Experimental tomographic methods for analysing flow dynamics of gas-oil-water flows in horizontal pipeline

Gas-oil-water three phase flow is of practical significance in oil and gas industries. An insight into the dynamics of such multiphase flows is significantly valuable to obtain optimal design parameters and operational conditions. Since flow patterns are sensitive to pipe geometry, flow conditions and thermophysical fluid properties, it is extremely challenging to provide a universal solution for visualisation of three phase horizontal flows. This study deals with a fully developed turbulent three phase flow with no phase changing, and presents the outcomes of tomographic imaging techniques to visualise gas-oil-water flows in a horizontal pipeline.