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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
Two Phase Vertical Separators Sizing
In vertical separators, a minimum diameter must be maintained to allow liquid drops to separate from the vertically moving gas. The liquid retention time requirement specifies a combination of diameter and liquid volume height. Any diameter greater than the minimum … Continue reading
Two Phase Separator Re-entrainment
Re-entrainment is a phenomenon caused by high gas velocity at the gas-liquid interface of a separator. Momentum transfer from the gas to the liquid causes waves and ripples in the liquid, and then droplets are broken away from the liquid … Continue reading
Two Phase Separator Drop Size
The purpose of the gas separation section of the vessel is to condition the gas for final polishing by the mist extractor. From field experience it appears that if 100-micron drops are removed in this section, the mist extractor will … Continue reading
Two Phase Separator Settling Time
In the gravity settling section the liquid drops will settle at a velocity determined by equating the gravity force on the drop with the drag force caused by its motion relative to the gas continuous phase. The drag force is … Continue reading
Two Phase Oil and Gas Separation
Produced wellhead fluids are complex mixtures of different compounds of hydrogen and carbon, all with different densities, vapor pressures, and other physical characteristics. As a well stream flows from the hot, high-pressure petroleum reservoir, it experiences pressure and temperature reductions. Gases evolve from the liquids and the well streamchanges in character. Continue reading