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Severe Slugging Prediction Calculator

Bøe · Pots · Taitel stability criteria — offshore pipeline-riser systems

Predict Type-1 severe slugging in a downward-inclined pipeline + vertical riser system. Returns the Bøe and Pots dimensionless stability numbers (Π < 1 → severe slugging), critical gas velocity, estimated slug period and per-cycle liquid volume, plus a prioritized mitigation list. Per Bøe 1981, Pots 1987, Taitel 1986.

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Fluid & Pressure

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Geometry

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Equations

Bøe (1981) stability number — severe slugging if Π < 1:

ΠBøe = Pop · vSG / (ρL · g · Lr · sin α · vSL)

Pots (1987) — adds pipeline gas-accumulation effect:

ΠPots ≈ ΠBøe / [1 + Lpipe·sin θ / Lr]

Critical vSG (Taitel rearrangement):

vSG,crit = ρL · g · sin α · Lr · vSL / Pop