Input data

Oil production rate = 7250 BPD

Water production rate = 31104 BPD
Gas oil ratio = 0.117046 m3/Ton
Oil viscosity, μo = 20 cP
Oil specific gravity. γo = 0.82
Water specific gravity = 1
Gas specific gravity, γo = 0.65
Gas compressibility, Z = 0.89
Operating pressure = 14.7 psia
Operating temperature, T °R = 479.67 deg R
Oil retension time, to = 15
Water retention time, tw = 10
Cd = 0.65
1 barrel per day =
1 year =
1 barrel per day =
31104
Inlet
Methanol =
Urea =
Water =
LLCGO =
Pressure =
Temperature =
% of vapour space =
STP =
Methanol vapour =
Vapour pressure of methanol =

Methanol + Urea + water =

LLCGO =
gas =

water =
Density of water =
Volume of water =
Volume fraction of water in the mixture =
Oil =
Density of oil =
Volume of oil =
Fraction of oil in the mixture =
Gas =
Length of tank =
Diameter of tank =
volume of tank =
Volume of vapour space =
m3 of gas =
m3 of gas at STP =
=
Volume occupied by the water and oil =
Volume occupied by oil in tank =
1 m3 =
Volume occupied by oil in tank =
Gas oil ratio =
 50 tonnes per year
8000 hr
0.00625 TPH
194.4 TPH

150 TPH
39.4 TPH
5 TPH
47 TPH
1 atm
27 deg C
50 %
15.6 deg C at STP
1.3020833333 kgmol/s
140 mmHg

water
oil
vapour pressure of methanol at that temp

194.4 TPH
1000 kg/m3
194.4 m3/h
0.7722956475
47 TPH
820 kg/m3
57.317073171 m3/h
0.2277043525
18.421052632 % of methanol by volume
14.88 m
3.252 m
123.59300351 m3
61.796501754 m3
11.383566113 m3
10.359591282 m3
365.56461608 ft3 at STP
61.796501754 m3
14.071332421 m3
6.29 barrels
88.508680931 barrels
0.1170460476
 Vapour - Liquid - Liquid separator design

Oil production rate

Water production rate
Gas oil ratio
Oil viscosity, μo
Oil specific gravity. γo
Water specific gravity, γw
Gas specific gravity,
Gas compressibility, Z
Operating pressure
Operating temperature, T °R
Oil retension time, to
Water retention time, tw
Cd

Assume maximum water droplet diameter to be consumed

Maximum allowable oil pad thickness, Ho,max Eq 9

Area occupied by water / area occupuied by oil, A w/A Eq 11
From Fig 6 (Ho/D for calculated value of A w/A)
Therefore maximum vessel diameter D max
This is maximum allowable vessel diameter
Density of gas, ρg
Density of gas, ρl
The gas capacity constrain (Eq 13) yields, DL
Liquid capacity retention time, D 2L

For calculation of D and L

Select the diameter smaller than D max and calculate L by equation E1 and E2
gas Liquid gas Liquid gas
D inch L from E1 L from E2 Ls = L + D/12 Ls((4/3)*L) L/(d/12)
48 4.36588 260.3645 8.365880481 347.152726 2.09147
52 4.030044 221.8491 8.363376854 295.798772 1.93001
56 3.742183 191.2882 8.408849936 255.050982 1.801896
60 3.492704 166.6333 8.492704385 222.177744 1.698541
64 3.27441 146.4551 8.607743694 195.273408 1.613952
68 3.081798 129.7318 8.748464653 172.975753 1.543847
72 2.910587 115.7176 8.910586987 154.2901 1.485098
76 2.757398 103.8573 9.090731532 138.476434 1.435379
80 2.619528 93.73124 9.286194955 124.974981 1.392929
84 2.494789 85.01699 9.494788846 113.355992 1.356398
 88 2.381389 77.46383 9.714722687 103.285108 1.324735
92 2.277851 70.87428 9.944517352 94.4990406 1.297111
96 2.18294 65.09114 10.18294024 86.7881814 1.272868
100 2.095623 59.98799 10.42895596 79.983988 1.251475
104 2.015022 55.46227 10.68168843 73.949693 1.232503
108 1.940391 51.43003 10.94039132 68.5733779 1.215599
112 1.871092 47.82206 11.20442497 63.7627455 1.200474
116 1.806571 44.58085 11.4732379 59.4411326 1.186887
120 1.746352 41.65833 11.74635219 55.5444361 1.174635
124 1.690018 39.01404 12.02335158 52.0187227 1.16355
128 1.637205 36.61376 12.30387185 48.8183521 1.153488
132 1.587593 34.42837 12.5875929 45.9044927 1.144327
136 1.540899 32.43295 12.87423233 43.2439381 1.135962
140 1.496873 30.60612 13.16353997 40.8081571 1.128303

Therefore
D = 10.66666667 3.25203252 m
L = 48.81835205 14.8836439 m

Volume of vessel

Boot is used if the volume of liquid is not more than 15-20% of the total volume of mixtur
 T(°R) = T(°F) + 459.67

= 7250 BPD
= 31104 BPD
= 0.117046 SCF/bbl
= 20 cP
= 0.82
= 1
= 0.65
= 0.89
= 14.7 psia
= 20 deg F 479.67 °R
= 15 min
= 10 min
= 0.65

= 360 μm

= 13.68576 Inch
= 0.370471
= 0.1
= 136.8576 Inch

= 0.060431
= 51.168
= 209.5623 Equation E1
= 599879.9 Equation E2

uation E1 and E2
Liquid
L/(d/12)
86.78818
68.26126
54.65378
44.43555
36.61376
30.52513
25.71502
21.8647
18.74625
16.19371
 14.08433
12.32596
10.84852 10.66667
9.598079
8.532657
7.619264
6.831723
6.149083
5.554444
5.03407
4.576721 selected
4.173136
3.815642
3.497842

= 123.6257 m3

% of the total volume of mixture.