Numerical analysis of fluid flow through an electrical submersible pump for handling viscous liquid

Md Hamid Siddique; Sanoop Manayilthodiyil; Afzal Husain; Abdus Samad; Frank Kenyery

doi:10.1115/FEDSM2016-7589

Numerical analysis of fluid flow through an electrical submersible pump for handling viscous liquid

Md Hamid Siddique, Sanoop Manayilthodiyil, Afzal Husain, Abdus Samad, Frank Kenyery

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

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Abstract

Generally, artificial lifts to pump crude oil having a high viscosity from wellbores using an electrical submersible pump (ESP) are not efficient. The present study consists of a numerical approach to understand the effect of fluid viscosity and surface roughness of the flow passage on the performance of an ESP. A three-dimensional numerical analysis was carried out using Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations at different off-design conditions. The standard k-ϵ turbulence model was used for the steady incompressible flow. Water and crude oils having different viscosities were used as working fluids and numerical analyses were made by varying surface roughness of the flow passage. Although there was a sharp drop in the efficiency with the increase in surface roughness, but the combined effect of viscosity and surface roughness showed an increase in efficiency up to a certain fluid viscosity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Symposia
Subtitle of host publication	Turbomachinery Flow Simulation and Optimization; Applications in CFD; Bio-Inspired and Bio-Medical Fluid Mechanics; CFD Verification and Validation; Development and Applications of Immersed Boundary Methods; DNS, LES and Hybrid RANS/LES Methods; Fluid Machinery; Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow-Induced Noise in Industrial Applications; Flow Applications in Aerospace; Active Fluid Dynamics and Flow Control - Theory, Experiments and Implementation
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)	9780791850282
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2016-7589
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	ASME 2016 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2016, collocated with the ASME 2016 Heat Transfer Summer Conference and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels - Washington, United States Duration: Jul 10 2016 → Jul 14 2016

Publication series

Name	American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM
Volume	1A-2016
ISSN (Print)	0888-8116

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Other	ASME 2016 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2016, collocated with the ASME 2016 Heat Transfer Summer Conference and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	7/10/16 → 7/14/16

Keywords

Electrical submersible pump
High viscosity
Numerical analysis
Surface roughness

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Mechanical Engineering

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Siddique, M. H., Manayilthodiyil, S., Husain, A., Samad, A., & Kenyery, F. (2016). Numerical analysis of fluid flow through an electrical submersible pump for handling viscous liquid. In Symposia: Turbomachinery Flow Simulation and Optimization; Applications in CFD; Bio-Inspired and Bio-Medical Fluid Mechanics; CFD Verification and Validation; Development and Applications of Immersed Boundary Methods; DNS, LES and Hybrid RANS/LES Methods; Fluid Machinery; Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow-Induced Noise in Industrial Applications; Flow Applications in Aerospace; Active Fluid Dynamics and Flow Control - Theory, Experiments and Implementation (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM; Vol. 1A-2016). American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2016-7589

Numerical analysis of fluid flow through an electrical submersible pump for handling viscous liquid. / Siddique, Md Hamid; Manayilthodiyil, Sanoop; Husain, Afzal et al.
Symposia: Turbomachinery Flow Simulation and Optimization; Applications in CFD; Bio-Inspired and Bio-Medical Fluid Mechanics; CFD Verification and Validation; Development and Applications of Immersed Boundary Methods; DNS, LES and Hybrid RANS/LES Methods; Fluid Machinery; Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow-Induced Noise in Industrial Applications; Flow Applications in Aerospace; Active Fluid Dynamics and Flow Control - Theory, Experiments and Implementation. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM; Vol. 1A-2016).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Siddique, MH, Manayilthodiyil, S, Husain, A, Samad, A & Kenyery, F 2016, Numerical analysis of fluid flow through an electrical submersible pump for handling viscous liquid. in Symposia: Turbomachinery Flow Simulation and Optimization; Applications in CFD; Bio-Inspired and Bio-Medical Fluid Mechanics; CFD Verification and Validation; Development and Applications of Immersed Boundary Methods; DNS, LES and Hybrid RANS/LES Methods; Fluid Machinery; Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow-Induced Noise in Industrial Applications; Flow Applications in Aerospace; Active Fluid Dynamics and Flow Control - Theory, Experiments and Implementation. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM, vol. 1A-2016, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), ASME 2016 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2016, collocated with the ASME 2016 Heat Transfer Summer Conference and the ASME 2016 14th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels, Washington, United States, 7/10/16. https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2016-7589

Siddique MH, Manayilthodiyil S, Husain A, Samad A, Kenyery F. Numerical analysis of fluid flow through an electrical submersible pump for handling viscous liquid. In Symposia: Turbomachinery Flow Simulation and Optimization; Applications in CFD; Bio-Inspired and Bio-Medical Fluid Mechanics; CFD Verification and Validation; Development and Applications of Immersed Boundary Methods; DNS, LES and Hybrid RANS/LES Methods; Fluid Machinery; Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow-Induced Noise in Industrial Applications; Flow Applications in Aerospace; Active Fluid Dynamics and Flow Control - Theory, Experiments and Implementation. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). 2016. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM). doi: 10.1115/FEDSM2016-7589

Siddique, Md Hamid ; Manayilthodiyil, Sanoop ; Husain, Afzal et al. / Numerical analysis of fluid flow through an electrical submersible pump for handling viscous liquid. Symposia: Turbomachinery Flow Simulation and Optimization; Applications in CFD; Bio-Inspired and Bio-Medical Fluid Mechanics; CFD Verification and Validation; Development and Applications of Immersed Boundary Methods; DNS, LES and Hybrid RANS/LES Methods; Fluid Machinery; Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow-Induced Noise in Industrial Applications; Flow Applications in Aerospace; Active Fluid Dynamics and Flow Control - Theory, Experiments and Implementation. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM).

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