A unified model of multiphase heat transfer is developed for different flow patterns of gas-liquid pipe flow at all inclinations from -90° to +90° from horizontal. The required local flow parameters are predicted by use of the unified hydrodynamic model for gas-liquid pipe flow recently developed by Zhang et al.1,2  The model prediction of the pipe inside convective heat transfer coefficients are compared with experimental measurements for a crude oil/natural gas system in horizontal and upward vertical flows, and good agreement is observed.

Keywords:
experimental measurement, liquid film, slug flow, correlation, upstream oil & gas, reservoir surveillance, production logging, convective heat transfer coefficient, bubbly flow, gas core
Subjects:
Well & Reservoir Surveillance and Monitoring, Production logging
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