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Performance Evaluation Of Gas Lift Valves Using Numerical Simulation, Felipe Simoes Maciel
Performance Evaluation Of Gas Lift Valves Using Numerical Simulation, Felipe Simoes Maciel
LSU Master's Theses
This work aimed to assess the performance of two numerical simulation methods to replicate flow capacity test (FCT) results and predict the flow coefficient (Cv) and critical pressure ratio (Rcp) of gas lift valves (GLVs). FCT's use a modified GLV with an adjustable stem positioning system to obtain pressure as a function of flow rate for different stem positions to calculate Cv and Rcp. Therefore, this study used both a one-dimensional (1D) mechanistic model and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to predict the same variable from the FCT without tests using modified GLVs. This methodology demonstrates accurate results, which were compared …