Article Sidebar
Article Details
Copyright belongs to the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
The contents of the articles are the sole opinion of the author(s) and not of NIJOTECH.
NIJOTECH allows open access for distribution of the published articles in any media so long as whole (not part) of articles are distributed.
A copyright and statement of originality documents will need to be filled out clearly and signed prior to publication of an accepted article. The Copyright form can be downloaded from https://www.nijotech.com/downloads/COPYRIGHT%20FORM.pdf while the Statement of Originality is in Statement of Originality.pdf (nijotech.com)
For articles that were developed from funded research, a clear acknowledgement of such support should be mentioned in the article with relevant references. Authors are expected to provide complete information on the sponsorship and intellectual property rights of the article together with all exceptions.
It is forbidden to publish the same research report in more than one journal.
Main Article Content
Development of a New Drag Coefficient Model for Oil and Gas Multiphase Fluid Systems
Abstract
Multiphase flows involving suspensions of solid particles are frequently encountered in many industrial processes including oil & gas production. In order to transport solid entrained multiphase fluids, especially through a pipeline, the fluids must be capable of suspending the entrained solid particles to prevent solid deposition and flow assurance challenges. The particle drag coefficient, CD, is a key hydrodynamic parameter, and its effective determination is critical to ensuring effective transportation of the particles. In this work, the results of laboratory measurements of the terminal settling velocity of sand particle(s) in multiphase fluids are presented. The results allow the proper determination of the particle(s) Reynolds number, CD. The developed CD model is an improvement on existing models, which can be applied to both the turbulent and laminar flow regions, thus, reasonably predicting CD over a wide range of Rep in multiphase fluid flow. It effectively accounts for the complexities associated with multiphase flow in pipes, and has the potential to solve the problem of sand depositions, and thus, minimizing flow assurance challenges in multiphase flow.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v34i2.10
