天然气水合物气−液−固三相流动特性二维模拟研究

Study on Two-Dimensional Simulation for The Flow Characteristics of Natural Gas Hydrate Gas Liquid Solid Three-Phase

  • 摘要: 深海天然气水合物气−液−固三相流是诱发开采管柱失效的主要因素之一,全面认识其流动特性能够有效提高开采管柱的安全性。采用相似原理,研发了深海水合物水平井管柱气−液−固三相流动模拟实验台架,以实现不同颗粒粒径、流速及相比例条件下的多相流动模拟。采用控制变量法,系统研究了竖直段与水平段内不同参数对流动形态及颗粒/气泡运动行为的影响。实验结果表明:当气−液−固占比不同时,无论是竖直段还是水平段,颗粒的轴向速度随着气相占比增大而减小,而竖直段的气泡无论轴向速度还是径向速度在气相含量较高时波动较大;当粒径不同时,颗粒在竖直段和水平段的径向速度变化幅度较大,轴向速度变化幅度相较径向速度更为平缓,气泡在竖直段的径向速度变化最为明显,其余时间则较为稳定;当流速不同时,无论竖直段还是水平段,轴向速度还是径向速度,颗粒和气泡均在较低流速时趋于稳定。研究成果能够有效指导深海天然气水合物商业化开采参数的优选。同时,由于深水气田出砂、海底泥线处低温出天然气水合物以及含低密度支撑剂压裂液传输存在典型的气−液−固三相流动现象,因此研究成果同样可以为上述三种现场作业工况参数的选择提供参考。

     

    Abstract: The gas-liquid-solid three-phase flow of deep-sea hydrates is one of the main factors that induce the failure of mining riser, and a comprehensive understanding of its flow characteristics can effectively improve the safety of mining riser. Based on this, a horizontal wellbore tubing gas-liquid-solid three-phase flow simulation test rig for deep-sea hydrates was developed using analogous principles. This rig enables multiphase flow simulation under varying particle sizes, flow velocities, and phase ratios. Employing a controlled variable method, the effects of different parameters on flow patterns and particle/bubble motion behavior within both vertical and horizontal sections were systematically investigated. The experimental results show that when the gas-liquid-solid ratio is different, the axial velocity of particles decreases with the increase of gas phase ratio in both vertical and horizontal sections, while the axial velocity and radial velocity of bubbles in the vertical section fluctuate greatly when the gas phase content is high. When the particle size is different, the radial velocity variation of particles in the vertical and horizontal sections is larger, and the axial velocity variation is smoother compared to the radial velocity. The radial velocity variation of bubbles is most significant in the vertical section, and more stable in other sections. When the flow velocity is different, whether it is vertical or horizontal, axial velocity or radial velocity, particles and bubbles tend to stabilize at lower flow velocities. The research results can effectively guide the optimization of commercial exploitation parameters for deep-sea hydrates. At the same time, due to the typical gas liquid solid three-phase flow phenomenon in deepwater gas field sand production, low-temperature hydrate production at the seabed mudline, and transmission of fracturing fluid containing low-density proppants, the research results also lay an experimental foundation for the selection of parameters for the above three on-site operating conditions.

     

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