Journal
FLOW MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION
Volume 77, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2020.101841
Keywords
Electrical resistance tomography; Annulus; Multiphase flow
Funding
- Qatar National Research Fund (a member of the Qatar Foundation) [NPRP10-0101-170091]
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The study focuses on the application of electrical resistance tomography technology in three-phase flow (air-liquid-solid) and solids cuttings transport, as well as the impact of different operating conditions.
The in-situ visualization of flow in the opaque pipes and annulus is a major cause of concern for studying hole cleaning issues and multiphase flow patterns in the oil and gas industry. Electrical resistance tomography is one of the latest non-intrusive technologies, which can provide real-time cross-sectional images of multiphase flow patterns in opaque pipes and annulus. Most studies conducted using the ERT system in the area of multi-phase flow is limited to opaque pipes and two-phase systems. Therefore, in this work is the suitability of the ERT technology has been tested to examine the three-phase flow (air-liquid-solid) and solids cuttings transport in a horizontal flow loop annulus system at wide operating conditions. The effect of different eccentricities (0-50%), inner pipe rotation speed (0-120 RPM), liquid flow rates (164-373 kg/min) and air input pressure (0-0.8 bar) on solids concentration in the specified ERT zone was examined using ERT concentration tomograms.
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