Research Article

Study on the Pressure Drop Variation and Prediction Model of Heavy Oil Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow

Table 3

Error percentages of different pressure drop models.

Flow patternViscosityErrorB-BAzizHasanJPIKayaNew model

Slug flow50 mPa∙sAAPE (%)35.8200.933.347.2118.512.8
APE (%)35.8-167.233.347.2-95.1-6.5
100 mPa∙sAAPE (%)38.3196.937.048.7107.312.2
APE (%)38.2-163.537.048.7-84.30.02
290 mPa∙sAAPE (%)51.5154.046.957.9251.312.3
APE (%)51.5-88.646.957.9-241.3-4.4
480 mPa∙sAAPE (%)48.1143.340.155.4166.811.9
APE (%)48.0-91.739.655.4-163.0-3.6

Agitation flow50 mPa∙sAAPE (%)65.447.561.464.872.513.9
APE (%)65.447.560.564.8-19.0-6.5
100 mPa∙sAAPE (%)73.056.378.069.334.915.3
APE (%)73.055.778.069.334.9-4.2
290 mPa∙sAAPE (%)84.362.689.675.4404.219.4
APE (%)84.362.689.675.4-365.1-19.4
480 mPa∙sAAPE (%)84.564.084.877.6594.819.8
APE (%)84.564.084.877.6-594.8-10.7

Annular flow50 mPa∙sAAPE (%)66.543.769.360.311514.6
APE (%)66.540.20.160.3110-9.7
100 mPa∙sAAPE (%)71.750.663.363.93513.8
APE (%)71.747.26.163.9-35-0.7
290 mPa∙sAAPE (%)82.673.069.875.516414.5
APE (%)82.673.061.975.5-14810.6
480 mPa∙sAAPE (%)84.179.272.480.678214.3
APE (%)84.179.270.880.6-7741.6