Sub-regimes of horizontal gas–liquid intermittent flow: State-of-the-art and future challenges

A Arabi, Y Zenati, J Legrand, EK Si-Ahmed - Experimental Thermal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on the shape of the interface elongated bubble/liquid slugs and the liquid slugs'
aeration, the horizontal intermittent flow can be divided into three sub-regimes including …

Critical review of vertical gas-liquid slug flow: An insight to better understand flow hydrodynamics' effect on heat and mass transfer characteristics

SG Holagh, WH Ahmed - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
Slug flow is a dynamically complex two-phase flow pattern. A wide variety of industrial gas-
liquid systems operate under slug flow conditions for not only flow transportation purposes …

Experimental investigation of different sub-regimes in horizontal stratified and intermittent gas-liquid two-phase flow: Flow map and analysis of pressure drop …

A Bouderbal, Y Salhi, A Arabi, EK Si-Ahmed… - … Research and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Horizontal stratified and intermittent gas-liquid two-phase flows exhibit several sub-regimes.
Identifying these correctly would enable the development of more robust predictive models …

Numerical simulation of various flow regimes in water delivery systems

YY Hu, L Zhou, YJ Li, YQ Lu, RL Feng… - Engineering …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Transient flow frequently occurs in water delivery systems, including various flow regimes
such as water hammer, free surface flow, and slug flow. Current models often oversimplify …

Identifying the intermittent flow sub-regimes using pressure drop time series fluctuations

A Arabi, Y Salhi, Y Zenati, EK Si-Ahmed… - Experimental and …, 2024 - Springer
From a literature survey, a deficiency has been noticed in objective methods to identify and
distinct between the intermittent flow sub-regimes. Thus, the aim of this study is to analyze …

Characterization of Gas–Liquid Two-Phase Slug Flow Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing in Horizontal Pipes

S Ali, G Jin, Y Fan - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
This article discusses the use of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) for monitoring gas–liquid
two-phase slug flow in horizontal pipes, using standard telecommunication fiber optics …

Unified modeling of pseudo-slug and churn flows for liquid holdup and pressure gradient predictions in pipelines and wellbores

Y Fan, M Aljasser - SPE Production & Operations, 2023 - onepetro.org
Pseudo-slug flow is a coherent flow pattern that occurs in horizontal or inclined pipes
surrounded by segregated and conventional slug flows. Recent studies have demonstrated …

Empirical model for predicting slug-pseudo slug and slug-churn transitions F. Al-of upward air/water flow

G Abdul-Majeed, A Al-Sarkhi, OF Al-Fatlawi… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
A pseudo-slug flow is a type of intermittent flow characterized by short, frothy, chaotic slugs
that have a structure velocity lower than the mixture velocity and are not fully formed. It is …

An empirical approach for predicting slug to pseudo-slug transition of air/water upward two-phase flow

G Abdul-Majeed, A Al-Sarkhi, AO Mohmmed… - Experimental and …, 2024 - Springer
Pseudo-slug (PSL) flow is an intermittent flow that has short, frothy, and chaotic slugs, which
are not fully formed and have a structure velocity that falls between the conventional slug …

A novel approach to predict hydrodynamic forces using a mechanistic model for pseudo-slug flow

C Garcia, CN Sondermann, E Pereyra… - SPE Annual Technical …, 2023 - onepetro.org
Pseudo-slug flow is a flow pattern for flow-induced vibration (FIV) applications owing to high
force amplitude, which could cause fatigue on pipes and fittings subject to gas-liquid …