Effect of Crude Oil-Water Two-Phase Flow on Pump Performance | ||
| Engineering and Technology Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 27, Issue 9, June 2009, Pages 1766-1774 PDF (190.39 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.30684/etj.27.9.9 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Banipal N. Yaqob; Ihsan F. Abbas | ||
| Abstract | ||
| An experimental study of pump performance (i.e. head, discharge, power, etc.) was achieved by using a centrifugal pump with crude oil-water two-phase flow. The crude oil used was from Sherao oil field in Kirkuk (Iraq) with a density of 838 kg/m3, dynamic viscosity of 6.0 cP and surface tension of 0.027 N/m at a temperature of 25oC. A centrifugal pump was used with straight impeller and one suction line and one discharge line. The results show that the pump head and the discharge of two-phase flow decrease as oil volume fraction increased, and the power of the pump increase as oil volume fraction increased | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Two; Phase Flow; crude oil; water; Centrifugal pump; volume fraction | ||
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