Abstract:Before being fed into the separators, a pump is often used to maintain adequate flowing pressure of oil/ water emulsion in a production conduit, especially in a depleted or matured reservoir. Droplet shearing and size reduction due to the pump highly affect the separation performance. This paper aims to present an experimental investigation on the shearing of oil droplets in an oil/water production fluid passing through a high rpm single-stage centrifugal pump (C-pump) and a lower rpm gear pump. A cross polari… Show more
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