The first form of a plate coalescer was the parallel plate interceptor (PPI). This involved installing a series of plates parallel to the longitudinal axis…
Heat exchangers used in gas production facilities are shell-and-tube, double-pipe, plate-and-frame, bath-type, forced-air, or direct-fired. In this chapter we will discuss the basic concepts for…
In order to choose the coil length and diameter, a temperature must first be chosen upstream of the choke; the higher Th the longer the…
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.…
In dispersed gas units gas bubbles are dispersed in the total stream either by the use of an inductor device or by a vortex set…
Many times the designer is given the mole fraction of each component in the feed stream but is not given the mole flow rate for…
These units are designed to allow hydrates to form and to melt them with the heat of the incoming gas stream before they can plug…
A weir system separator is a device that separates a mixture of oil, water, and gas into its individual components. It is commonly used in…
Most companies have a detailed general specification for the construction of pressure vessels, which defines the overall quality of fabrication required and addresses specific items…
It is normally a good idea to include a simple vortex breaker as shown in Figure 4-9 to keep a vortex from developing when the…