PREDICCIÓN DE FLUJO MULTIFÁSICO EN SISTEMAS DE RECOLECCIÓN DE CRUDO: DESCRIPCIÓN DE REQUERIMIENTOS

For the last 60 years, many authors have studied the behavior of multiphase flow in pipelines. An extensive number of correlations and models exist in the literature for the evaluation and prediction of pressure gradients, flow patterns, liquid holdup, and fluid properties. The reliable calculation of scenarios from a detailed and rigorous model, guarantees the success of the operation. Decision making without prior knowledge of the various models involved in the prediction of flow behavior, leads to inadequate estimates, and unnecessary expenditures on human resources and computation. This happens in many occasions due to the lack of knowledge regarding the parameters affecting the hydraulic models, and to the lack of a methodology to model these profiles, which allows proposing situations that respond to the events for their respective prediction. This paper presents a review of the most relevant methods in the petroleum industry to characterize multiphase flow. A general methodology for an appropriate use of the various commercially available steady-state simulators is also proposed.

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