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A mechanistic model of heat transfer for gas–liquid flow in vertical wellbore annuli

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A mechanistic model of heat transfer for gas–liquid flow in vertical wellbore annuli
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Petroleum Science, October 2017
DOI 10.1007/s12182-017-0193-y
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Bang-Tang Yin, Xiang-Fang Li, Gang Liu

Abstract

The most prominent aspect of multiphase flow is the variation in the physical distribution of the phases in the flow conduit known as the flow pattern. Several different flow patterns can exist under different flow conditions which have significant effects on liquid holdup, pressure gradient and heat transfer. Gas-liquid two-phase flow in an annulus can be found in a variety of practical situations. In high rate oil and gas production, it may be beneficial to flow fluids vertically through the annulus configuration between well tubing and casing. The flow patterns in annuli are different from pipe flow. There are both casing and tubing liquid films in slug flow and annular flow in the annulus. Multiphase heat transfer depends on the hydrodynamic behavior of the flow. There are very limited research results that can be found in the open literature for multiphase heat transfer in wellbore annuli. A mechanistic model of multiphase heat transfer is developed for different flow patterns of upward gas-liquid flow in vertical annuli. The required local flow parameters are predicted by use of the hydraulic model of steady-state multiphase flow in wellbore annuli recently developed by Yin et al. The modified heat-transfer model for single gas or liquid flow is verified by comparison with Manabe's experimental results. For different flow patterns, it is compared with modified unified Zhang et al. model based on representative diameters.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 5 28%
Researcher 4 22%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 6%
Professor 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 3 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 7 39%
Chemical Engineering 3 17%
Mathematics 1 6%
Energy 1 6%
Physics and Astronomy 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 5 28%
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