Macro- and Mini-Channel Flow Assurance Capabilities at TAMUQ

 Multiphase Flow Loop,  Annuli in inclination at TAMUQ                        Hole Cleaning Set-up at TAMUQ                                                 Rheometer at TAMUQ

                   High-Speed Video of Rock Cuttings in Annuli                                                                                Terminal Velocity of Rocks in Complex Fluids
Advanced Measurement Techniques at TAMUQ

 Electrical Resistance Tomography     2-D Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)  TAMUQ PIV Facility                   Vector Field                                  High-Speed Camera

High Definition High-Speed Visualization

Bubbly flow in mini wavy channel                  Slug flow in mini wavy channel                 High-Speed Shadowgraphy                                Slug Flow Regime

Scaling Experiments

Flow Loop at TAMU-Qatar (4.5 inch dia)       Memorial University (0.75 inch dia)            Memorial University (0.75 inch dia)       Texas A&M University (1 to 6 inch)

Multiphase Flow in Porous Media at TAMUQ

Foam Rheometer/Core Flooding                                 Carbonate Cores                                         Fractured Cores                      Triaxial set-up/formation damage ( MUN)

Surfactant and Foam EOR                                  Thin Section Analysis                          CO2 Sequestration in Saline Aquifer           Combined Well and Reservoir Flow    

Multiphase Flow Assurance

      Gas Kick set-up (MUN)               Hydrate Flow Loop (MUN)             Hydrate Flow in Bends            Leak Detection CFD                         Leak Detection Exp Set-up

    Erosion in Bends CFD                     Slug Flow in a Jumper CFD               LNG Pool Fire CFD                     Gas Well Water Loading    Slug Flow in a Straight Pipe