Characteristics of the Interfacial Wave Velocity on the Liquid Film of Annular Flow for Gas-Oil-Water Three-Phase Flow in a Horizontal Pipe

Abstract:

The experiments were conducted in a horizontal multiphase flow test loop (50mm inner diameter, 40m long) and the cross-correlation technology was used for the study of the characteristics of the interfacial wave velocity about two types of annular flow regimes (AN║DO/W and AN║DW/O) for gas-oil-water three-phase flow. The results show that the interfacial wave velocity on the liquid film of AN║DO/W flow pattern and AN║DW/O flow pattern all increases with the increase of gas superficial velocity and liquid superficial velocity on the condition of fixed ratio of oil and water flow rates, but the difference is that the increase is a linear monotonic increase for AN║DO/W flow pattern and a non-linear increase for AN║DW/O flow pattern, and the liquid superficial velocity makes a larger contribution than the gas superficial velocity. The interfacial wave velocity also increases with the increase of input water cut in liquid at different gas superficial velocities under the conditions of liquid superficial velocity fixed.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 402)
• Pages: 816-819
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.402.816
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: Hai Qin Wang, Yong Wang, Lei Zhang, Jin Hai Gong, Zhen Yu Wang
• Keywords: Annular Flow, Cross-Correlation Technology, Gas-Oil-Water Three-Phase Flow, Horizontal Pipe, Interfacial Wave Velocity

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