Investigation in Gas-Oil Two-Phase Flow using a Differential Pressure Transducer and Wire Mesh Sensor in Vertical Pipes

  • Veyan A. Musa Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zakho, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
  • Raid A. Mahmood School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
  • Sherwan M. Simo Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Zakho, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iraq
  • Abbas Kh. Ibrahim Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Zakho, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iraq
  • Lokman A. Abdulkareem Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24003/emitter.v10i2.703
Keywords: Wire-mesh sensor, Pressure drops in pipes, Two-phase flow pattern, Differential Pressure transducers (DPT)

Abstract

The current study is performed to identify the flow regimes of oil-gas two-phase flow experimentally in a vertical pipe has an internal diameter of 6.7 cm. It also aims to provide more details about the possibility of using Differential Pressure Transducers (DPT) for indicating flow patterns. A flow development of oil and gas has been investigated in a vertical pipe of 6 m in length and operated at atmospheric pressure. A series of experiments have been run to cover a range of inlet oil superficial velocities from 0.262 to 0.419 m/s, and inlet gas superficial velocities from 0.05 to 4.7 m/s. Wire Mesh Sensors (WMS) have been used to collect the obtained void fraction values of the flow. The Differential Pressure Transducer (DPT) is utilized to measure the pressure drop values of a one-meter along the pipe. The flow patterns are classified according to the analysis of void fractions, pressure gradients regarding time series, tomographic images, probability density functions of the void fractions, and pressure gradients. A bubbly flow is observed at low superficial velocities of gas and liquid, slug flow is observed at the lower flow rate of liquid and moderate flow rates of gas, while the churn flow pattern is recognized at the higher rates of liquid and gas. Also, the result has revealed the possibility of using Differential Pressure Transducers (DPT) to classify the gas-oil flow patterns in vertical pipes.

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Published
2022-12-28
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Musa, V. A., Mahmood, R. A., Simo, S. M., Ibrahim, A. K., & Abdulkareem, L. A. (2022). Investigation in Gas-Oil Two-Phase Flow using a Differential Pressure Transducer and Wire Mesh Sensor in Vertical Pipes. EMITTER International Journal of Engineering Technology, 10(2), 262-278. https://doi.org/10.24003/emitter.v10i2.703
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