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Relief Valve Sizing

Liquids Flow Rate

Posted on September 25, 2009October 28, 2012

Conventional Valve, Balanced-Bellows Valve, or Pilot-Operated Valve The corresponding equations for liquid flow are the following: Note that a preliminary orifice size must be determined…

Crude Oil Treating System

Gravity Separation Process

Posted on August 31, 2009October 30, 2012

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…

Pressure Drop in Piping

Pressure Drop In Piping

Posted on September 25, 2009

Piping design in production facilities involves the selection of a pipe diameter and a wall thickness that is capable of transporting fluid from one piece…

Fluid Properties

Molecular Weight of Gas

Posted on September 16, 2009October 29, 2012

The molecular weight of the stream is calculated from the weighted average gas molecular weight given by: The molecular weight of the gas stream of…

Water Treating Equipment

Gravity Separator Plate Coalescers

Posted on September 4, 2009October 31, 2012

Plate coalescers are skim tanks or vessels that use internal plates to improve the gravity separation process. Various configurations of plate coalescers have been devised.…

Hydrates

Water Vapor Condensation Process

Posted on September 15, 2009October 28, 2012

One method of assuring that hydrates do not form is to assure that the amount of water vapor in the gas is always less than…

Potential Operating Problem

Liquid Carryover and Gas Blowby

Posted on September 2, 2009

Liquid carryover and gas blowby are two common operating problems. Liquid carryover occurs when free liquid escapes with the gas phase and can indicate high…

Mechanical Design of Pressure Vessels

Separator Pressure Vessels Inspection Procedures

Posted on September 23, 2009

All ASME Code vessels are inspected by an approved Code inspector. The manufacturer will supply Code papers signed by the inspector. The nameplate on the…

LTX Units and Line Heaters

LTX Units Heat Duty

Posted on September 15, 2009October 28, 2012

To calculate the heat duty it must be remembered that the pressure drop through the choke is instantaneous. That is, no heat is absorbed or…

Water Treating Equipment

Hydrocyclone Separator

Posted on January 6, 2011October 28, 2012

Hydrocyclone separators, sometimes called enhanced gravity separators, use centrifugal force to remove oil droplets from oily water. As shown in Figure 7-16, static hydrocyclone separator…

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