Experimental study on effects of pipe inclination in airlift water pumping

Abstract

Multiphase flows in pipes have been treated in numerous literature. Two-phase flow patterns like water-air, oil-water, oil-gas, and water-solid are used in various applications in the chemical, oil, and mining industries. A study on airlift water pumping in inclined pipe is carried out. using a stainless steel pipe model. The experimental results of inclined pipes are compared with those of vertical pipe, and the performance was examined. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 15th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference (Seoul, Korea 6/19/2005).