Slug frequency for a gas-liquid plug flow: Review and development of a new correlation

A Arabi, K Ragui, Y Salhi, A Filali - International Communications in Heat …, 2020 - Elsevier
Slug frequency is one of the most important parameters for designing industrial installations
where intermittent gas-liquid flows could be found. Thus, the literature is found full of various …

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 …

Application of artificial neural network to predict slug liquid holdup

GH Abdul-Majeed, FS Kadhim, FHM Almahdawi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work demonstrates the artificial neural network (ANN) ability for predicting slug liquid
holdup (H LS), using 2525 measured points from 20 experimental studies. Six variables …

Investigating the characteristics of two-phase flow using electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) for three pipe orientations

Z Almutairi, FM Al-Alweet, YA Alghamdi, OA Almisned… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Experiments of gas–liquid flow in a circular pipe for horizontal and inclined positions
(upward/downward) are reported. The characteristics of two-phase flow in terms of liquid …

Analysis, Comparison, and Discussion on the Utilization of the Existing Slug Liquid Holdup Models to Predict the Horizontal Gas-Liquid Plug-to-Slug Flow Transition

A Boutaghane, A Arabi… - Journal of …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In horizontal configuration, the gas-liquid intermittent flow can be plug flow or slug flow.
Different works have demonstrated that the two flow patterns, despite their similarity, are …

Modeling and prediction of slug characteristics utilizing data-driven machine-learning methodology

TW Kim, S Kim, JT Lim - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Slug liquid holdup, translational velocity, and slug length are representative slug
characteristics. The precise prediction of these parameters is essential for the accurate …

Genetic algorithm to select a set of closure relationships in multiphase flow models

S Mohammadi, M Papa, E Pereyra, C Sarica - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mechanistic modeling is one of the most popular approaches for the prediction of flow
pattern, pressure gradient and liquid holdup in multiphase flow problems. Mechanistic …

Liquid holdup measurement in crude oil transportation using capacitance sensors and electrical capacitance tomography: Concept review

EE Okoro, JE Rachael, SE Sanni… - IOP Conference Series …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Liquid holdup is one of the most significant parameters in multiphase flow. Accurate
measurement of liquid holdup is required to calculate pressure drops in oil and gas wells …

Prediction of slug frequency for medium liquid viscosity two-phase flow in vertical, horizontal, and inclined pipes

GH Abdul-Majeed, M Firouzi… - SPE Production & …, 2020 - onepetro.org
Several experimental studies have been conducted to investigate the effect of liquid
viscosity on slug frequency in horizontal, vertical, and inclined two‐phase flows. Analyses of …

The suitability of the dimensionless terms used in correlating slug liquid holdup with flow parameters in viscous two-phase flows

GH Abdul-Majeed, M Firouzi - … Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2019 - Elsevier
Empirical correlations have been proposed for estimating slug liquid holdup, H LS, using
Froude number, N Fr, viscosity number, N μ, and inverse viscosity number, N f. Some of …