Repeatability of Viscous Oil–Water–Air Flows in Horizontal Pipes
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Politecnico di Milano, Italy — Mar 2017 to Oct 2019 (M.Sc. Thesis)
This experimental research focused on the effective transport of heavy, viscous oil through pipelines using a core-annular flow (CAF) pattern to predict the pressure drop.
I investigated the relevant flow regimes and characterised the effective gas-phase superficial velocity in the pipeline by performing particle image velocimetry (PIV) with high-speed video recording, assessing the repeatability of the multiphase flow behaviour in large horizontal pipes.