Design and Development of Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone Compact Separators for Three-Phase Flow

Mohan, R.S. ; Shoham, O.

National Petroleum Technology Program (U.S.)

关键词: Associated Gas;    02 Petroleum;    Brines;    Computerized Simulation;    Petroleum;   

DOI  :  10.2172/773336
RP-ID  :  DOE/BC/15024-4
RP-ID  :  FG26-97BC15024
RP-ID  :  773336

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this five-year project (October 1997 - September 2002) was to expand the current research activities of Tulsa University Separation Technology Projects (TUSTP) to multiphase oil/water/gas separation. This project was executed in two phases. Phase I (1997 - 2000) focused on the investigations of the complex multiphase hydrodynamic flow behavior in a three-phase Gas-Liquid Cylindrical Cyclone (GLCC) Separator. The activities of this phase included the development of a mechanistic model, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulator, and detailed experimentation on the three-phase GLCC. The experimental and CFD simulation results will be suitably integrated with the mechanistic model. In Phase II (2000 - 2002), the developed GLCC separator will be tested under high pressure and real crude conditions. This is crucial for validating the GLCC design for field application and facilitating easy and rapid technology deployment. Design criteria for industrial applications will be developed based on these results and will be incorporated into the mechanistic model by TUSTP.