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Following the law of conservation of energy the basic steady state flow equation is:

144 \frac{\Delta p}{\Delta h} = \bar \rho_m + \rho_m \frac{f v_m^2 }{2 g_c D} + \rho_m \frac{\Delta{(\frac{v_m^2}{2g_c}})}{\Delta h}

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where

\bar \rho_m = \rho_L (1-H_g) + \rho_g H_g

, slip mixture density

\rho_m = \rho_L C_L + \rho_g (1-C_L)

, no-slip mixture density

Colebrook–White ^[2] equation for the Darcy's friction factor:

\frac{1}{\sqrt{f}}= -2 \log \left( \frac { \varepsilon'} {3.7 D} + \frac {2.51} {\mathrm{Re} \sqrt{f}} \right)

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The pseudo wall roughness ^[1]:

\varepsilon' = \begin{cases} \frac{28.5}{453.592} \frac{\sigma_L}{\rho_m v_m^2}, &\mbox{if } R \geqslant 0.007 \\ \varepsilon + R \frac{\varepsilon'-\varepsilon}{0.0007}, & \mbox{if } R < 0.007 \end{cases}

, with the limit

\varepsilon' \geqslant 2.77 \times 10^{-5}

Reynolds two phase number:

Re = 2.2 \times 10^{-2} \frac {q_L M}{D \mu_L^{H_L} \mu_g^{(1-H_L)}}

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N_V = 453.592\ \frac{{\rho_m}^2 {v_m}^4}{g_c \sigma_L (\rho_L - \rho_g)}

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N_D = 453.592\ \frac{g_c (\rho_L - \rho_g) D^2}{\sigma_L }

R = \frac{v_{SL}}{v_{SG}}

B = 0.0814 \left ( 1 - 0.554\ \ln \left (1 + \frac{730 R}{R+1} \right ) \right )

A = -2.2314 \left ( N_V \left (1 + \frac{205}{N_D} \right ) \right )^B

H_g = \frac{1-e^A}{R+1}

NV velocity number

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Gray, H. E. (1974). "Vertical Flow Correlation in Gas Wells". User manual for API 14B, Subsurface controlled safety valve sizing computer program. API.
↑ Colebrook, C. F. (1938–1939). "Turbulent Flow in Pipes, With Particular Reference to the Transition Region Between the Smooth and Rough Pipe Laws". Journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers. London, England. 11: 133–156.
↑ Moody, L. F. (1944). "Friction factors for pipe flow". Transactions of the ASME. 66 (8): 671–684.
↑ Hagedorn, A. R.; Brown, K. E. (1965). "Experimental study of pressure gradients occurring during continuous two-phase flow in small-diameter vertical conduits". Journal of Petroleum Technology. 17(04): 475–484.

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