Effect of crude oil-water two-phase flow on pump performance

Abstract EN

An experimental study of pump performance (i.

e.

head, discharge, power, etc.) was achieved by using a centrifugal pump with crude oil-water two-phase flow.

The crude oil used was from Sherao oil field in Kirkuk (Iraq) with a density of 838 kg / m3, dynamic viscosity of 6.0 cP and surface tension of 0.027 N / m at a temperature of 25oC.

A centrifugal pump was used with straight impeller and one suction line and one discharge line.

The results show that the pump head and the discharge of two-phase flow decrease as oil volume fraction increased, and the power of the pump increase as oil volume fraction increased.