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ReHB = ρNS VM D<br />

μS<br />

26<br />

(3.31)<br />

Having obtained the two-phase friction factor from a Moody diagram using the two-phase<br />

Reynold’s number, the friction component of the total pressure gradient is given by<br />

2 VM 2<br />

dP<br />

dZ F = fM ρNS 2 gC ρSD<br />

We can account for the acceleration effects of the kinetic energy component by<br />

defining E K as<br />

The total pressure gradient is then given by<br />

EK = VM VSG ρNS<br />

gC P<br />

dP<br />

dZ =<br />

dP<br />

dZ HH<br />

+ dP<br />

dZ F<br />

1 - EK<br />

(3.32)<br />

(3.33)<br />

(3.34)<br />

Treating the acceleration component in this fashion requires caution: as the value of<br />

EK approaches one, the total pressure gradient becomes indeterminant. This is physically<br />

analogous to sonic or choked flow and is common for high gas velocities at low pressures.<br />

Since numerical instabilities arise as you begin to approach one, the value of EK is typically<br />

constrained below a certain ceiling value. In the model developed for this report, EK is not<br />

allowed to exceed a conservative value of 0.6.<br />

Many people employ a modified version of the Hagedorn and Brown (1965)<br />

correlation, the modification being that the Griffith and Wallis (1961) method is used for<br />

the bubble flow regime. The Griffith and Wallis (1961) modification is made if<br />

where<br />

VSG<br />

VM<br />

< LB (3.35)<br />

LB = 1.071 - 0.2218 VM 2<br />

D ; LB ≥ 0.13 (3.36)<br />

If the bubble flow regime is indicated, then the liquid holdup for bubble flow, as<br />

determined by Griffith and Wallis (1961), is given by the expression

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