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Experimental study for high-viscosity-ratio oil-water two-phase flow in inclined pipes

Shuidonglixue Yanjiu yu Jinzhan/Chinese Journal of Hydrodynamics Ser. A, ISSN: 1000-4874, Vol: 27, Issue: 6, Page: 742-748
2012
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This work presents experimental studies on flow pattern and pressure drop of high-viscosity-ratio oil-water two-phase flow (oil-to-water viscosity ratio of about 1680:1 at 20°C). The test pipelines, the diameter of which is 50 mm, are made of transparent Perspex pipes to enable the visual observation of the oil-water flow pattern and the length of inclined pipes is 4.5 m. The oil-water two-phase flow pattern and pressure drop graphs were obtained from experimental data. The results indicate that the flow pattern of high-viscosity-ratio oil-water flow in inclined pipes presents different flow characteristics comparing with the low-viscosity-ratio oil-water flow, especially when the inlet water flux is low, a new flow pattern described as oil film at the pipe wall and inner dispersion of oil in water was observed; the oil-water pressure drops increase with increasing the inlet oil fraction, and in those high inlet oil fraction area the pressure drops appears a peak-valley relationship.

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