Abstract
Results of calculated properties and rise behavior of methane-saturated crude oil droplets that are rising through 1,500 m of water column. Calculations have been done for Louisiana Sweet Crude (LSC) oil droplets which are initially liquid and fully saturated with methane.
Purpose
The calculations have been done to investigate the size and rise velocity evolution of single methane-saturated Louisiana Sweet Crude (LSC) oil droplets throughout the water column while pressure decreases. Expansion of droplets and therefore increasing rise velocity is calculated and compared to crude oil droplets that are not gas-saturated.
Keywords
oil droplet behavior, rise velocity, Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil
UDI
R4.x267.000:0049
Date
September 2017
Point of Contact
Name
Michael Schlüter
Organization
Technical University of Hamburg / Institute of Multiphase Flows
Funding Source
RFP-4
DOI
10.7266/N7F18X57
Rights Information
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication 1.0 License.
Scholar Commons Citation
Michael Schlüter, Simeon Pesch. 2017. Rise Behavior of Gas-Saturated Crude Oil Droplets. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7F18X57
Comments
Extent
Dataset contains laboratory measurements of rise behavior of methane-saturated crude oil droplets, no field sampling involved.
Supplemental Information
Rise height (m), Droplet volume growth ratio, Gas void fraction, Droplet diameter growth ratio (ratio of diameter to initial diameter), Initial diameter for velocity calculation (1 mm), Density (kg m-3), Rise velocity (m s-1), Droplet diameter (dp, mm), Rise time (t, hr), Rise velocity (up, m s-1), Morton number (Mo), Eötvös Number (Eo), Reynolds number (Re) |Photographic image capturing with backlight illumination, evaluation of droplet sizes (equivalent diameter) with the software ImageJ.||||