Author(s): J C Shen; J Zhou

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Keywords: Pump turbine; Multiphase pump; Gas volume fraction; Bubble flow; Numerical simulation

Abstract: Mixed transportation technology of oil and gas is an efficient transportation method of offshore oil fields, in which oil and gas multiphase pump is the key equipment. In this paper, aimed at a single compression stage unit of a helico-axial multiphase pump prototype, a numerical simulation of internal flow field is carried out. It is assumed that the flow is steady and the two-phase flow pattern is bubble flow. Water is the main phase and incompressible air is the second phase. The change of external characteristics is compared in different inlet gas volume fraction (GVF) condition; the internal flow field characteristics such as velocity fields, pressure fields, and two-phase distributions are discussed as well. The result shows that the differential pressure and the hydraulic efficiency decrease with the increase of GVF, and there are some significant changes in internal flow fields. Further, under the condition of 10% inlet GVF, the changes of external characteristics and internal flow field of the pump when the air bubble diameter varies are compared. The result shows that the differential pressure and the hydraulic efficiency decrease with the increase of bubble diameter.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/163/1/012009

Year: 2017