A bed of structured packing consists of a bed support upon which elements of structured packing are placed. Beds of structured packing typically have lower…
A double-pipe exchanger is made up of one pipe containing the tube fluid concentric with another pipe, which serves as the shell. The tube is…
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…
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…
Figure 4-2 is a schematic of a vertical separator. In this configuration the inlet flow enters the vessel through the side. As in the horizontal…
Process outlet temperature in an aerial cooler can be controlled by louvers, fan variable speed drives, blade pitch or recirculation of process fluid. As the…
The first step in choosing a water treating system is to characterize the influent water streams. It is necessary to know both the oil concentration…
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 principal items of construction that should be present in a good liquid-gas separator are the same regardless of the over-al1 shape or configuration of…
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…