Mass transfer studies in oil-containing multiphase flow provide fundamental knowledge towards the understanding of hydrodynamics and the subsequent effect on corrosion in pipelines. Mass transfer coefficient measurements in two-phase (oil/ferri-ferrocyanide) and three-phase (oil/ferri-ferrocyanide/nitrogen) flow using limiting current density technique were made in 10-cm-dia pipe at 25 and 75 percent oil percentage. Mass transfer coefficients in full pipe oil/water flow and slug flow were studied. A relationship is developed between the average mass transfer coefficient in full pipe flow and slug flow. The mass transfer coefficient decreased with a decrease of in-situ water cut. This was due to the existence of oil phase, which decreased the ionic mass transfer diffusion coefficient.
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Mass Transfer Coefficient Measurement in Water/Oil/Gas Multiphase Flow
H. Wang,
e-mail: hwang@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu
H. Wang
NSF I/UCRC, Corrosion in Multiphase Systems Center, Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
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D. Vedapuri,
D. Vedapuri
NSF I/UCRC, Corrosion in Multiphase Systems Center, Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
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J. Y. Cai,
J. Y. Cai
NSF I/UCRC, Corrosion in Multiphase Systems Center, Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
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T. Hong,
T. Hong
NSF I/UCRC, Corrosion in Multiphase Systems Center, Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
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W. P. Jepson
W. P. Jepson
NSF I/UCRC, Corrosion in Multiphase Systems Center, Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
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H. Wang
NSF I/UCRC, Corrosion in Multiphase Systems Center, Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
e-mail: hwang@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu
D. Vedapuri
NSF I/UCRC, Corrosion in Multiphase Systems Center, Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
J. Y. Cai
NSF I/UCRC, Corrosion in Multiphase Systems Center, Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
T. Hong
NSF I/UCRC, Corrosion in Multiphase Systems Center, Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
W. P. Jepson
NSF I/UCRC, Corrosion in Multiphase Systems Center, Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
Contributed by the Petroleum Division and presented at the ETCE/OMAE2000, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 14–17, 2000, of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. Manuscript received by the Petroleum Division, October 26, 1999; revised manuscript received November 10, 2000. Associate Editor: S. A. Shirazi.
J. Energy Resour. Technol. Jun 2001, 123(2): 144-149 (6 pages)
Published Online: November 10, 2000
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Wang, H., Vedapuri , D., Cai , J. Y., Hong , T., and Jepson, W. P. (November 10, 2000). "Mass Transfer Coefficient Measurement in Water/Oil/Gas Multiphase Flow ." ASME. J. Energy Resour. Technol. June 2001; 123(2): 144–149. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1368121
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