LAPSE:2021.0428
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LAPSE:2021.0428
Eulerian−Eulerian Modeling of Multiphase Flow in Horizontal Annuli: Current Limitations and Challenges
Amina Shynybayeva, Luis R. Rojas-Solórzano
May 25, 2021
Multiphase flows are present in many natural phenomena, processing technologies, and industries. In the petroleum industry, the multiphase flow is highly relevant, and special attention is paid to the development of predictive tools that determine flow conditions to guarantee safe and economic hydrocarbon extraction and transportation. Hydrodynamic aspects such as pressure drop and holdup are of primary relevance for the field engineer in daily operations like pumping power calculation and equipment selection and control. Multiphase flow associated with oil production is usually a mixture of liquids and gas. The hydrodynamic behavior has been studied in different pipeline configurations (i.e., vertical ascending/descending and horizontal/inclined pipelines). However, the available information about flow patterns as well as the general conditions present in horizontal annuli is incomplete, even if they are of fundamental relevance in today’s horizontal drilling, production, and well intervention in many oil wells around the world. This review aims to present an in-depth revision of the existing models developed to predict two-phase flow patterns and hydrodynamic conditions in annuli flow, focusing mainly on, but not limited to, horizontal configuration. Key flow parameters and effects caused by annuli geometry and the physical properties of fluids are extensively discussed in the present paper. Different empirical correlations and mechanistic and numerical models on two-phase flow through horizontal/inclined pipelines and in both concentric and eccentric annuli are analyzed. Some of these models partially agree with experimental results and show acceptable predictions of frictional pressure loss and flow patterns. Limitations in current models and challenges to be faced in the next generation of models are also discussed.
Keywords
annuli, flow pattern, liquid hold up, multiphase flow, numerical modeling, pressure drop
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Shynybayeva A, Rojas-Solórzano LR. Eulerian−Eulerian Modeling of Multiphase Flow in Horizontal Annuli: Current Limitations and Challenges. (2021). LAPSE:2021.0428
Author Affiliations
Shynybayeva A: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan
Rojas-Solórzano LR: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan [ORCID]
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Processes
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8
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11
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E1426
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2020
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2020-11-09
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2227-9717
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