Pressure drop and flow pattern of oil-water flow for low viscosity oils: Role of mixture viscosity

A. Mukhaimer; A. Al-Sarkhi; M. El Nakla; W. H. Ahmed; L. Al-Hadhrami

doi:10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2015.02.018

Pressure drop and flow pattern of oil-water flow for low viscosity oils: Role of mixture viscosity

A. Mukhaimer
, A. Al-Sarkhi^*
, M. El Nakla
, W. H. Ahmed
, L. Al-Hadhrami

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

•A new correlation for oil-water flow mixture viscosity for low viscosity oils.•This correlation showed good agreement with the experimental data from this study and from other reported works.•Oil-water pressure drop behavior and flow pattern for low viscosity oils.•The pressure drop and inversion point were investigated at different oil fraction.•Pressure drop reduces as the oil fraction approaches inversion point.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	90-96
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Multiphase Flow
Volume	73
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2015.02.018
State	Published - 1 Jul 2015

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Keywords

Flow pattern
Inversion point
Mixture viscosity
Models
Oil-water flow
Pressure drop

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mechanical Engineering
General Physics and Astronomy
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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