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 …

Investigations on the slug two-phase flow in horizontal pipes: Past, presents, and future directives

AO Mohmmed, HH Al-Kayiem, AB Osman - Chemical Engineering Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Precise prediction of the gas–liquid slug flow is crucial for proper design and operation at
various industrial processes. This paper provides a comprehensive review of published …

Multi-Fluid VoF model assessment to simulate the horizontal air–water intermittent flow

M Akhlaghi, V Mohammadi, NM Nouri… - … Research and Design, 2019 - Elsevier
Numerical simulation of the plug and the slug flow regimes have been performed using the
Multi-Fluid VoF and Shear Stress Transport (SST) k–ω models in a horizontal pipe with 44 …

Experimental investigation on the initiation and flow development of gas-liquid slug two-phase flow in a horizontal pipe

O Dinaryanto, YAK Prayitno, AI Majid… - … Thermal and Fluid …, 2017 - Elsevier
Slug flow is the most prevalent problem of two-phase fluid transportation in the petroleum
industries. Here, large amplitude waves lead to the pipe blockage that possible to cause the …

On gas-liquid intermittent flow in a horizontal pipe: Influence of sub-regime on slug frequency

A Arabi, Y Salhi, Y Zenati, EK Si-Ahmed… - Chemical engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Among the intrinsic parameters identified in intermittent gas-liquid flows; slug frequency is
known as the most complicated one to model. The present work concerns the investigation …

Flow pattern identification for gas-oil two-phase flow based on a virtual capacitance tomography sensor and numerical simulation

Y Xu, H Pu, Y Li, H Wang - Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 2023 - Elsevier
Gas-oil two-phase flow is widely encountered in oil exploitation and transportation pipelines.
It's complex and transient changes of flow regimes present a great challenge for accurate …

Experimental study on length, liquid film thickness and pressure drop of slug flow in horizontal narrow rectangular channel

A Liu, L Cheng, C Yan, H Gu, Z Meng - Chemical Engineering Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a visualization investigation for the characteristic parameter (velocity, length,
liquid film thickness, etc.) and pressure drop of slug flow in a narrow rectangular channel …

Numerical simulation of two-phase flow regime in horizontal pipeline and its validation

S Ban, W Pao, MS Nasif - … Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate oil-gas slug formation in horizontal
straight pipe and its associated pressure gradient, slug liquid holdup and slug frequency …

Experimental study on the hydrodynamic behavior of gas-liquid air-water two-phase flow near the transition to slug flow in horizontal pipes

A Rahmandhika, A Widyatama, O Dinaryanto… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The knowledge of the slug flow is essential the design safety of hydrocarbon transportation
in the pipeline system of petroleum industries. However, the suitable models to predict the …

The liquid wave characteristics during the transportation of air-water stratified co-current two-phase flow in a horizontal pipe

AZ Hudaya, A Widyatama, O Dinaryanto… - … Thermal and Fluid …, 2019 - Elsevier
The understanding of the interfacial wave structure and its effect to the interfacial friction
factor is important to reveal the transition from stratified to the slug flows. However, the …