Effect of drag reducing polymers on water holdup in an oil-water horizontal flow

M. Al-Yaari; A. Al-Sarkhi; B. Abu-Sharkh

doi:10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2012.04.001

Effect of drag reducing polymers on water holdup in an oil-water horizontal flow

M. Al-Yaari^*, A. Al-Sarkhi, B. Abu-Sharkh

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Abstract

Water holdup measurements with conductivity probe were conducted in a 2.54-cm pipe of oil-water flow with and without Drag-Reducing Polymers (DRP) in a horizontal pipe. The water holdup was significantly influenced by the injection of DRP at same inlet flow rates. The water holdup of oil-water with DRP is larger than that without DRP for low superficial water velocities and less for high superficial water velocities. The results showed the possibility of using DRP for separating and changing the distributions of oil-water and droplets mixture.An explanation of the effect of DRP on water holdup as a function of drag reduction and flow pattern changes is presented in this paper.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	29-33
Number of pages	5
Journal	International Journal of Multiphase Flow
Volume	44
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2012.04.001
State	Published - Sep 2012

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Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Schlumberger Dhahran center for Carbonate Research (SDCR), Saudi Arabia, for their technical support and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology for financial support for NSTIP Project No. 09-OIL788-04.

Keywords

Conductivity probe technique
Drag reducing polymers
Oil-water flow
Polyacrylamide
Stratified horizontal flow
Water holdup

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mechanical Engineering
General Physics and Astronomy
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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