Study of an ESP’s performance handling liquid-liquid flow and unstable O-W emulsions Part II: Coupled CFD-PBM modelling

ABSTRACT The internal flow behavior of an ESP handling dispersed oil-water and emulsion flows remains quite unexplored. Previous studies have focused either on the individual droplet dynamics or on a simplified and limited modelling of the ESP’s global performance. Hence, this study seeks to implement and analyze the applicability of a more robust and far-reaching CFD-PBM model which maintains a reasonable computational expenditure. Good agreement with experimental data was attained by the Eulerian-PBM framework (