Modeling and simulation of multiphase flows: application to severe slugging in oil production systems

• Grant number: 07/05373-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2007
• End date: October 31, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Transport Phenomena
• Principal Investigator: Jorge Luis Baliño
• Grantee: Rafael Horschutz Nemoto
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The objective of this project is the study of multiphase flow models used in petroleum production systems, its application to numerical simulation of the severe slugging phenomenon using computational programs and the modification to take into account features that are important in systems at operational conditions.