Process Design Conditions: Barg C M /H KG/M CP M /H KG/M CP Am /H Kg/am
Process Design Conditions: Barg C M /H KG/M CP M /H KG/M CP Am /H Kg/am
Process Design Conditions: Barg C M /H KG/M CP M /H KG/M CP Am /H Kg/am
Process data
Please find below the design conditions as considered for the basic design;
Process design conditions
Operating Pressure
Barg
m3/h
Oil Viscosity
cP
Operating Temperature
Oil Density
Water viscosity
Gas Flow rate
Gas Density
kg/m3
m3/h
kg/m3
cP
Am3/h
kg/Am3
70 vol% water-cut
3.5
30.7
681.1
848.6
2.4
1581.3
1003
0.8
0
3.7
Note:
Crude entering the Electrostatic Coalescer manifests itself as an emulsion with the main characteristic that it is
(semi) stable over time: the water is not separated from the crude just by gravity. In order to separate the
emulsified water, Electrostatic Coalescers force the droplets to coalesce and become large; those large
droplets are separated from the crude by gravity.
In Figure 1 a cross-sectional plane in a Frames Electrostatic Coalescer is depicted. The figure shows the
Frames inlet device (red, bottom of figure), which injects the mixture just below the high-voltage electric grids.
Between the grids the droplets coalesce, grow in size and fall out of the upward flowing crude. The treated
crude is collected in the top of the vessel while the effluent water is collected at the bottom.
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