Three-Phase Flow Facility

Dateset of the Three-Phase Flow Facility. The Three-phase Flow Facility at Cranfield University is designed to provide a controlled and measured flow rate of water, oil and air to a pressurized system. Fig. 1 shows a simplified sketch of the facility. The test area consists of pipelines with different bore sizes and geometries, and a gas and liquid two-phase separator (0.5 m diameter and 1.2 m high) at the top of a 10.5 m high platform. It can be supplied with single phase of air, water and oil, or a mixture of those fluids, at required rates. Finally the fluid mixtures are separated in an 11 m3 horizontal three-phase separator at ground level (GS500). The air is returned to the atmosphere and the emulsions of oil and water are separated in their respective coalescers (CW500 and CO500, both having a capacity of 1.5 m3 approximately) before returning to their respective storage tanks (T200 and T100). The capacity of both storage tanks is approximately 12.5 m3.[1] Ruiz-Cárcel, Cristobal, et al. Statistical process monitoring of a multiphase flow facility. Control Engineering Practice 42 (2015): 74-88.