Petroleum Science >2024, Issue2: - DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petsci.2023.09.020
Evaluation of frictional pressure drop correlations for air-water and air-oil two-phase flow in pipeline-riser system Open Access
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作者:Nai-Liang Li, Bin Chen
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引用方式:Nai-Liang Li, Bin Chen, Evaluation of frictional pressure drop correlations for air-water and air-oil two-phase flow in pipeline-riser system, Petroleum Science, Volume 21, Issue 2, 2024, Pages 1305-1319, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petsci.2023.09.020.
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Abstract: Accurate prediction of the frictional pressure drop is important for the design and operation of subsea oil and gas transporting system considering the length of the pipeline. The applicability of the correlations to pipeline-riser flow needs evaluation since the flow condition in pipeline-riser is quite different from the original data where they were derived from. In the present study, a comprehensive evaluation of 24 prevailing correlation in predicting frictional pressure drop is carried out based on experimentally measured data of air-water and air-oil two-phase flows in pipeline-riser. Experiments are performed in a system having different configuration of pipeline-riser with the inclination of the downcomer varied from −2° to −5° to investigated the effect of the elbow on the frictional pressure drop in the riser. The inlet gas velocity ranges from 0.03 to 6.2 m/s, and liquid velocity varies from 0.02 to 1.3 m/s. A total of 885 experimental data points including 782 on air-water flows and 103 on air-oil flows are obtained and used to access the prediction ability of the correlations. Comparison of the predicted results with the measured data indicate that a majority of the investigated correlations under-predict the pressure drop on severe slugging. The result of this study highlights the requirement of new method considering the effect of pipe layout on the frictional pressure drop.
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Keywords: Frictional pressure drop; Pipeline-riser; Gas-liquid two-phase flow; Severe slugging; Correlation