A review of drag reduction by additives in curved pipes for single‐phase liquid and two‐phase flows

PO Ayegba, LC Edomwonyi‐Otu, N Yusuf… - Engineering …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The effect of drag‐reducing agents (DRAs) on fluid flows in straight pipes has been well
documented. Key among these is the effect of DRAs on turbulence statistics (Reynolds …

Liquid–Liquid horizontal pipe flow–A review

SA Ahmed, B John - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of investigations on liquid-liquid flow through
horizontal pipes. Characteristics like flow pattern, pattern transition including phase …

Experimental investigation of oil–water two phase flow regime in an inclined pipe

P Hanafizadeh, A Hojati, A Karimi - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The flow pattern in two-phase flows is a significant factor which influences many other
parameters such as heat transfer and pressure drop in pipelines. In the present work, flow …

Effect of drag reducing polymer on horizontal liquid–liquid flows

LC Edomwonyi-Otu, M Chinaud, P Angeli - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2015 - Elsevier
The effect of adding a drag reducing polymer in the water phase during horizontal oil–water
flows was studied experimentally. Experiments were carried out in a 14 mm ID acrylic pipe …

Flow characteristics of heavy oil-water flow during high water-content cold transportation

Y Lyu, Q Huang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
As the water content in heavy oil gathering systems increases to 70–90% and large-scale
popularization of cold transportation. Understanding the characteristics of heavy oil-water …

Blocking characteristics of high water-cut crude oil in low-temperature gathering and transportation pipeline

P Xu, L He, D Yang, S Zhou, J Wang, D Yang - … Engineering Research and …, 2021 - Elsevier
High-pour point and high-viscosity crude oil can be gathered and transported below the
pour point during a high water-cut period. However, oil under these conditions can easily …

Experimental study of the factors affecting the flow pattern transition in horizontal oil–water flow

J Tan, J **g, H Hu, X You - Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Flow patterns are important for pressure gradient calculation and corrosion protection. In this
study, the characteristics of oil–water flow were investigated in a horizontal acrylic pipe with …

[HTML][HTML] Wax deposition modeling in oil-water stratified pipe flow

HS Liu, JM Duan, J Li, J Wang, H Yan, KY Lin, KC Gu… - Petroleum Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Wax deposition in oil-water stratified flow is commonly encountered onshore and offshore oil
production pipe systems, and typically reduces transportation capacity of oil. The accurate …

An experimental study of flow patterns pertinent to waxy crude oil-water two-phase flows

A Piroozian, M Hemmati, I Ismail, MA Manan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Flow patterns encountered during the flow of a waxy crude oil and water in a horizontal
pipeline were experimentally studied at a temperature 4° C greater than the wax …

Investigation on flow patterns and pressure drops of highly viscous crude oil–water flows in a horizontal pipe

J **g, J Sun, J Tan, M Huang, Q Liang… - Experimental Thermal and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Pressure drops were measured during the co-current flow of a highly viscous oil and water
in a horizontal stainless steel pipe with 40 m in total length and 25 mm inner diameter …