INDUSTRIAS VANDER-ROHE, C.A.

Departamento de Ingenieria y Desarrollo.

DATE: 04/03/98 REV.0

Program developed by INDUSTRIAS VANDER ROHE, C.A. and approved by BURGESS MANNING, INC. for estimation purposes only.

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR TWO PHASES SEPARATOR SIZING

TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS REFERENCES Project : Presentacion 1. CAMERON HIDRAULIC DATA Equipment Tag# : SEPARADOR DE ENTRADA 2. GPSA ENGINEERING DATA BOOK 3. CRANE 4. BURGESS MANNING PROPRIETARY DESIGN BASES. GENERAL INPUT DATA REQUIRED FOR SIZING SEPARATORS Qgas = estimated volumetric gas flow Qliq = estimated liquid flow 100,00 10.000,00 [ MMSCFD ] [ BPD ]

SIZING CALCULATIONS TWO PHASES SEPARATOR SIZING 1. GAS SECTION GAS SEPARATOR SECTION MUST BE SIZED ACCORDING TO MAXIMUN ALLOWED VELOCITY (M.A.V.) M.A.V. FOR DROP COALESCING IS ACCORDING TO STOKE'S LAW ( EQ. 7-7, SECTION 7, GPSA )
l iq g as g as

Vgas = K

[ ft/sec ]

........................

EQ.1

Vgas = K= gas = liq = liq = gas =

critical velocity necessary for particles of sizes Dp to drop or settle out of gas. ( Dp<100 microns ) empirical constant for separator sizing [ ft/sec ], default value = ( 0.30 to 0.40 ) 3 gas phase density [ lb/ft ]. If value is given, enter value in cell I51. If not, calculate it with EQ.2 3 50,80 [ lb/ft3 ] liquid phase density [ lb/ft ] ( water = 62.287 lb/ft3 ) S.G.liq 62,287 lb/ft3 x S.G.liq at operating temperature ( T ) o Po (M.W.) RToZ operating pressure ( psia ) operating temperature ( R ) molecular weight of gas ( M.W.ir = 28.97 lb/lbmol ) a 28.97 lb/lbmole x S.G.gas compressibility factor [ dimensionless ] gas constant, 10.73 ( psia . f3 ) / ( R . lbmole 0,937 50,800 [ lb/ft3 ] [ lb/ft3 ] calculated result. If given by customer, enter here definitive result from cell J38 [ lb/ft3 ]
........................

0,40 50,80 0,8156 [ lb/ft3 ] S.G. liq

EQ.2

Po = To = M.W. = M.W. = Z= R= gas = liq =

250,00 150,00 0,80 1,00 constant

[ psig ] [ F ] [ lb/lbmol ] S.G.gas [ dimensionless ]

264,70 610,00 23,18 0,80

[ psia ] [ R ] [ lb/lbmol ] S.G.gas

=> [ lb/ft3 ] leave in blank if value was not given

Vgas =

2,92

[ ft/sec ]

calculated maximum gas velocity

design with BURGESS MANNING vane mist extractor propietary values ( dynamic pressure calculation ) Design for Vertical Arrangement Design for Horizontal Arrangement VERTICAL ARRANGEMENT IS SELECTED

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INDUSTRIAS VANDER-ROHE, C.A.

Departamento de Ingenieria y Desarrollo.

DATE: 04/03/98 REV.0

Program developed by INDUSTRIAS VANDER ROHE, C.A. and approved by BURGESS MANNING, INC. for estimation purposes only.

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR TWO PHASES SEPARATOR SIZING

Agas =

QAgas Vgas

[ ACFS ] [ ft/sec ]

actual gas flow

[ ft ]

........................

EQ.3

Mgas = Qgas [ SCFD ] x M.W. 379 x 86400 Mgas = gas mass flow [ lb/sec ] 379 = gas constant 86400 = sec. per day Mgas = gas mass flow QAgas = Mgas gas [ lb/sec ] [ lb/ft ]
3

[ lb/sec ]

........................

EQ.4

G.O.R 10.000,00 SCF/BBL

= =

70,78 [ lb/sec ] or 75,51 [ ACFS ]

254.793,32 [ lb/hr ]
........................

68,21% de GAS (p/p 99,15% de GAS (v/v)

EQ.5

Agas =

QAgas Vgas

[ ACFS ] [ ft/sec ]

25,88 [ ft2 ]

...... (1)

calculated gas area

gas = ( 4 x Agas / )^(1/2)

5,74 [ ft ]

69 [ in ]

calculated minimum dia.

According to experience : A must be at least 25.34% A gas vessel, when liquid phase is expected This means that liquid phase must not occupied more than 74.66% of vessel. A

2. LIQUID SECTION FOR LIQUID PHASE SIZING THE MOST IMPORTANT VALUE TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IS THE LIQUID RETENTION TIME THE RETENTION TIME DEPENDS ON WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEPARATE. FOR GAS - LIQUID SEPARATION THE RETENTION TIMES ARE LESS THAN THOSE NEEDED FOR LIQUID SEPARATION ( TREATERS AND FWKO ) USE THIS TABLE AS REFERENCE FOR SIZING LIQUID SECTION

Type of Equipment Type of internal Retentinon Time (RT) Expected Oulet Cut

FWKO w/coalescers for reference only 30 - 40 min 10% water in emulsion

TREATERS no coalescer for reference only 30 - 40 min 1 -2% water in emulsion

TREATERS w/coalescer for reference only 30 min 0.5% water in emulsion

TWO/THREE PHASE SEP. w/coalescer for reference only 3 - 7 min for gas separation

Each internal fabricator has his propietary minimum RT in which their equipment work properly. For further information, please refer to GPSA, Section 7, Fig.7-18 ( Typical RT for Liquid/Liquid Separation ) RT given are for LIQUID ( Oil - Water for three phases separators ) IMPORTANT NOTE: The three phase separator is intended for gas separation rather than water separation According to inlet data we are sizing a
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TWO PHASE SEPARATOR

( If not, please verify your input data )

INDUSTRIAS VANDER-ROHE, C.A.

Departamento de Ingenieria y Desarrollo.

DATE: 04/03/98 REV.0

Program developed by INDUSTRIAS VANDER ROHE, C.A. and approved by BURGESS MANNING, INC. for estimation purposes only.

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR TWO PHASES SEPARATOR SIZING

Qliq = estimated liquid flow conversion formulas used :

10.000,00 1 BBL = 5.61 ft3 1 day = 1400 min = 38,96

[ BPD ]

taken from input data

Qliq =

10.000,00 1440

x 5.61

[ ft /min ]

liquid mass flow 118.745,00 [ lb/hr ]

Vliq = liquid volume in vessel for a given RT RT = required LIQUID retention time [ min ] Vliq = 116,88 [ ft ]
3

=>

V = Qliq x RT liq

........................

EQ.6 [ min ]

3,00

total calculated liquid volume

assumed vessel diameter ( ) ves

6,00 [ ft ] 72,00 [ in ] 24,00 [ ft ] 288,00 [ in ]

=

assumed vessel lenght ( L ) ves

Aves = vessel transversal area [ ft2 ] 2 Aves = 28,27 [ ft ] according to assumed vessel diameter L/D = 4,00 < 5

hliq = liquid level in vessel ( NLL in many cases )

4,13 49,60

[ ft ] [ in ]

17,22% of vessel height

LEVEL GUIDES FOR VESSEL SIZING ( These are according to experience practices, however customer could set different guides )

Vertical Separator

72 " x 288 "

LEVEL SET by customer

Perfomance: 99,9% for 8 or higher

HHLL = HLL = NLL = LLL = LLLL = span =

LEVEL GUIDES DESCRIPTION Level heights for Two Phases ( oil - gas ) interface only HLL + Dh ( 3"min - 6"max ) or not more than 70% of diameter NLL + span/2 + Dh ( 3"min - 6"max ) expected or calculated normal liquid level NLL - span/2 - Dh ( 3"min - 6"max ) LLL - Dh ( 3"min - 6"max ) 1"min - 10"max ( value to be given by LCC supplier )

Dh [ in ] 3 " 3 " N/A 3 " 3 "

LEVEL SET by calculations 56 " 53 " 50 " 47 " 44 " 12 "

RT [ min ] 3,39 3,21 3,02 2,84 2,66

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