Effects of riser height and pipeline length on the transition boundary and frequency of severe slugging in offshore pipelines

H Yu, Q Xu, Y Cao, B Huang, L Guo - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Investigating the transition boundary and frequency characteristics of severe slugging under
different riser heights and pipeline lengths provides important support for the expansion of …

Study on eliminating severe slugging by manual and automatic choking in long pipeline-riser system

X Zhao, Q Xu, J Fu, Y Chang, Q Wu, L Guo - Chemical Engineering Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Severe slugging produces huge fluctuations of pressure and flow rate, which is often
eliminated by choking because of its easy operation and good performance. However, most …

Self-adaptive early warning of undesirable gas-liquid flow pattern in offshore oil and gas pipeline-riser system

J Fu, S Zou, J Sun, Q Xu, Q Wu, L Guo - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is an important function of submarine pipeline flow assurance system to monitor
undesirable gas-liquid flow patterns in pipeline in real time, and release early warning …

An insight into the severe slugging characteristics in a catenary flexible riser

H Zhu, J Hu, Y Gao, W Li, J Li, B Xu - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This paper reports the experimental results of the severe slugging (SS) flow characteristics
in a downward inclined pipeline-catenary flexible riser system. The non-intrusive optical …

Experimental investigation of the flow-induced vibration of a hybrid riser conveying severe slugging

H Zhu, Y Li, J Song, P Liu, M Zhou, T Zhou - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This paper reports the experimental results of the vibration response of a hybrid riser
conveying severe slugging. The hybrid riser comprises a vertical rigid riser made of a …

Experimental study on vibration responses of flexible riser transporting spiral flow in deep sea mining: Part I-Liquid single-phase transportation

NZ Chen, J Zhang, A Feng, Y Ma - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
An experimental study is performed for investigating riser responses under flow-induced
vibration (FIV) of a flexible riser transporting spiral flow and straight flow in a large-scale …

Experimental investigation on the coupling between the platform motion and the catenary flexible riser response

Y Gao, W Liu, H Zhu, H Liu, T Zhou, Y Shao - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The vortex-induced vibration of a catenary flexible riser hinged underneath a two-degree-of-
freedom horizontally oscillating platform is experimentally investigated in this work. The …

Temporal-spatial analysis on multi-mode interaction of a flexible pipe subject to external current and internal flow

ZS Chen, S Wang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The vortex-induced vibration (VIV) in relation to a flexible pipe is numerically studied in order
to examine the coupled effects occurring between the external shear current and the varying …

Investigation on vibration characteristics induced by gas–liquid two-phase flows in a horizontal pipe

NN Zhao, JJ Feng, PC Guo, GJ Zhu, CH Li, XQ Luo - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The intrinsic characteristics of multiphase flow inevitably result in vibrations within the pipe
structure. The evolution of vibration characteristics is crucial for monitoring the stability of the …

Influence of pipeline structure on flow pattern classification and void fraction in offshore riser systems

Y Cao, Q Xu, C Wang, H Yu, L Guo - Ocean Engineering, 2025 - Elsevier
It is essential to study the influence of pipeline structure on flow pattern distribution and void
fraction in riser systems to ensure the safe and stable operation of offshore pipelines. This …