Characteristics of the Interfacial Wave Velocity on the Liquid Film of Annular Flow for Gas-Oil-Water Three-Phase Flow in a Horizontal Pipe

The experiments were conducted in a horizontal multiphase flow test loop (50mm inner diameter, 40m long) and the cross-correlation technology was used for the study of the characteristics of the interfacial wave velocity about two types of annular flow regimes (AN vertical bar vertical bar DO/W and AN vertical bar vertical bar DW/O) for gas-oil-water three-phase flow. The results show that the interfacial wave velocity on the liquid film of AN vertical bar vertical bar DO/W flow pattern and AN vertical bar vertical bar DW/O flow pattern all increases with the increase of gas superficial velocity and liquid superficial velocity on the condition of fixed ratio of oil and water flow rates, but the difference is that the increase is a linear monotonic increase for AN vertical bar vertical bar DO/W flow pattern and a non-linear increase for AN vertical bar vertical bar DW/O flow pattern, and the liquid superficial velocity makes a larger contribution than the gas superficial velocity. The interfacial wave velocity also increases with the increase of input water cut in liquid at different gas superficial velocities under the conditions of liquid superficial velocity fixed.