1.

Establish the slug size

2. Establish the slug frequency
3. Allow sufficient volume in the separator (typically between normal level
and high level set points) to accommodate this slug, at the same time
ensuring that the slug volume can be disposed of before the next slug
arrives.
4. Consider a slug control valve on the separator inlet, which closes with
increasing liquid level in the separator.
5. Better and more detailed means of minimising pipeline slugging, and
simulating the same utilise dynamic simulators like OLGA.

aAcouple of approach are advisable to estimate the volume of a single slug.

The first is based on the document SPE 15103 (Society of Petroleum Engineers 1986, that
unfortunately I don't have) where correlations are presented by two authors: Scott and Norris.
Both express the length of expected slug (Ls, in feet) as:

ln(Ls) = A + B * [ln(Di)]c where Di is the internal diameter of the pipeline (inches)

According to Scott: A=-25.4144; B= 28.4948; c= 0.1

according to Norris: A= -2.099; B= 4.859; c=0.5

Plotting the 2 correlations vs the pipeline dia one can note that the results are almost identical.

The second is based on a Rule of Thumb of Duckler (sorry, no refs...). He indicated the min ans max
slugs' length as Ls(min) = 12*Di and Ls(max) = 30*Di (Ls in feet and Di inches).

Duckler correlation gives by far smaller slugs volumes and is what I found to be of practical use in my
projects.

Probably SPE correlations are more related to wellhead applications so could be more helpful for your
case. However, unfortunately I don't have this specific doc.

You would only need to go to undetake (expensive) dynamic calculations in

OLGA if slugs were predicted in PIPEFLO.