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Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
Published in: Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 9/2020

04-02-2020 | Research Article - Petroleum Engineering

A New Model for Predicting Slug Flow Liquid Holdup in Vertical Pipes with Different Viscosities

Authors: Zilong Liu, Ruiquan Liao, Wei Luo, Yubin Su, Joseph X. F. Ribeiro

Published in: Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering | Issue 9/2020

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Abstract

The development of heavy oil has attracted attention in recent times. With increasing fluid viscosity, slug flow has become the most common flow pattern in oil and gas pipeline flow. The accurate prediction of slug flow parameters is an urgent problem to be solved in heavy oil development. In this paper, gas–liquid two-phase flow experiments with different viscosities were carried out in a 60-mm vertical pipe. The superficial velocity ranges of gas and liquid were 0.51–7.42 m/s and 0.08–0.21 m/s, respectively. Based on the measured data, the investigation revealed that liquid holdup increases with an increase in viscosity and superficial liquid velocity. This study presents a new liquid holdup model of slug flow for viscous two-phase flow in vertical pipes. Based on the statistical analysis, the proposed correlation accurately predicts the liquid holdup of slug flow in a vertical pipe for the present measured data and performs best in comparison with existing correlations.
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Metadata
Title
A New Model for Predicting Slug Flow Liquid Holdup in Vertical Pipes with Different Viscosities
Authors
Zilong Liu
Ruiquan Liao
Wei Luo
Yubin Su
Joseph X. F. Ribeiro
Publication date
04-02-2020
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering / Issue 9/2020
Print ISSN: 2193-567X
Electronic ISSN: 2191-4281
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-019-04308-5

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