CFD Simulation Study of Gas-Liquid Flow Regimes in Inclined Wellbore

Yin Di Zhang; Long Fei Ruan; De Hua Liu

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.915-916.126

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CFD Simulation Study of Gas-Liquid Flow Regimes in Inclined Wellbore

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Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) was used to investigate gas-liquid two phase flow regimes for the inclined wells. The simulation results were compared with the Taitel chart. A good agreement between the prediction and the Taitel flow regimes shows that CFD method can reasonably predict flow regimes in the inclined well. Another further study was conducted to explore the influence of flow rates and inclination angle on flow regimes. The results show both of flow rates and inclination angle have a significant effect on flow regime transition.

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Yin Di Zhang*, Long Fei Ruan, De Hua Liu

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CFD, Flow Regimes, Inclined Wellbore, Two-Phase Flow

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