This paper presents methods for suppressing the slugging phenomenon occurring in multiphase flow. The considered systems include industrial oil production facilities such as gas-lifted wells and flowline risers with low-points. Given the difficulty to maintain sensors in deep locations, a particular emphasis is put on observer-based control design. It appears that, without any upstream pressure sensor, such a strategy can stabilize the flow. Besides, given a measurement or estimate of the upstream pressure, we propose a control strategy alternative to the classical techniques. The efficiency of these methods is assessed through experiments on a mid-scaled multiphase flow loop.


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    Title :

    Stabilization of slugging in oil production facilities with or without upstream pressure sensors


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    Published in:

    Journal of Process Control ; 22 , 4 ; 809-822


    Publication date :

    2012


    Size :

    14 Seiten




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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