Name: PHELIPE AUGUSTO SANTOS OLIVEIRA LIMA
Publication date: 30/10/2024
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| MARCIO FERREIRA MARTINS | Examinador Interno |
| MARCOS DE SALES GUERRA TSUZUKI | Examinador Externo |
| ROGERIO RAMOS | Presidente |
Summary: A particular case of multiphase flows is that of wet gas, which is present in various industrial sectors such as power generation, the food industry, chemicals, and primarily in the oil and gas industry. Monitoring this flow is of utmost importance to meet not only legal requirements but also production outlook and the design and development of new techniques to enhance well efficiency. It is known that the presence of water at high Gas Volume Fractions, in other words, in wet gas conditions, leads to an overreading tendency in measurements by differential pressure meters. Therefore, being a low-cost technology with a well-known physical principle, the use of these meters for wet gas applications is gaining prominence in the industry. Inverted cone meters are the most recent technology in differential pressure flow measurement, standing out for their low pressure drop and the requirement for shorter straight pipe lengths when compared to orifice plates. Therefore, considering the applicability of statistical inference techniques and the data processing capabilities of data science for multidimensional data, the implementation of various techniques becomes one of the possible tools for assessing the performance of two-phase flows. The experimental results obtained indicate a linear relationship between overreading, pressure, and the dimensionless Lockhart-Martinelli parameter. The methodology of this work aims to contribute to the implementation of new techniques for correcting overreading in two phase flows. Keywords: Wet Gas. Over-reading; V-Cone; Differential Pressure.
