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Niger Delta University

Department of Petroleum Engineering


Faculty of Engineering
Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
2019/2020 Second Semester Ending Coursework Preliminary Assessment
Course: PEE544 (Multiphase Flow in Pipes)
Date: 02/04/2021
Instruction:
(1) Attempt all tasks
(2) Make a clear explanation for every important step
(3) While you can refer to useful source materials and do necessary consultations, you are
strongly advised to work independently so as to be the master of your work
(4) Reports should be submitted on or before 2p.m 20th April 2021.
Note that the allocation of marks shall depend on the weight of each task.
TASK 1
It is desired to pump a fluid containing a mixture of oil and gas of specific weights 56 𝑙𝑏𝑚𝑓𝑡 −3
and 5 𝑙𝑏𝑚𝑓𝑡 −3 respectively, through an 8in steel pipe section inclined at 20˚ to the horizontal. If
the resulting flow rates are 0.5 𝑓𝑡 3 /𝑠𝑒𝑐 and 2.5𝑓𝑡 3 /𝑠𝑒𝑐 for the oil and gas phases respectively,
the loss work gradient due to friction is 0.00624 𝑓𝑡/𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 , the velocity gradient is 0.0333 sec-1,
and the gas holdup is 0.65:
(1) Calculate 𝜌𝑠 , 𝜌𝑛 and 𝜌𝑘
(2) Using the respective terms in the pressure gradient form of the general energy equation,
calculate:
𝑑𝑃
(a) (𝑑𝐿 ) using 𝜌𝑠
𝑎𝑐𝑐
𝑑𝑃
(b) (𝑑𝐿 ) using 𝜌𝑠
𝑒𝑙𝑒
𝑑𝑃
(c) (𝑑𝐿 ) using 𝜌𝑘
𝑓
𝑑𝑃
(d) (𝑑𝐿 ) and the total pressure drop for the pipe section of length 15ft
𝑡
(e) The pressure exerted by the pump if the exit pressure is 1200psi.
[𝑔𝑐 = 1.0, 𝑔 = 32.17 𝑓𝑡/𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 ]
TASK 2
The figure below illustrates a pipe arrangement of oil flows from two flow lines A and B of
diameters 10in and 8in respectively, to a trunk line C of diameter 20in. The flow velocity through
A is 3ft/sec and the flow rate through C is 1.5 time that through A. Assuming an incompressible
flow of oil of density 1.74 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔/𝑓𝑡 3 through A and B, calculate:
(a) The volume flow rates QA and QC through A and C respectively
(b) The volume flow rates QB through B and the mean flow velocities vB and vC through B and
C respectively
(c) The mass flow rates ṁ1 , ṁ2 and ṁ3 through A, B and C respectively.

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TASK 3
A surface pump delivers fuel oil of specific gravity 0.84 through a 500ft long, 3.5in diameter
pipe (absolute roughness = 0.0025ft) to a tank 12ft higher than the level of the supply tank. If the
oil is delivered at 0.5𝑓𝑡 3 /𝑠𝑒𝑐, estimate:
(a) The flow velocity
(b) The Reynolds number and characterise the flow
(c) The pressure heads due to friction loss and that due to acceleration
(d) The pump power rating (horsepower) if it is 85% efficient
(e) The shear stress along the wall of the pipe.
[Take the absolute viscosity of fuel = 0.003𝑙𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑐/𝑓𝑡 2 , mass density of water 𝜌𝑤 =
1.94 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔𝑠/𝑓𝑡 3 and g = 32.2𝑓𝑡/sec2 ]
TASK 4
A flowing vertical well 5540ft of 2.875in tubing in the hole is completed without a casing packer.
The well is producing 30oAPI gravity clean oil at 625𝑆𝑡𝑏/𝑑𝑎𝑦 against a casing head pressure of
780psig. Fluid properties relations at the temperature are as follows:
𝑅𝑠 = 0.230p+20 𝑆𝑐𝑓/𝑆𝑡𝑏, 𝐵𝑜 = 0.0001p+1.02 𝑟𝑏/𝑆𝑡𝑏, 𝐵𝑔 = 6.2p−1.17 𝑓𝑡 3 /𝑆𝑐𝑓. If the GOR of
the well is 460Scf/Stb and the gas gravity is 0.6, determine the pressure in the tubing at a depth
of 4940ft.
TASK 5
The liquid holdup of a two-phase flow in a 6in pipe was measured to be 0.45. If the specific
weights of the liquid and gas are 58 𝑙𝑏𝑚𝑓𝑡 −3 and 5 𝑙𝑏𝑚𝑓𝑡 −3 and their superficial velocities are
0.4ft/sec and 3.0ft/sec respectively. Determine the following:
(a) 𝜌𝑠 , 𝜌𝑛 and 𝜌𝑘 in 𝑠𝑙𝑢𝑔𝑠/𝑓𝑡 3
(b) The liquid and gas flow rates
(c) The phase (in situ) velocities
(d) The slip velocity and the slip ratio
(e) The no-slip holdups.

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