Experimental Investigation of Two-Phase Oil (D130)-Water Flow in 4'' Pipe for Different Inclination Angles

3rd International Conference on Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

机械制造;航空航天工程

Shaahid, S.M.^1 ; Basha, Mehaboob^1 ; Al-Hems, Luai M.^1

Centre for Engineering Research- Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia^1

关键词: Experimental investigations;    Friction pressure drop;    Frictional pressure drops;    Frictional pressure loss;    Immiscible liquids;    Inclination angles;    Phase inversion;    Research topics;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/326/1/012013/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/326/1/012013

学科分类：航空航天科学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Oil and water are often produced and transported together in pipelines that have various degrees of inclination from the horizontal. The flow of two immiscible liquids oil and water in pipes has been a research topic since several decades. In oil and chemical industries, knowledge of the frictional pressure loss in oil-water flows in pipes is necessary to specify the size of the pump required to pump the emulsions. An experimental investigation has been carried out for measurement of pressure drop of oil (D130)-water two-phase flows in 4 inch diameter inclined stainless steel pipe at different flow conditions. Experiments were conducted for different inclination angles including; 0, 15, 30 (for water cuts "WC" 0 - 100%). The flow rates at the inlet were varied from 4000 to 8000 barrels-per-day (BPD). For a given flow rate the frictional pressure drop has been found to increase (for all angles) from WC = 0 - 60%, and thereafter friction pressure drop decreases, this could be due phase inversion. For a given WC 40%, the frictional pressure drop has been found to increase with angle and flow rate. It has been noticed that inclination angle has appreciable effect on frictional pressure drop.