Numerical study of dispersed oil–water turbulent flow in horizontal tube

Walvekar, Rashmi; Choong, Thomas Shean Yaw; Hussain, Siti Aslina; Khalid, Mohammad; Chuah, T. G.

doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2008.12.019

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“…For the liquid-liquid flow considered in the present study, the Eulerian model that was used by many researchers [3,5] is considered the most appropriate and has been employed. In addition, the standard k- model incorporating the standard wall function has been used.…”

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“…The comparison between the experimental and predicted results showed good agreement. Li-yang et al [4] and Walvekar et al [5] used Fluent to investigate the oil-water two-phase flow I T-junction and horizontal pipe. Li-yang et al [4] compared the prediction from Fluent with their experimental data for T-junction, which showed a reasonable agreement for both the oil fraction distribution and the fluids separation efficiency.…”

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“…Li-yang et al [4] compared the prediction from Fluent with their experimental data for T-junction, which showed a reasonable agreement for both the oil fraction distribution and the fluids separation efficiency. Walvekar et al [5] simulated the oil-water flow in a horizontal pipe of 24 mm diameter. The predicted results for phase distribution were in good agreement with experimental measurements at high mixture velocity while discrepancies were observed for low mixture velocities.…”

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Simulation of kerosene-water two-phase flow in vertical and inclined pipes

Albarzenji

Kartash

Hamad

2012

Petroleum and Mineral Resources

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In this paper, the flow of liquid-liquid two-phase flow in vertical and inclined pipes has been investigated numerically. The simulations of kerosene-water flow in a pipe of 77.8 mm inner diameter and 4500 mm length have been carried out using two-fluid model. The ANSYS Fluent 14.0 was used to solve the mass and momentum equations incorporating the interface forces and the standard k-ε model with the standard wall function to describe the turbulence in the flow. The simulation was carried out for superficial water velocities of 0.29, 0.6, 0.9 and 1.2 m/s and three volumetric qualities of 9.2%, 18.6% and 40% at three different inclination angles of 0°, 5° and 30°. The predictions included volume fraction, water velocity and drops velocity. The results from Fluent for vertical pipe were compared with the experimental data from literature to check the accuracy of meshing, physical model and boundary conditions used in predictions. The model predictions showed a good agreement with experimental data obtained for the vertical pipe. Accordingly, the same geometry, meshing, physical model and boundary conditions were used for inclined pipes.

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Simulation of kerosene-water two-phase flow in vertical and inclined pipes

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Hamad

2012

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“…12 & Walvekar et al 13 to study various aspects of flow properties. The effect of drag, lift and added mass forces was examined numerically.…”

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“…The lift force was found to be more important than the forces associated with the turbulent dispersion and added mass. 12,13 An attempt to use CFD model to predict oil-water flow patterns is presented in 14 using Eulerian-Eulerian approach closed by the standard k-epsilon turbulence model. The drag, lift, and turbulent dispersion forces are considered in the study.…”

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