Name : Two Phase Flow Regime Calculation

Version: 1.1
Description This spreadsheet calculates two phase flow mixture parameters and
specifies the flow regime by marking the system operating point on vertical
and horizontal flow regime maps

Producer: Saeid Rahimi M.

Publishing Date: 6-Sep-2011
Publisher: www.chemwork.org

No of sheets: 4
Content:
About
Flow Regime Calculation
Flow Regime Map in Horizontal Pipe
Flow Regime Map in Vertical pipe

Reference:
Gas/Liquid Separator - Type Selection and Design Rules, DEP 31.22.05.11,
December 2007
What Two Phase Flow Regime Maps Narrate, Published on chemwork.org

Revision History :
Version Description of Changes Date
1.0 Produced for personal library 5-Oct-2010
1.1 Modified for publishing on web 6-Sep-2011

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Two Phse Flow Regime Calculation

Input Data Gas Water Liquid HC

Mass Flow Rate kg/hr 5000.00 10000.00 15000.00
Mass Density kg/m³ 5.76 988.33 780.60
Pipe I.D m 0.152

Flow Regime
Oil Volumetric Flow m³/hr 19.22
Water Volumetric Flow m³/hr 10.12
Gas Volumetric Flow m³/hr 868.81
Gas Superficial Velocity m/s 13.31
Liquid Superficial Velocity m/s 0.45
Water Weight Fraction - 0.40
Oil Weight Fraction - 0.60
Liquid Mixture Density kg/m³ 852.25
Gas Froude No (FrG) - 9.0E-01
Liquid Froude No (FrL) - 3.7E-01

Mixed Phase Specification

Water weight fraction - 0.33
Oil weight fraction - 0.50
Gas weight fraction - 0.17
Mixture Density kg/m³ 33.40
Mixture Velocity m/sec 13.76

Notes
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Flow Regime for Horizontal Pipe

1.0E+03

1.0E+02

1.0E+01

1.0E+00

1.0E-01

1.0E-02

1.0E-03

1.0E-04

1.0E-05
1.0E-03 1.0E-02 1.0E-01 1.0E+00 1.0E+01 1.0E+02 1.0E+03 1.0E+04
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Flow Regime for Vertical Pipe

1.0E+03

1.0E+02

1.0E+01

1.0E+00

1.0E-01

1.0E-02

1.0E-03

1.0E-04

1.0E-05
1.0E-03 1.0E-02 1.0E-01 1.0E+00 1.0E+01 1.0E+02 1.0E+03 1.0E+04