Petroleum Science >2024,??Issue4:??- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petsci.2024.05.004
A unified fractional flow framework for predicting the liquid holdup in two-phase pipe flows Open?Access
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作者：Fuqiao Bai, Yingda Lu, Mukul M. Sharma
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引用方式：Fuqiao Bai, Yingda Lu, Mukul M. Sharma, A unified fractional flow framework for predicting the liquid holdup in two-phase pipe flows, Petroleum Science, Volume 21, Issue 4, 2024, Pages 2614-2624, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petsci.2024.05.004.
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Abstract: Two-phase pipe flow occurs frequently in oil & gas industry, nuclear power plants, and CCUS. Reliable calculations of gas void fraction (or liquid holdup) play a central role in two-phase pipe flow models. In this paper we apply the fractional flow theory to multiphase flow in pipes and present a unified modeling framework for predicting the fluid phase volume fractions over a broad range of pipe flow conditions. Compared to existing methods and correlations, this new framework provides a simple, approximate, and efficient way to estimate the phase volume fraction in two-phase pipe flow without invoking flow patterns. Notably, existing correlations for estimating phase volume fraction can be transformed and expressed under this modeling framework. Different fractional flow models are applicable to different flow conditions, and they demonstrate good agreement against experimental data within 5% errors when compared with an experimental database comprising of 2754 data groups from 14 literature sources, covering various pipe geometries, flow patterns, fluid properties and flow inclinations. The gas void fraction predicted by the framework developed in this work can be used as inputs to reliably model the hydraulic and thermal behaviors of two-phase pipe flows.
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Keywords: Pipe fractional flow; Liquid holdup; Multiphase pipe flow; Gas void fraction