Experimental investigation of phase inversion in an oil–water flow through a horizontal pipe loop

2006 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 1087-1099 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Piela ◽  
R. Delfos ◽  
G. Ooms ◽  
J. Westerweel ◽  
R.V.A. Oliemans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Phase Inversion ◽  
Horizontal Pipe ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Oil Water

Influence of gas injection on phase inversion in an oil–water flow through a vertical tube

2006 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Descamps ◽  
R.V.A. Oliemans ◽  
G. Ooms ◽  
R.F. Mudde ◽  
R. Kusters
Keyword(s):  
Water Flow ◽  
Phase Inversion ◽  
Gas Injection ◽  
Vertical Tube ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Oil Water

scholarly journals Measurement of the oil holdup for a two-phase oil-water flow through a sudden contraction in a horizontal pipe

2014 ◽  
Vol 501 ◽  
pp. 012015 ◽  
Author(s):  
L P M Colombo ◽  
M Guilizzoni ◽  
G M Sotgia ◽  
S Bortolotti ◽  
L Pavan
Keyword(s):  
Water Flow ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Horizontal Pipe ◽  
Sudden Contraction ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Oil Water

Experiment Research of Phase Inversion in Mineral Oil-Water Two-Phase Flow in Horizontal Pipe

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Jing Gong
Keyword(s):  
Water Flow ◽  
Phase Inversion ◽  
High Viscosity ◽  
Mineral Oil ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Horizontal Pipe ◽  
Horizontal Pipes ◽  
Low Viscosity ◽  
Flow Phenomena ◽  
Oil Water

In oil-water two-phase dispersed flow, phase inversion may occur when the continuous phase becomes dispersed. This phenomenon, which controls the nature of the phase in contact with the pipe, has a great importance on the corrosion and on the pressure drop, which dramatically affects the delivery ability and operational modality. It is therefore imperative for the phase inversion research to be taken into consideration. However, most of the knowledge on phase inversion is for light mineral oil with low viscosity, few research focuses on high viscosity oil-water phase inversion. Arirachakaran et al. (1989, “An Analysis of Oil/Water Flow Phenomena in Horizontal Pipes,” SPE Professional Product Operating Symposium, Oklahoma, SPE Paper No. 18836) found that critical water fraction when inversion occurred was dramatically reduced with the increment of oil viscosity, and the existing phase inversion models are invalidated. In this paper, an experimental study has been made of high viscosity mineral oil-water flow through a horizontal pipe loop. Results indicate that phase inversion for oil phase with high viscosity occurs much earlier than low viscosity oil, and phase inversion tends to be delayed, with the increment in experimental temperature. The influence of mixture velocities on the inversion process could be neglected in the range of mixture velocities that we studied. As well, inversion point obtain by our experiment are best predicted by the correlation of Arirachakaran et al. (1989, “An Analysis of Oil/Water Flow Phenomena in Horizontal Pipes,” SPE Professional Product Operating Symposium, Oklahoma, SPE Paper No. 18836). Models of Decarre and Fabre (1997, “Phase Inversion Prediction Study,” Rev. Inst. Fr. Pet., 52, pp. 415–424) and Braunerand Ullmann (2002, “Modeling of Phase Inversion Phenomenon in Two-Phase Pipe Flows,” Int. J. Multiph. Flow, 28, pp. 1177–1204), based on minimization of system total energy, seem to be invalidated for high viscosity oil.

Studies on low viscous oil–water flow through return bends

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sharma ◽  
P. Ravi ◽  
S. Ghosh ◽  
G. Das ◽  
P.K. Das
Keyword(s):  
Water Flow ◽  
Viscous Oil ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Oil Water

Experimental Investigation of Water Flow through Vesicular Fractures in Volcanic Rock

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 04020170
Author(s):  
Xiaoming Liu ◽  
Benliang Yang ◽  
Lin-Shuang Zhao ◽  
Wan-Huan Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Volcanic Rock ◽  
Water Flow ◽  
Flow Through
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