differential Pressure Transducers |
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ERA Journal ID | 122827 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Musa, Veyan A. (Author), Mahmood, Raid A. (Author), Khalifa, Shwan M. Noori (Author), Ali, Omar M. (Author) and Abdulkareem, Lokman A. (Author) |
Journal Title | International Journal of Heat and Technology (Calore e Tecnologia) |
Journal Citation | 39 (2), pp. 621-628 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2021 |
Place of Publication | Canada |
ISSN | 0392-8764 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.18280/ijht.390233 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.iieta.org/journals/ijht/paper/10.18280/ijht.390233 |
Abstract | The current investigation aimed to identify pressure gradients and to study the fully developed flow patterns of oil-gas as a blend in a pipe of internal diameter 50 mm and 6 m length with different orientations of 0, 30, and 45-degree. The study was performed at constant values of liquid superficial velocities 0.052, 0.157, 0.262, 0.314, 0.419, and 0.524 m/s, and inlet superficial velocities of gas were ranged from 0.05 to 4.7 m/s at atmospheric pressure. Two pressure transducers located up and downstream were used to measure pressure drops inside the tested pipe. Flow patterns were derived by using the correlation between pressure gradients and time series, the Probability Density Function of differential pressures, pressure gradients with gas superficial velocities, and total pressure losses with mean void fractions. The flow patterns of oil-gas were observed as a uniform stratified flow in the pipe on a 0-degree orientation at various superficial velocities. Stratified, wavy, and slug flow patterns were observed at 30-degree orientation, whereas, bubbly, slug, and churn flow patterns were observed in the pipe of 45-degree orientation. The experiment also showed that pressure drop gradients decreased with increased void fractions, gas superficial velocities, and degree rotations of the flow lines. Finally, the validation of using pressure transducers as a technique for estimating the flow patterns of two-phase flow showed acceptable results with some kind of patterns. |
Keywords | pressure drops in the two-phase flow, two-phase flow patterns in pipes, oil-gas flow patterns, differential pressure transducers |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 401799. Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified |
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Byline Affiliations | University of Zakho, Iraq |
School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering | |
Duhok Polytechnic University, Iraq | |
Helmholtz Munich, Germany | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q6555/flow-patterns-of-oil-gas-and-pressure-gradients-in-near-horizontal-flow-pipeline-experimental-investigation-using-differential-pressure-transducers
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