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Three‐phase oil–water–gas horizontal co‐current flow part II. Holdup measurement and prediction
Author(s) -
Spedding P. L.,
Donnelly G. F.,
Benard E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
asia‐pacific journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.348
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1932-2143
pISSN - 1932-2135
DOI - 10.1002/apj.26
Subject(s) - current (fluid) , flow (mathematics) , two phase flow , phase (matter) , mechanics , work (physics) , multiphase flow , thermodynamics , materials science , chemistry , petroleum engineering , physics , engineering , organic chemistry
Holdup data are presented for three‐phase co‐current oil‐water‐air in a horizontal 0.0259 m i.d. pipe. Detailed two‐phase studies confirmed the validity of the experimental technique employed. A model is presented for the prediction of oil‐air two‐phase holdup. The three‐phase holdup values were shown to be flow regime dependent and could be qualitatively explained on the basis of the fine structure of the liquid phases. A model is presented for the prediction of three‐phase liquid holdup. This work extends the regime study by Spedding et al . ( Trans. Inst. Chem. Eng, Part A, Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 2005, 83A : 401–411) to holdup measurement and prediction for three‐phase flow. Copyright © 2007 Curtin University of Technology and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.