3 phase [oil, gas, water] flow pressure drop
3 phase [oil, gas, water] flow pressure drop
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Hi. I am doing some work on crude oil separation and am having problems finding correlations / methods on pressure drop calculations for the crude lines. Basically it's a design for a new flowstation, and i am trying to do some preliminary line sizing calculations.
Is it OK to assume a homogenous liquid flow, as opposed to an oil / water emulsion? What correlations are used, if an emulsion is assumed. Anyone who has experience with this, help would be very much appreciated.
I know software like OLGA can do this, but i would also like to know a manual process of solving this type of problem
Thanks.
Is it OK to assume a homogenous liquid flow, as opposed to an oil / water emulsion? What correlations are used, if an emulsion is assumed. Anyone who has experience with this, help would be very much appreciated.
I know software like OLGA can do this, but i would also like to know a manual process of solving this type of problem
Thanks.





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