Before the vessel fabrication can proceed, the fabricator will develop complete drawings and have these drawings approved by the representative of the engineering firm and/or…
SulfaTreat process is similar to the iron sponge process. It uses a patented proprietary mixture of ferric oxide and triferric oxide to react with H2O…
Laboratory testing of a particular oil at various temperatures is the most reliable method of determining how an oil behaves. ASTM D 341 outlines a…
The question always comes up of which fluid to put in the tubes and which fluid to put in the shell. Consider placing a fluid…
The flow rate for gas through a given orifice area or the area required for a given flow rate is obtained by:
The droplet diameter is the most important single parameter to control to aid in water settling since this term is squared in the settling equation.…
Heat-exchanger tubes should not be confused with steel pipe or other types of pipe that are extruded to steel pipe sizes. The outside diameter of…
Most oil-treating equipment relies on gravity to separate water droplets from the oil continuous phase, because water droplets are heavier than the volume of oil…
The choice of separator operating pressures in a multistage system is large. For large facilities many options should be investigated before a final choice is…
The skim pile is a type of disposal pile. As shown in Figure 7-18, flow through the multiple series of baffle plates creates zones of…