Rajesh Sachdeva (Doctor of Philosophy in Petroleum Engineering)
Two-Phase Flow Through Electric Submersible Pumps
(268 pages – Chapter VII)
Directed by: Dr. Dale R. Doty and Dr. Z. Schmidt
(81 words)
A comprehensive investigation was undertaken to study two-phase flow in Electric Submersible Pumps. The study included both air-water and Diesel-C02 mixtures. Data made available for three Centrilift pumps were used.No dynamic model was available for multistage diffuser-type pumps used in the petroleum industry. A dynamic model was developed for ESP’s. This model accounts for pump geometry, inlet pressure, inlet void fraction, fluid properties, number of stages and pump geometry.
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