A General Study and Reviwe about Types of Hydrocarbon Flow Regimes in The Oil and Gas Transmission Pipelines

meysam dehbalaei¹

1) petroleum university of technology Ahwaz

Publication : International Conference on Engineering & Technology - Norway (12icet.com)
Abstract :
It must be mentioned that although many attempts have been carried out to classify different regimes of two-phase flow, these classifications are mostly attributed to the different investigators’ points of view. Hence, many various flow regimes have been defined and a vast range of terms have been applied to categorize them. Basically, seven types of distribution algorithms for two-phase flow in horizontal pipelines are presented. In this study, it has been tried to include these flow regime by means of OLGA software.Two phase gas/liquid flow in pipe is a common occurrence in the petroleum,chemical,nuclear and geothermal industry.In the petroleum industry,it is encountered in the production,transportation, and processing of hydrocarbon from oil and gas field. Two-phase flows are extremely complex and traditionally, attempts have been made of classify the myriad of possible flow configuration into flow regimes . Classically, vertical two-phase flow has been classified into the regimes of bubbly, slug flow, and annular flow and also horizontal two phase flow. This paper makes an appeal for two phase flow regimes in pipeline from platform to onshore unit. As shown, these regimes are of considerable technological importance and possess unusual features that justify their separate designation and make them ripe for further study.
Keywords : Flow Regime Two Phase flow Hydrocarbon OLGA Pipeline