Two phase pressure drop in inclined and vertical pipes

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Griffith, P.; Lau, Chun Woon.; Hon, Pou Cheong.; Pearson, John Franklin.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Sponsored Research.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Heat Transfer Laboratory.
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Abstract
A method of calculating the pressure drop in inclined and vertical oil-gas wells is proposed. The data used to establish the method is from a variety of sources but is largely from air and water flowing in systems close to one atmosphere in pressure and in pipes from 1 to 2 inches in diameter. All inclinations from vertical to almost horizontal are included. The method proposed is used to calculate the pressure distribution in ten oil and gas wells. The predictions for the overall pressure drop are good to +/- 10% for these wells.
Date issued
1973
Publisher
Cambridge : Heat Transfer Laboratory, [1973]
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03838218
Series/Report no.
Technical report (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Heat Transfer Laboratory) ; no. 81.
Keywords
Two-phase flow., Pipe -- Fluid dynamics., Pressure -- Measurement.
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