Multiphase gas-flow model of an electrical submersible pump

Various artificial lifting systems are used in the oil and gas industry. An example is the Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP). When the gas flow is high, ESPs usually fail prematurely because of a lack of information about the two-phase flow during pumping operations. Here, we develop models to estim...

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Main Authors: Martinez Ricardo Diana Marcela, Castañeda Jiménez German Efrain, Vaqueiro Ferreira Janito, Siqueira Meirelles Pablo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2018-01-01
Series:Oil & Gas Science and Technology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2018031