Abstract

Most of the oil transportation industries deal with liquid–liquid flow considering the adiabatic situation. In such applications, film thickness measurement plays a very significant role in understanding the flow characteristics. The distribution of phases for efficient wall treatment and to understand the phase distribution, measurement of film thickness is very important. Among different flow patterns, stratified flow is most common for low and medium viscous oil–water flow. At lower oil velocities, stratified flow is observed downstream of singularity whereas in the upstream section, stratified flow is observed for low to medium oil velocities and high-water superficial velocity. Variation of oil film thickness for stratified flow has been analyzed in this study. Results show that oil film thickness decreases with the increase in the superficial velocity of water (Us-Water) for a constant oil superficial velocity (Us-Oil). With the increase in the volume fraction of one phase, the film thickness of that phase increases. As Us-Oil increases, the film thickness of oil also increases for a constant Us-Water. Oil film thickness is directly proportional to the viscosity of oils. This means, the more the viscosity of the oil, the more will be the oil film thickness.

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