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Desalter Presentation
Desalter Presentation
Desalter Presentation
Configuration
By: Puneet Gupta
Vishwas Walivadekar
David I Howells
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Contents
Theory Of desalting
Why New Desalter
Design Basis & Process guarantees of New
Desalter
New Design Features
Instrumentation & Control
Agar Probes
Operating Variables
Construction Phases of new desalter
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Theory Of Desalting
Why?
To remove salt from crude that are normally dissolved in
residual water contained in crude oil
To remove suspended solid particles - Silt, Iron Oxide,
Crystalline Salt, Carbon & Sulfur
How?
Preheat Crude Oil
Fresh water added to contact residual water, salts &
Solids in the crude
Add Demulsifier Chemical for clean separation of Water
& Contaminants from Crude.
Crude, Fresh water & Demulsifier mix via mixing valve
Stream subjected to High Voltage Electric field
Water droplets coalesce, so fall to bottom of vessel &
removed
Clean Desalted oil discharged from top of desalter
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Existing desalter
Poor Desalting causing
Tput Limitation
Not designed for opportunity crudes
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Process Guarantees
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Utilities
Process Water
Source
Temperature
Cl Content
Oil Content
pH Range
NH3 Content
Demulsifier
Dosage
PW/NPW/CC
100 Deg C
Nil
Nil
6-8
25ppm max
0-6ppmv
Power Supply
Supply Voltage
Power Consumption
Max Demand
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415V, 3 Ph, 50 Hz
150 KW per vessel
600 KVA per vessel
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Desalter Vessels
ID
3658 mm (12 ft)
TTL
23470 mm (77 ft)
Head
Hemispherical head
Design Pressure
43.9 kg/cm2g
Design Temp 157 Deg C
CA
3mm
Mixing Valve
Static Mixer
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Design Features
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Cuff Header(optional)
Provision for additional header located just above normal water
interface level to remove emulsion or Cuff.
Also these emulsion can be broken simply by injecting chemical
directly into the lag layer via this same header.
Electrical System
High Voltage Entrance System
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Electrical System(Contd.)
Transactor Unit
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Crude Flow split between old set & new set of desalter.
Control logic of one desalter & two desalter operation.
Control logic of new set or Old set desalter operation.
Level control of new desalter with three Agar probes system
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Agar Probes
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Operating Variables
Demulsifying Chemical
Transformer Voltage-(12-16-20 KV)
Bottom Sediments -Sludge Wash- once for 3mins per day initially.
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Phase 1A:
New desalter erection with jump-over to utilize existing auxiliary
facilities i.e.P-03, S-02, A02, Mud washing with tap-off for new
auxiliary
Also constructing new desalter pump out facility.
Since P-40 (similar to P-03) is arriving earlier, jump-over on P-03
not required
Phase 1B
Hook up of new auxiliary as they arrive.
Phase 2A
Construction on Old desalter circuit with Old desalter shut down.
Phase 2B
Construction with total Unit Shut down.
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