期刊
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
卷 127, 期 -, 页码 409-420出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2015.01.038
关键词
Waxy crude; Oil/water flow; Pressure drop; Holdup; Flow pattern
资金
- Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) of Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) via the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) Vote [4E136]
- Research University Grant (RUG) [01H68]
Flow experiments have been conducted for oil-water two-phase flow in a horizontal 5.08 cm ID flow loop at a length to diameter ratio of 1311. The fluids were light Malaysian waxy crude oil from the offshore Terengganu (rho(o)= 818 kg/m(3), mu(o) = 1.75 mPa s and wax content= 16.15 wt%) and synthetic formation water. The water-cut was varied between 10 to 90% at nine mixture flow rates of 2.0 to 16.2 cm(3)/s. Measuring the changes in pressure drop and liquid holdup at different flow rates of oil-water two-phase flow, a new flow pattern was identified. Strong dependence of the oil-water slippage on the minimum flow rate was observed. The highest pressure drop of 11.58 kPa was obtained at maximum flow rate of 16.21 cm(3)/s and oil fraction of 0.9; while the lowest pressure drop of 1.31 kPa was recorded at the lowest flow rate of 2.03 cm(3)/s and water fraction of 0.9. The experimental results could be used as a platform to understand better a more complex case of gas/oil/water concurrent flow in a pipeline. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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