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- Title
Using CFD to Understand Multiphase and Wet Gas Measurement.
- Authors
Barton, Neil; Parry, Andrew
- Abstract
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) flow modelling has proved to be a useful tool in single-phase flow metering. More recently, the increase in computer power has made multiphase models viable. However, there is a range of modelling approaches, which makes practical simulation of the behaviour of multiphase and wet gas flows in metering and/or sampling devices as much an art as a science. This paper introduces alternative modelling approaches to show what can be achieved using CFD modelling and to highlight the limitations of the technique. A series of case studies are presented in which CED analysis has been used to study the following issues in multiphase and wet gas measurement or sampling: • Effects of heavy oil multiphase flow in a Venturi • Behaviour of multiphase swirl flow in a Venturi • Modelling of wet gas flows in Venturis, cone meters, and orifice plates • Effective sampling methods.
- Subjects
COMPUTATIONAL fluid dynamics; COMPUTATIONAL physics; GAS measurement; AERODYNAMICS; PETROLEUM; GAS flow; GAS dynamics
- Publication
Measurement & Control (0020-2940), 2013, Vol 46, Issue 2, p50
- ISSN
0020-2940
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/002029401304600204