When thinking about emulsion stability, it may be helpful to realize that in a pure oil and pure water mixture, without an emulsifying agent, no…
The most commonly used single-well lease treater is the vertical treater as shown in Figure 6-8. Flow enters the top of the treater into a…
It should be clear from the description of LTX units that the lower pressure separator in an LTX unit is a simple form of cold-feed…
A bed of random packing typically consists of a bed support (typically a gas injection support plate) upon which pieces of packing material are randomly…
The factor of proportionality in the previous equations is called the Moody friction factor and is determined from the Moody resistance diagram shown in Figure…
If the flow rate of the inlet stream is known in moles per day then the number of moles per day of gas flow can…
This is the bottom product from the vacuum distillation unit. Just as in the case of the atmospheric residue it has several options for its…
TEMA standards provide for two classes of shell and tube exchanger qualities. Class C is the less stringent and is typically used in onshore applications…
The fraction of any one component that flashes to gas at any stage in a process is a function of the temperature, pressure, and composition…
A typical spherical separator is shown in Figure 4-3. The same four sections can be found in this vessel. Spherical separators are a special case…