Separation Equipment - Selection & Sizing

Separation Equipment - Selection & Sizing

Description :

This course covers the different types of separation equipment typically encountered in oil and gas production facilities. We will learn where the different types of separation equipment are used based on operating conditions and separation performance requirements. Frequent references will be made to how the various types of separation equipment are incorporated into real production facility process flow diagrams.

Outline :

·         Fluid properties & phase behavior

·         Phase separation processes

·         Gas – liquid separation equipment : Slug catchers, Conventional separators (horizontal & vertical), Scrubbers, Filter separators/coalescing filters

·         Separator internals : Inlet devices, Mist extractors, Baffles, weirs, etc

·         Emulsions

·         Oil – water separation equipment  : Conventional 3 – phase separators & freewater knockouts, Wash tanks

·         Oil treating & desalting equipment : Mainly electrostatic coalescers

·         Mechanical design aspects : Pressure vessel codes, Wall thickness & vessel weight estimation,  Material selection, Relief requirements

·         Operating problems and control

Who should attend :

Oil and Gas Process/Facilities engineers