Catenary Flexible Riser

Five severe slugging patterns

Systematically investigates severe slugging characteristics in a catenary flexible riser, identifying five flow patterns and their transition behaviors.

Zhu, Hongjun · Hu, Jie · Gao, Yue · Wei, Li · Jianan, Li · Bing, Xu

Physics of Fluids 2023

Advantages

Five severe slugging patterns identified: SSI-1, SSI-2, SSII, SSIII, SST

Difference between SSI-2 and SSI-1 lies in the occurrence of a fast blockage stage before slug formation

Flow regime map in vsl-vsg diagram with variation of upstream inclination angle