Method for preventing formation of a slug flow regime of a gas-liquid mixture in a non-linear wellbore or pipeline

Abstract

A method for preventing formation of a slug flow regime of a gas-liquid mixture in a non-linear wellbore or a pipeline comprises determining at least one most probable place of fluid slugs development in the wellbore or the pipeline by mathematical simulation based on expected values of the gas-liquid mixture flow and known geometry of the wellbore or the pipeline and mounting a device, in the determined place of fluid slug development, that converts the stratified gas-liquid mixture flow into a dispersed flow.

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