A COMPREHENSIVE MECHANISTIC MODEL FOR UPWARD 2-PHASE FLOW IN WELLBORES

被引:171
作者
ANSARI, AM
SYLVESTER, ND
SARICA, C
SHOHAM, O
BRILL, JP
机构
[1] UNIV AKRON,AKRON,OH
[2] UNIV TULSA,DEPT PETR ENGN,TULSA,OK 74104
来源
SPE PRODUCTION & FACILITIES | 1994年 / 9卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.2118/20630-PA
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业];
学科分类号
0820 ;
摘要
A comprehensive model is formulated to predict the flow behavior for upward two-phase flow. This model is composed of a model for flow-pattern prediction and a set of independent mechanistic models for predicting such flow characteristics as holdup and pressure drop in bubble, slug, and annular flow. The comprehensive model is evaluated by using a well data bank made up of 1,712 well cases covering a wide variety of field data. Model performance is also compared with six commonly used empirical correlations and the Hasan-Kabir mechanistic model. Overall model performance is in good agreement with the data. In comparison with other methods, the comprehensive model performed the best.
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页码:143 / 152
页数:10
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