Flow splitting a two-phase fluid at a pipe tee
Conference
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· Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6538033
When a 2-phase (gas-liquid) fluid is split at a pipe tee, its composition usually changes from the upstream to downstream sides of the tee because the liquid phase tends to split in different proportions than the gas. Under some conditions, most of the liquid phase will enter one branch, raising its liquid volume fraction at the expense of the other branch. This study presents a method for predicting downstream fluid compositions, based on an experimental investigation of 2-phase air-water flow in a laboratory lucite pipe network containing a flow-splitting pipe tee. This method was checked against steam flow data from a Kern River, California, stream injection project. The good match obtained gives the method a high degree of confidence.
- Research Organization:
- Chevron Research Co
- OSTI ID:
- 6538033
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-7704118-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States) Journal Volume: SPE-6530
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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