Since, separators is any device of vessel will separate a certain phase from another immiscible phase, there are many types of vessel or devices performing…
Category: Two Phase Oil and Gas Separation
Characteristics of the flow stream will greatly affect the design and operation of a separator. The following factors must be determined before separator design: •…
Since a separation depends upon gravity to separate the fluids, the ease with which two fluids can be separated depends upon the difference in the…
Equilibrium is a theoretical condition that describes an operating system that has reached a “steady-state” condition whereby the vapor is condensing to a liquid at…
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…
For sizing a horizontal separator it is necessary to choose a seam-toseam vessel length and a diameter. This choice must satisfy the conditions for gas…
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…
To assure that the liquid and gas reach equilibrium at separator pressure a certain liquid storage is required. This is defined as “retention time” or…
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…
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…