The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) emerged from the field of computational fluid dynamics as an alternative to Navier-Stokes based approaches. It has since been proven to be applicable also for the simulation of free surface flows (liquid-gas flow) and particulate flows (liquid-solid flow). In the past both algorithmss for free surface flows and particulate flows have been realized that preserv...

Over the last 20 years, a number of multiphase flow measurement techniques have been developed for metering oil (or condensate) / water / gas commingled streams. The available techniques can be characterized as those that operate inline or with partial separation. The inline variety typically consists of several meters or measurements and a central computer to interpret the signals and calculat...

In this paper, we first extract a nonlinear time series from the Weierestrass function as a toy model and investigate the anti-noise ability of six different fractal scale algorithm. The results indicate that the fractal scales calculated from Detrended Fluctuation Analysis(DFA) are robust with respect to variation in noise level. Based on the conductance fluctuating signals measured from verti...

Gas–liquid intermittent flow is a kind of pattern that distinguishes itself from the conventional by apparent non-steady feature, which causes serious corrosion issues, including localized corrosion. Although it widely exists in wet gas pipelines, how gas–liquid influences CO2 pipeline steels remains problem to be clarified. In this work, testing device enables good simulation pipelines under v...

The gas diffusion layer (GDL) is an essential element of the electrodes in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. The GDL makes electrical contact with the catalyst layers to provide a larger area to carry the electronic current from the catalyst to the bipolar plates reducing the resistance for current flow. The GDL must be porous to permit the flow of reactant gas from the gas flow ch...

An experimental study has been carried out to characterize bubble formation, growth, and detachment mechanisms in a stagnant liquid column. Both bubble frequency and bubble detachment size were measured in different gas flow rates, injector diameters and orientations, submergence height, and liquid properties. Experiments were performed for air injection flow rate ranges between 200 mlph and 12...

the performance of the electric submersible pump (esp) significantly affected by gas void fraction (gvf). thus, using of a rotary gas separator (rgs) is a suitable solution for this issue. the performance of the rgs is function of different parameters such as geometry of impeller, rotating speed, boundary conditions, media viscosity and gvf. in this study, the influences of gvf, viscosity, and ...

in this study, a three–layer artificial neural network (ann) model was developed to predict the pressure gradient in horizontal liquid–liquid separated flow. a total of 455 data points were collected from 13 data sources to develop the ann model. superficial velocities, viscosity ratio and density ratio of oil to water, and roughness and inner diameter of pipe were used as input parameters of t...

underbalanced drilling as multiphase flow is done in oil drilling operation in low pressure reservoir or highly depleted mature reservoir. correct determination of the pressure loss of three phase fluids in drilling annulus is essential in determination of hydraulic horsepower requirements during drilling operations. in this paper the pressure loss of solid-gas-liquid three-phase fluids flow in...