CIESC Journal ›› 2011, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (1): 26-32.

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Flow Pattern and Pressure Fluctuation of Severe Slugging in Pipeline-riser System

罗小明, 何利民, 马华伟   

  1. Department of Storage&Transportation Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266555, China
  • 收稿日期:2010-04-07 修回日期:2010-12-12 出版日期:2011-02-28 发布日期:2011-02-28
  • 通讯作者: LUO Xiaoming, E-mail: luo-xiaoming@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2006AA09Z302)

Flow Pattern and Pressure Fluctuation of Severe Slugging in Pipeline-riser System

LUO Xiaoming, HE Limin, MA Huawei   

  1. Department of Storage&Transportation Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266555, China
  • Received:2010-04-07 Revised:2010-12-12 Online:2011-02-28 Published:2011-02-28
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2006AA09Z302)

摘要: During the exploitation of offshore oil and gas,it is easy to form severe slugging which can cause great harm in the riser connecting wellheads and offshore platform preprocessing system.The flow pattern and pressure fluctuation of severe slugging were studied in an experimental simulation system with inner diameter of 0.051 m.It is found that severe slugging can be divided into three severe slugging regimes:regime I at low gas and liquid flow rates with large pressure fluctuation,intermittent flow of liquid and gas in the riser,and apparent cutoff of liquid phase,regime Ⅱ at high gas flow rate with non-periodic fluctuation and discontinuous liquid outflow and no gas cutoff,regime ⅡI at high liquid flow rate with degenerative pressure fluctuation in form of relatively stable bubbly or plug flow.The results indicate that severe slugging still occurs when the declination angle of pipeline is 0,and there are mainly two kinds of regimes:regime I and regime Ⅱ.As the angle increases,the formation ranges of regime I and regime ⅡI increase slightly while that of regime Ⅱ is not affected.With the increase of gas superficial velocity and liquid superficial velocity,the pressure fluctuation at the bottom of riser increases initially and then decreases.The maximum value of pressure fluctuation occurs at the transition boundary of regimes I and Ⅱ.

关键词: multiphase flow, severe slugging, pipeline-riser system, flow regime, pressure fluctuation

Abstract: During the exploitation of offshore oil and gas,it is easy to form severe slugging which can cause great harm in the riser connecting wellheads and offshore platform preprocessing system.The flow pattern and pressure fluctuation of severe slugging were studied in an experimental simulation system with inner diameter of 0.051 m.It is found that severe slugging can be divided into three severe slugging regimes:regime I at low gas and liquid flow rates with large pressure fluctuation,intermittent flow of liquid and gas in the riser,and apparent cutoff of liquid phase,regime Ⅱ at high gas flow rate with non-periodic fluctuation and discontinuous liquid outflow and no gas cutoff,regime ⅡI at high liquid flow rate with degenerative pressure fluctuation in form of relatively stable bubbly or plug flow.The results indicate that severe slugging still occurs when the declination angle of pipeline is 0,and there are mainly two kinds of regimes:regime I and regime Ⅱ.As the angle increases,the formation ranges of regime I and regime ⅡI increase slightly while that of regime Ⅱ is not affected.With the increase of gas superficial velocity and liquid superficial velocity,the pressure fluctuation at the bottom of riser increases initially and then decreases.The maximum value of pressure fluctuation occurs at the transition boundary of regimes I and Ⅱ.

Key words: multiphase flow, severe slugging, pipeline-riser system, flow regime, pressure fluctuation