A new pressure gradient correlation for oil-water dispersed flow in horizontal pipes

Authors_Masoumeh Sadat Hosseini _ Ebrahim Nemati Lay
Conference Title4th International Conference on Recent Innovations in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Holding Date of Conference2017-7-14
Event Placeتهران
PresentationSPEECH
Conference LevelInternational Conferences

Abstract

This study presents a new pressure gradient correlation for oil-water dispersed flow in horizontal pipes. The new model was derived from 225 experimental pressure gradient data points for variety range of Reynolds number (Rem =2300- 1×105) and mixture velocities (Um=0.5-4 m/s). The accuracy of this new model has been evaluated against the homogeneous model. The comparison indicates that the new proposed correlation predicts the pressure gradient with higher accuracy than the homogeneous model.