Grouped Equipment Layout This layout style emphasizes processing interrelationships between closely associated, often interactive equipment. It is used for plants where several feed/product streams are…
Space Allocation To prevent overcrowding and a confusing process flow, 25% to 50% of the space on drawings should be allowed for future equipment. Disorderly…
Piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) are the graphic and symbolic summation of the processing aspects of a facility. Although the piping, instrument and equipment information…
When making plant additions or modifications, it is sometimes best to continueusing the existing symbology familiar to plant personnel. However, new facilities should use modern…
The geometry of and physical and operating characteristics give each separator type advantages and disadvantages. Horizontal separators have the following features they are: 1. Smaller,…
A slug catcher, is a special case of two-phase gas-liquid separator that is designed to handle large gas capacities and liquid slugs on a regular…
A scrubber is a two-phase separator (similar to fig. 2-9) that is designed to recover liquids carried over from the gas outlets of production separators…
Filter separator is another type of separator that is frequently used in some high-gas/low liquid flow applications. They can be either horizontal or vertical in…
2.10.4: Horizontal Separator with a “Boot” or “Water Pot” A single barrel separator with a liquid “boot” or “water pot” at the outlet end is…
A double-barrel horizontal separator is a variation of the horizontal separator Figure 2-11. Double-barrel horizontal separators are commonly used in applications where there are high…