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ENCIT 2018
Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering
A NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE CAPSULE-INTAKE FLOW OF A SIMPLIFIED AND SCALED ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP ON THE SKID (ESP-S)
Submission Author:
Guilherme Alonso Solano , SP
Co-Authors:
Guilherme Alonso Solano, Andre Damiani Rocha, Daniel Dezan, Valdir Estevam, Antonio Bannwart
Presenter: Guilherme Alonso Solano
doi://10.26678/ABCM.ENCIT2018.CIT18-0452
Abstract
In the petroleum industry, artificial lift methods are responsible for raising the fluid to the surface when the energy from the reservoir is not enough for the production or can be used to increase the production flow of the well, resulting in gain in productivity. In this paper, the single-phase fluid flow characteristics in the capsule-intake of a scaled model of Electric Submersible Pump on the Skid (ESP-S) were investigated by means numerical approach. The steady state and unsteady numerical analysis have been carried out using Fluent® for turbulent Reynolds numbers equals to 80,249 in horizontal position. Pressure drop, axial and radial velocities components were computed. The pressure numerical results are compared with the experimental results. The components of velocity at intake’s position showed that a secondary flow occurs in this specific region.
Keywords
ESP-S, Artificial lift, CFD
