Category Archives for Oil and Gas Separator
Dispersed Gas Units Separator
A vortex set is used to disperse gas bubbles in the stream on dispersed gas units. The figure above shows a dispersed gas units with hydraulic eductor schematic. Clean water from the effluent is pumped to a recirculation header (E) … Continue reading
Corrugated Plate Interceptor Design
Corrugated plate interceptor (CPI) is the most common parallel plate interceptor in oil facilities. CPI is an improvement of the PPI, CPI take less area for the same particle size removal. The figure above shows down flow CPI diagram. The … Continue reading
Plate Coalescers to Improve Gravity Separation
We can use plate coalescers to improve gravity separation process, a plate coalescers can be formed as internal plates on skim tanks or vessels. The plate coalescers configurations are: parallel plate interceptors (PPI), corrugated plate interceptors (CPI), or cross-flow separators. … Continue reading
Foamy Crude in Production Separator
The non-water substance appearance in crude is the major cause of foam in crude problems. Those substances will not be removed until the crude enters the separator. The separator must be designed properly to have adequate time or coalescing surface … Continue reading
Defoaming Plates Separator
When the fluid release gas bubbles, foam may appears on the surface. To stabilize this foam we may add some chemicals or we can use defoaming separator. Defoaming separator is typically made from a series of inclined parallel plates. The … Continue reading
Phase Separator on Oil and Gas Facilities
Fluids outputted by the wellhead are made of form many different compounds of hydrocarbon and each compound has its own physical characteristic. The fluids flow from high temperature and high pressure reservoir surface facilities so its temperature and pressure will … Continue reading
Flame Arrestor Schematic and Installation
The tube inside flame arrestor will prevent a vent flame traveling back into the tank as we can see in the figure above. The common problem with flame arrestor is they can be plugged easily with paraffin, so it must … Continue reading
Wire Mesh Mist Extractor
Wire mesh mist extractor is made of stainless steel wire which form a woven mats wrapped into cylinder pack. The working principle is simple, liquid droplet will hit the mat and coalesce. Gas velocity is the main factor to achieve … Continue reading