Research Article
A New Approach for Accurate Prediction of Liquid Loading of Directional Gas Wells in Transition Flow or Turbulent Flow
Table 1
Nonlinear fitting of Reynolds number and drag coefficient in transition flow and turbulence flow.
| Equation | Model summary | Parameter estimates | | | df1 | df2 | Sig. | Constant | | | |
| Linear | 0.121 | 0.966 | 1 | 7 | 0.358 | 0.271 | | — | — | Logarithmic | 0.290 | 2.860 | 1 | 7 | 0.135 | 1.564 | | — | — | Quadratic | 0.757 | 9.330 | 2 | 6 | 0.014 | 0.661 | | | — | Cubic | 0.940 | 25.902 | 3 | 5 | 0.002 | 1.143 | | | | Compound | 0.046 | 0.336 | 1 | 7 | 0.580 | 0.214 | | — | — | Growth | 0.046 | 0.336 | 1 | 7 | 0.580 | | | — | — |
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